Some Tips On How To Use Your Hedge Trimmer Safely
A hedge trimmer is a tool that every serious gardener must consider using, especially those who are truly passionate about their gardens and lawns because such a tool will actually help them derive a lot of benefits from its use. The fact of the matter is that almost every lawn or garden will require its hedges needing to be trimmed and so using a hedge trimmer can be thought of as being a necessity rather than a luxury.
Learn How To Avoid Danger
A good hedge trimmer helps in creating cleanly cut hedges while at the same time ensures that plants around the hedges do not get shredded while you trim your hedges. However, hedge trimmer must be used with utmost caution because otherwise they can turn out to be dangerous tools. Thus, to make using your hedge trimmer a safe activity you need to know how to use it with caution, and so, first of all you will need to ensure that it does not weigh more than you can easily hold for long periods of time.
Of course, you won't actually risk dropping your trimmer because of its weight, but you also need to be sure that you can carry it about easily for extended time periods, even though at the same time it is not going to strain your back too much. A second safety precaution that you will need to take is ensuring that your fingers cannot fit in between the guards and the cutting teeth. Also, you must ensure that the blades are always sharp enough for you to properly cut the hedges because it also ensures less chance of tearing or catching, or resulting in things going wrong.
In addition, before you start using a hedge trimmer on a regular basis, you should have first of all read up its manual and are sure of how to operate it in a safe manner. What's more, you would be well advised to also protect both your ears as well as your eyes, and whatever else you do, avoid (in fact, never) trim at a height that is greater than your head level because you will risk getting injured. However, in case you do need to trim at higher than head levels, use a ladder so that you can operate the hedge trimmer properly and safely.
No doubt, there are many more safety precautions to learn about and which one will need to follow in order to use the hedge trimmer safely, but following the above mentioned tips can certainly save you from mishap while also ensures that you get the most out of your hedge trimmer. You will also benefit from first of all reading the trimmer's manual because it is the best source of information regarding safe operation of your hedge trimmer.
