Full Product Manual
and use wedges of wood, plastic or aluminum to open the cut and drop the
tree along the desired line of fall.
3. When the tree begins to fall remove the product from the cut, stop the engine,
put the product down, then use the retreat path planned. Be alert for
overhead limbs falling and watch your footing.
10. Limbing and pruning
Limbing is removing the branches from a fallen tree. When limbing leave larger
lower limbs to support the log off the ground. Remove the small limbs in one cut
(Fig. 35). Branches under tension should be cut from the bottom up to avoid
binding the product.
Fig. 35
WARNING! Never climb into a tree to limb or prune! Do not stand
on ladders, platforms, logs, or in any position which may cause you
to lose the balance or control of the saw! When pruning trees, it is
important not to make the flush cut next to main limp or trunk until
you have cut off the limb further out to reduce the weight! This
prevents stripping the bark from the main member!
WARNING! If the limbs to be pruned are above chest height, hire a
professional to perform the pruning!
11. Cutting spring poles
A spring pole is any log, branch, rooted stump, or sapling which is bent under
tension by other wood so that it springs back if the wood holding it is cut or
removed (Fig. 36).
On a fallen tree, a rooted stump has a high potential of springing back to the
upright position during the bucking cut to separate the log from the stump.
Watch out for spring poles, they are dangerous.
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