Use and Care Manual

45°

= cutting down area

1/10φ

1/5φ

(4cm)

45°

Second cut

First cut

Direction of fall

Felling notch

Hinge

Felling cut

Hinge

Felling notch

First clear the tree base and work area from inter fering

limbs and brush and clean its lower portion an axe (see

g. 18).

When felling, maintain a distance of at least 2 1/2 tree

lengths from the nearest person (see g. 17).

Note:

The noise of your engine may drown any warning call.

Felling instructions:

Then, establish a path of escape and remove all

obstacles. This path should be opposite to the planned

direction of the fall of the tree and at a 45° angle

(g. 19).

An alternate path must also be selected. Place all tools

and equipment a safe distance away from the tree, but

not on the escape path.

Then, determine the placement of the felling notch

(g. 21). The felling notch when properly placed

determines the direction in which the tree will fall. It is

made perpendicular to the line of fall and should be as

close to the ground as possible.

Cut the felling notch to a depth of about one-fth to one-

fourth of the trunk diameter (g. 22). It should be in no

case higher than it is deep. Make the felling notch very

carefully.

If the tree has large buttress roots, cut into the largest

buttresses vertically rst (horizontally next) and re move

(g. 20).