Manual

WORKING TECHNIQUES
How to avoid kickback
What is kickback?
The word kickback is used to describe the sudden reaction
that causes the chain saw and bar to iump off an object when
the upper quadrant of the tip of the bar, known as the kickback
zone, touches an obiect.
Kickback aIways occurs in the cutting pIans of the bar.
Normally the chain saw and bar are thrown backwards and
upwards towards the user. However, the chain saw may move
in a different direction depending on the way it was being used
when the kickback zone of the bar touched the object.
Kickback only occurs if the kickback zone of the bar touches
an object=
Limbing
_de bar. B_remely
cautioUS and avoid contacting the log, other
limbs orobjects w!th the nose of the guide
bar, Be e×tremely cautious of I robe under
tensionlTbey can spring back toward you
_ng in injury.
Make sure that you can stand and move about safely=Work on
the Ieft side of the trunk= Work as c!ose as possible to the
chain saw for maximum controI. If possible, let the weight of
the chain saw rest on the trunk.
Keep the trunk between you and the chain saw as you move
along the trunk.
Cutting the trunk into togs
See instructions under the heading Basic cutting technique,
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