Operator's Manual
BuckingaLog
•Ifyouarecuttingbranchesfromafallentreeor
cuttingalogintolengths,supportthelogoffthe
ground(preferablyonasawbuck);refertoFigure
20.
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Figure20
•Ifthelogissupportedonanend,cutfromthetop.
Ifthechainsawbindsinthecut,donotattempt
tofreeitbyrunningthemotor.Shutoffthesaw,
thenuseawedgetopryopenthecutandrelease
thesaw.
•Ifthelogissupportedonbothends,startfrom
thetopandcutaboutathirdofthewaythrough
thelog(Figure20A).Makeasecondcutfromthe
undersidetomeettherstcut(Figure20B).This
keepsthelogfrompinchingthesaw.
•Ifthelogissupportedalongitsentirelength,cut
allthewaythroughthelogfromthetop.
•Ifthelogissupportedonbothendsbutnotinthe
middle,cutathirdofthediameterfromthetop,
theneithercutfromthebottomorrollthelogover
tomeettherstcut(Figure21).
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Figure21
•Ifthelogisonahill,alwaysstandontheuphill
sideofthelog(Figure22).
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Figure22
1.Directionofslope
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