Safety Manual

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KICKBACK/ OPTIONAL KICK GUARD
TM
OPTIONAL KICK GUARD
TM
INSTALLATION
DANGER!
Chain saw kickback is an extremely dangerous reaction. Kickback
can cause serious, or fatal injuries!
OPTIONAL KICK GUARD ANTI-KICKBACK BAR TIP
GUARD
This is an anti-kickback device that covers the bar nose to
prevent chain contact at the kickback-generating area of the
nose. The bar tip guard is called the optional Kick Guard
device. With the device properly mounted on the bar nose,
rotational kickback cannot occur. The device will also halt
linear kickback. (See denitions of rotational and linear
kickback.
The optional Kick Guard device
is not icluded when you purchase
your chain saw.
It is the operator’s responsibility to decide
upon the safest cutting approach for the
job being done. If you think the optional
Kick Guard limits or obstructs the cutting
operation and you decide to use the saw
without the guard, it is your responsibility to know how
to operate the saw safely. This manual provides safety
information to operate with and without the optional Kick
Guard.
The optional Kick Guard can be used in a majority of
cutting operations, and is especially recommended for
beginners, homeowners, or chain saw novices. However,
it is designed to be removable to allow the saw to be used
without the device. Use of the saw without the optional Kick
Guard device requires a higher level of caution on the part
of the operator. Study the information and precautions in this manual carefully
to learn how to operate the saw safely. Contact ECHO Incorporated if you have
any questions, or if you do not understand the information.
Use the optional Kick Guard in cutting applications where the bar’s tip
may come into contact with solid objects or surfaces. Most cutting
operations can be accomplished with the optional Kick Guard in place.
ECHO Incorporated HIGHLY RECOMMENDS the use of the optional Kick
Guard Device:
• If you are a beginner or novice chain saw user.
• If you are cutting in or around adjacent brush, small saplings, trees, or other
solid objects that can be contacted by the bar tip.
• If it is possible that the tip of the saw may come in contact with an adjacent
object such as a log, other trees, branches, root, stump, fence, post, wall,
rocks, nails etc.
optional Kick
Guard
Optional
Kick Guard
Prevents
Rotational
Kickback!