Safety Manual

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ENGLISH
OPERATION
LIMBING AND BUCKING
WARNING! Do not walk on the trunk
or in a log pile, or cut while standing on it.
WARNING! Take extra care when
walking around a log pile, especially if
logs are debarked or wet and slippery.
Determine how the log or limb is tensioned.
Apply the methods discussed to avoid
entrapment of the saw. If the chain becomes
pinched in a bind, SHUT OFF THE ENGINE.
Free the bind by lifting the limb. Use levers,
poles, etc. for lifting. Avoid back injuries.
Echo suggests all limbing and bucking
operations be done with optional Kick
Guard
TM
installed, except where tree
diameter exceeds cutting capacity of saw.
When the trunk is held off the ground by its
limbs, determine which of these are needed
for support. Leave these while you cut off all
the other limbs and branches. You will lose
support of the limbs as sections of the trunk
are bucked into logs. Roll some short logs
under the trunk so you can continue off-the-
ground bucking, which is easier than when
the trunk is at on the ground. Go to the high
groundside of the trunk to buck off logs.
It may be necessary to bore into the middle of
a log before the top or bottom is cut. Boring
is a dangerous procedure where the bar tip
guard cannot be used for protection. Be sure
you have read about kickback in this manual
and know how to avoid it before attempting to bore.
WARNING! Boring should only be performed by trained
professionals. There is danger of kickback during boring. Be sure to
maintain proper control of the saw and keep your body away from the
kickback path.
Before starting the bore, use the bottom edge of the saw blade to cut into the
side of the log at slow chain speed. When the bar has buried itself quite deeply
into the log, gradually increase chain speed and shift cutting pressure to bore
straight into the log. Once the bar is inside the log, you can cut downward to the
bottom, and then nish by cutting upward through the holding wood at the top.
Avoid sawing inside windfalls. Windfalls are tangled branches, roots and trees.
Clean these out only by cutting from the perimeter, or by dragging logs and
limbs into the clear before bucking.
KNOW HOW BRANCHES ARE
STRESSED
USE SUPPORT LOG UNDER
TRUNK - LEAVE SUPPORT
LIMBS UNTIL LAST
LAST
DON’T CUT WHAT YOU ARE
STANDING ON