Use and Care Manual
Table Of Contents
- Operator’s Manual DCS-2500T Chainsaw
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Safety
- For safe use of your product
- International Symbols
- Location in which the safety decal is attached
- Handling the Product
- Chainsaw Safety Warnings
- Causes and Operator Prevention of Kickback
- Kickback Safety Precautions
- General Precautions
- Precautions for Use
- Users of the product
- Environment of Use and Operation
- Vibration and Cold
- Repetitive stress injuries
- Transport of the product
- Starting the unit
- Once the unit has started, check for abnormal vibrations and sounds.
- Disconnect the battery:
- Do not touch high temperature or high voltage components while the product is running.
- Turn off the unit when checking or maintaining the product.
- Turn off the unit immediately if anything goes wrong.
- A ten meter radius is a danger zone.
- One-handed use is intended for trained tree service professionals only.
- Using the product.
- Make sure that the saw chain is stopped before putting the unit on the ground
- Protective Gear
- Description
- Contents
- Assembly
- Operation
- Maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Storage
- Specifications
- Product Registration
- Warranty
- Notes
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• When hoisting a chainsaw using a rope tied to a lifting hook for operation
on a tree, ensure that the lifting hook is not strained by excessive force
General Requirements
Operators of tree service chainsaws working at height from a rope and
harness should never work alone. A ground worker trained in appropriate
emergency procedures should assist them. Operators of tree service
chainsaws for this work should be trained in general safe climbing and
work positioning techniques and be properly equipped with harnesses,
ropes, strops, carabiners and other equipment for maintaining secure and
safe working positions for both themselves and the saw.
Preparing to Use the Saw in a Tree
The chainsaw should be checked by the ground worker and then switched
off before it is sent up to the operator in the tree.The chainsaw should be
fitted with a suitable strop for attachment to the operator's harness.
Example of attaching chainsaw to operator’s harness:
• secure the strop around the attachment point on the rear of the saw;
• provide suitable carabiners to allow indirect (i.e. via the strop) and direct
attachment (i.e. at the attachment point on the saw) of the saw to the
operator's harness;
• ensure the saw is securely attached when it is being sent up to the
operator;
• ensure the saw is secured to the harness
before it is disconnected from the means of
ascent.
The ability to directly attach the saw to the
harness reduces the risk of damage to
equipment when moving around the tree.
Always switch the saw off when it is directly
attached to the harness.
Example of attachment of chainsaw to center rear mid-point on
harness: