Owner's Manual

5
Right Hand
Left Hand
S Position your left hand on the front
handlebar so it is in a straight line with
your right hand on the rear handle
when making bucking cuts. Stand
slightly to the left side of the saw to
keep your body from being in a direct
line with the cutting c hain.
S Stand with your weight evenly bal-
anced on both feet.
S Do not ov erreach. You could be drawn
or thrown off balance and lose control.
S Do not cut abov e s houlder height. It is
difficult to maintain control of saw
above shoulder height.
KICKBACK SAFETY FEATUR ES
WARNING: The following features
are included on your saw to help reduce
hazard of kickback; however, such fea-
tures will not totally eliminate this dan-
ger. Do not rely only on s afety dev ices.
Follow all safety rules to help avoid kick-
back and other forces which can result
in serious injury.
S Hand Guard: designed to reduce the
chance of your left hand contacting
the c hain if your hand slips off the front
handlebar.
S Positi on of fr ont and rear handlebars:
designed with distance between han-
dles and “in- l i ne” with each other. The
spre ad and “i n-l i n e” positio n of the
hands provided by this design work to-
gether to give balance and resistance i n
controlling the pivot of the saw back to-
war d the operator if kickback occurs.
S Reduced-Kickback Guide Bar : de-
signed wit h a small radius ti p which re-
duces the size of the kickback danger
zone. This type bar has been demon-
str ated to signif i cantl y reduce the num-
ber and seriousness of kickbacks when
tested in accordance with ANSI B175.1.
Large Radius
Tip Guide Bar
Small Radius
Tip Guide Bar
S Low Kickback Chain has met kickback
perfor mance requir ement s when tested
on the representat i ve sample of these
chain saws specifi ed in ANSI B175.1.
Low
K
ickback Chain
Contoured Depth Gauge
Elongated Guard Link
Deflects Kickback Force
And Allows Wood To
Gradually Ride Into Cutter
WARNING: Comput ed Kickback
Angle(CKA)listedonyoursawandlisted
in the following CKA Table represents the
angle of kickback your bar and chain
combinations will have when tested in ac-
cordance with CSA and ANSI standards.
Compu ted angles repr e sen ted in the CKA
column indicate total energy and angle
associ ated with out a chai n br ake. When
purchasing replacements, considerations
should be given to the lower CKA values.
In al l cases, l ower CKA values represent a
safer operating environment for the user.
S Tip contact in some cases may c ause
a lightning fast
REACTION,kickingthe
guide bar up and back toward the op-
erator.
S Pinching the saw chain along the tip of
the guide bar may push the guide bar
rapidly back towards the operator.
S Either of these reactions may c ause
you to lose c ontrol of the saw which
could result in serious injury. Do not
rely exclusively upon safety devices
built into your saw.
The foll ow ing guide bar and chain com-
binati ons meet kickback requir ement s of
CSA Z62.1 & Z62.3 and ANSI B175.1
when used on saws list ed in this manual.
Use of bar and chain combinations other
than those l i sted is not recommended and
may not meet the CKA requirements per
standard.