Use and Care Manual
BuckingaLog
•Ifyouarecuttingbranchesfromafallentreeorcutting
alogintolengths,supportthelogofftheground
(preferablyonasawbuck);refertoFigure19.
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Figure19
•Ifthelogissupportedonanend,cutfromthetop.Ifthe
chainsawbindsinthecut,donotattempttofreeitby
runningthemotor.Shutoffthesaw,thenuseawedgeto
pryopenthecutandreleasethesaw .
•Ifthelogissupportedonbothends,startfromthetop
andcutaboutathirdofthewaythroughthelog(Figure
19A).Makeasecondcutfromtheundersidetomeetthe
rstcut(Figure19BandFigure19C).Thiskeepsthelog
frompinchingthesaw .
•Ifthelogissupportedalongitsentirelength,cutallthe
waythroughthelogfromthetop.
•Ifthelogissupportedonbothendsbutnotinthemiddle,
cutathirdofthediameterfromthetop,theneithercut
fromthebottomorrollthelogovertomeettherstcut
(Figure20).
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Figure20
•Ifthelogisonahill,alwaysstandontheuphillsideof
thelog(Figure21).
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Figure21
1.Directionofslope
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