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REMOVING A PINCHED SAW
(A SAW HUNG IN THE LOG)
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If saw becomes pinched or hung in a log,
don’t try to force it out. Youcan lose con-
trol of the saw resulting in injury and/or
damage to thesaw. Stop the saw, drive a
wedge of plastic or wood into the cut until
the saw can be removed easily.
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Restart the saw and carefully reenter the
cut. To avoid kickback and chain dam-
age, donotusea metalwedge. Do notat-
tempt to restart your saw when it is
pinched or hung in a log.
Use a wedge to remove pinched saw
Turn saw
OFF
and use a plastic or
wooden wedge to force cut open.
LIMBING AND PRUNING
WARNING:
Neverclimb into atreeto
limb or prune. Do not stand on ladders, plat-
forms, a log, or in any position which can
cause you to lose your balance or control of
the saw.
IMPORTANT POINTS
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Work slowly, keeping both hands firmly
gripped onthe saw. Maintain secure foot-
ing and balance.
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Watch out for springpoles. Use extreme
caution when cutting small size limbs.
Slender material may catch the saw
chain and be whipped toward you or pull
you off balance.
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Be alert for springback. Watch out for
branches that are bent or underpressure
as you are cutting to avoid being struck
by the branch or the saw when the ten-
sion in the wood fibers is released.
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Keep aclear workarea. Frequently clear
branches out of the way to avoid tripping
over them.
LIMBING
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Always limb a tree after it is cut down.
Only then canlimbing be done safely and
properly.
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Leave the larger limbs underneath the
felled tree to support the tree as you
work.
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Start at the base of the felled tree and
work toward the top, cutting branches
and limbs. Remove small limbs with one
cut.
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Keep thetreebetween youand the chain.
Cut from the side of the tree opposite the
branch you are cutting.
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Remove l arger, supporting branches
with the 1/3, 2/3 cutting techniques de-
scribed in the bucking section.
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Undercut 1/3 of the way through the
log.
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Finish with an overcut.
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Always use an overcut to cut small and
freely hanging limbs. Undercutting could
cause limbs to fall and pinch the saw.
PRUNING
WARNING:
Be alert for and guard
against kickback. Do not allow the moving
chain to contact any other branches or ob-
jects at the nose of the guide bar when limb-
ing orpruning. Allowing suchcontact canre-
sult in serious injury.