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Right Hand
Left Hand
S Position your left hand on the front han-
dlebar so it is in a straight line with your
ri ght hand on the rear handle when
making bu cking cuts. S t and s l ight l y to
the left si de of t he saw to keep your
body f r om being in a di r ect line wit h the
cutti ng chain.
S Stand with your weight evenl y balan ce d
on both feet.
S Do not over reach. You could be draw n
or t hrown off balance and lose control.
S Do not cut ab ove s houl der height. It is
diff i cult to maintai n control of saw above
shoulder height .
KICKBACK SAFETY FEATURES
WARNING: The following features
are included on your saw to help reduce
hazard of kickback; ho wever, such fea-
tures will not totally eliminate this dan-
ger. Do not rely only on safety devices.
Follow all safety rules to help avoid kick-
back and other forces which can result
in s erious injury.
S Hand Guar d: designed to reduce the
chance of your lef t hand contact i ng the
chain if your hand slips of f the front han-
dlebar.
S Position of front and rear handlebars:
designed with distance between han-
dles and “i n- l i ne” wit h each other. The
spre ad and “in-line” posi tio n of the
hands provided by this design work to-
gether to give balance and resistance in
controlling the pivot of the saw back to-
war d the operat or if kickback occurs.
S Reduced-Kickback Guide Bar: de-
signed wit h a small radi us ti p which re-
duces the size of the kickback danger
zone. Thi s type b ar has been demon-
str ated to signifi cantl y r educe the num-
ber and s er i ousness of kickbacks when
tested in accordance with ANSI B175.1.
Large Radius
Tip Guide Bar
Small Radius
Tip Guide Bar
S Low K i ckback Chain has met kickback
perfor mance requir ements when tested
on the r epresentati ve sample of t hese
chain saws specifi ed i n ANSI B175. 1.
Low
K
ickback Chain
Contoured Depth Gauge
Elongated Guard Link
Deflects Kickback Force
And Allows W ood To
Gradually Ride Into Cutter
CHAIN BRAKE AND CKA ANGLE
S Chain Brake: designed to stop the
chain in t he e v ent of kickba ck.
WARNING: WE DO NOT REP-
RESENT AND YOU SHOUL D NOT ASSUME
THA T THE CHAIN BRAKE WILL PROTECT
YOU IN THE EVENT OF A KICKBACK.
Kick-
back is a lightning f ast acti on whichthrows
the bar and rot ati ng chain back and up to-
ward the operator. Ki ckback can be
caused by allow ing cont actof the ba r tip i n
the danger zone wit h any hard object.
Kickback can also be caused by pinching
the saw c hain along the top of the guide
bar. This action may push the guide bar
rapi dly back toward the operat or. Eit her of
the se events m ay cause you to lose con-
tr ol of the saw which could result i nserious
injur y or even death.
DO NOT RELY UPON
ANY OF THE SAFETY DEVICES BUIL T INTO
YOUR SAW. YOU SHOULD USE THE SA W
PROPERL Y AND CAREFULL Y TO A VOID
KICKBACK.
Reduced--kickback guide
bars a nd l ow--kickback saw chains r e-
duce the chance and magnitude o f kick-
back and are recommended. Your saw
has a low kickback chain and bar as origi-
nal equi pment . Repairs on a chai n brake
should be made by an aut hor i zed service
dealer. Take y our uni t to the p l ace of pur-
chase or to your nearest au t hori zed ser-
vice d ealer.
WARNING: Computed Ki ckb a ck
Angle(CKA)listedonyoursawandlisted
in the f ollowing 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 r epresented i n the CKA
column indicate total energy and angle