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Right Hand
Left Hand
S Positi on your left hand on the front han-
dlebar so it is in a straight line with your
ri ght hand on the r ear handle when
making bucking cuts. Stand slight l y t o
the left side o f the saw to keep your
body from being in a di r ect l i ne with the
cutti ng chain.
S Stan d with yourweight evenly bal ance d
on bot h feet.
S Do not over reach . Yo u could be drawn
or thrown off balance and lose control .
S Do n ot cut above shoulder height. It is
diff i cult to maintai n cont r ol of saw above
shoulder height.
KICKBACK SAFETY FEATUR E S
WARNING: The followingfeatures
are included onyour sawto helpreduce
hazard of kickback; however, such fea-
tures will not totally eliminate this d an-
ger. Do not rely only on safety devices.
Follow allsafetyrules to help avoidk ick-
back and other forces which can result
in serious injury.
S Hand Guard: designed t o reduce the
chance of your left hand contacti ng the
chain if your hand slips off the front han-
dlebar.
S Positi on of front and rear handlebars:
designed wi th dist ance bet w een han-
dles and “ i n- l i ne” wi t h e ach other. The
spre ad and “in- li ne” positi on of the
hands provi ded by this design wor k to-
gether to give balance and resistance i n
controlling the pivot of the saw back to-
war d the operator if kickb ack occurs.
S Reduced-Kickback Guide B ar : d e-
signed wi t h a small r adi us tip which re-
duces t he size of the ki ckback d anger
zone. This type bar has been demon-
str ated t o signi f icant l y reduce the num-
ber and seri ousness of kickbacks when
tested in accordance wi th ANSIB175.1.
Large Radius
Tip Guide Bar
Small Radius
Tip Guide Bar
S Low Kickback Chain has met kickback
perfor mance r equi r ements when tested
on the representat ive s ample 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
CHAIN BRAKE AND CKA AN GLE
S Chain Brake: designed to stop the
chain in the event of kickback.
WARNING: WE DO NOT REP-
RESENT AND YOU SHOULD NOT ASSUME
THA T THE CHAIN BRAKE WILL PROTECT
YOU IN THE EVENT OF A KICKBACK.
Kick-
back is a l i ght ning f astaction whichthr ows
the bar and r ot at i ng chain back and up to-
ward the operat or. Kickback can be
causedby all o wingcontactof t h ebar tip i n
the danger zone wit h any hard object.
Kickback can also be caused by pinching
the saw chain along the top of the guide
bar. This acti on may pu sh the guide bar
rapi dly back toward the operator. Eit herof
the se events may cause you t o l o se con-
tr olof the sawwhich couldresultinserious
injur y or even death.
DO NOT RELYUPON
ANY OF THE SAFETY DEVICES BUILT INT O
YOUR SA W. YOU SHOULD USE T HE SAW
PROPERL Y AND CAREFULLY TO AVOID
KICKBACK.
Reduced--kickback guide
bars and low--kickback saw chains re-
duce the chance and magnitude of kick-
back and are recommended. Your saw
has a l ow kickback chai n and bar as origi-
nal equipment. R epair s on a chain br ake
should be made by an author ized ser vi ce
dealer. Take your uni t t o the place of pur-
chase or to y our near est authori zed ser-
vice dealer.
WARNING: Com puted Kickback
Angle(CKA)listedonyoursawandlisted
in the following CKA Ta ble represents the
angle of kickback your bar and chain
combinations will have when tested in ac-
cordance wi th CSA and ANSI standards.
Compu tedangles representedin t heCKA
column indicate total energy and angle