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NOTE:
• Before proceeding to your job, read “For
Safe Operation” section. It is
recommended to first practice sawing
easy logs. This also helps you get
accustomed to your unit.
• It is not necessary to force the saw into
the cut. Apply only light pressure while
running the engine at full throttle.
• Racing the engine with the chain seized in
a cutaway can damage the clutch system.
When the saw chain is caught in the cut,
do not attempt to pull it out by force, but
use a wedge or a lever to open the cut.
■ GUARD AGAINST KICKBACK
• This saw is equipped with a special “low
kickback” chain that greatly reduces the
severty of kickback should it occur.
• The saw chain has been tested in
accordance with American National
Standard Safety Specifications for
gasoline powered chain saw (ANSI
B175.1 1985) as having an acceptable
low kickback level. On this saw never use
any chain other than those recommended
on page 12 of this manual, or which is not
designated as meeting the ANSI B175.1
kickback levels on this saw.
• Low kickback saw chains are chains
which have met the kickback
requirements of ANSI B175.1 when tested
on the representative samples of chain
saws below 3.8 C.I.D. specified in ANSI
B175.1.
• The guide bar supplied with this saw has
an under 1.2 inch radius sprocket nose
which produces a specific kickback
energy. Never use a bar with a larger
nose radius. Use only those
recommended on page 12.
• The length of bars has a great effect on
kickback. Use only those length as
specified on page 12.
• This saw is also equipped with a chain
brake that will stop the chain in the event
of kickback if operating properly. You
must check the chain brake operation
before each usage by running the saw at
full throttle for 1 or 2 seconds and pushing
the front hand guard forward. The chain
should stop immediately with the engine
at full speed. If the chain is slow to stop or
does not stop then replace the brake band
and clutch drum before use.
• It is extremely important that the chain
brake be checked for proper operation
before each use and that the chain be
sharp in order to maintain the kickback
safety level of this saw. Removal of the
safety devices, inadequate maintenance,
or incorrect replacement of the bar or
chain may increase the risk of serious
personal injury due to kickback.
■ FELLING A TREE
[CAUTION!] When you fell a tree, be sure to
warn your neighboring workers of the
danger.
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