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Operating Saw With Kick Guard Installed
CAUTION: TheKick Guard protects against
kickback but is not a general
insurance against “accidents” with
a chain saw. Therefore, wear
proper attire and protective
articles. Practice correct
positioning of the saw, correct
posture and stance, and use the
proper grip on the saw handles at
all times. These things are covered
in your Instruction Manual.
1. Because the Kick Guard is wider than the saw chain
and cannot go into or be pulled through a cut, it will
obstruct cutting unless it clears the wood completely.
Figure2 illustrates the maximum diameterof wood
which can be cut when the Kick Guard is on the saw.
Always check that there is enough clearance. If in
doubtthat there is enough clearanceremove the Kick
Guardbefore making thecut.
DANGER: Refer to Operating the Saw
Without Kick Guard installed on
page 6 and your Instruction
Manual BEFORE removing Kick
Guard.
2. There are situations where you may not wish to use
the Kick Guard. These include any time a wedge has
to be used to control the fall or hold open the cut, and
any situations where the nose of the saw must be
usedfor cutting, or theblade pulled through after
completion of the cut.
DANGER: During felling, if a tree starts to
fall causing your saw to bind,
leave the saw and save yourself.
The saw can be replaced – you
cannot!
3. Refer to Figures 3, 4 and 5. Each shows a “tight
situation” cut which is hazardous to make without a
Kick Guard. These techniques of cutting in close
quarterscan be appliedtosituations encountered
when bucking or limbing as well as when felling.
HARDHAT
HEARINGPROTECTION
TRIM,
PROTECTIVE
CLOTHING
NON-SLIP
GLOVES
THUMBUNDER
HANDLEBAR
EYE
PROTECTION
ELBOWAS
STRAIGHTAS
POSSIBLE
PROTECTIVE,
NON-SLIP
FOOTWEAR
NOPANTS
CUFFSTO
SNAGIN
UNDERBRUSH
Fig. 1 - Correct Protective Articles, Grip,
andPositioning
LIMIT
IMPOSEDBY
KICK
GUARD
MAXIMUM
DIAMETER LIMITIMPOSED
BY SAW
BUMPER
Fig. 2 - Maximum Diameter of Cut with
KickGuard Installed
BLADEWITH
KICKGUARD
INSERTED
BETWEEN
TWOTREES
Fig. 3
