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BUCKING
Bucking is the term used for cutting a fallen tree
to the desired log size.
1. IMPORTANT
POINTS
a. Cut only one log at a time.
b. Cut shattered wood very carefully. Sharp
pieces of wood could be flung toward the
operator_
c. Use a sawhorse to cut small logs. Never
allow another person tO hold the log while cut-
ring and never holdthe log with your leg or foot.
d. Do not cut in an area where logs, limbs and
rootsaretangled such as in a blown down area.
Dragthelogsintoa cleararea beforecuttingbypuii-
ingout exposed and cleared logsfirst.
e. Make the first bucking cut 1/3 of the way
through the fog and finish with a 2/3 cut on
the opposite side. As the log is being cut, itwill
tend to bend, The saw can become pinched or
,hung in the log if you make the first cut deeper
than 1/3 of the d_ameterof the log.
f. ;Give special attention to logs under strain to
.pt_wentthe sawfrem pinching. Make thefirst cut
on thepressuresideto relievethe stresson theJog,
Figure23.
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PRESSURESlDE _
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2.
TYPES OF CUTTING USED Figure 24
•--Ovemutting--begin an the top side of the log with
the bottom of the saw against the log; exert light
pressure downward.
--Undercutting-- begin on the under side of the log
with the top of the saw against the log; exert light
.. pressureupward.Dudngundercutting, thesawwiU tend
topush backatyo_J, _ prepared f_r_reaction
andhold
the sawfirmlytomaintain control.
tl.
A WARNING
.
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] Neverturnthesawupsidedowntounderout.Thesaw
t
I cannot be controlled in th=s position.
WARNING
If saw becomes pinched or hung in a log, don't try to
force it out. Youcan lose control of thesaw resulting in
serious
injury and/or damage to the saw. Stopthe
saw, drive a wedge of plastic or wood into the cut
until the saw can be removed easily.
Figure
25,
Restartthesew
and carefully reenter the cut. To
avoid kickback and chain damage, do not use a
metal wedg_
Do not attempt to restart your saw
when it ispinched or hung in a log.
3." BUCKING--WITHOUT
A SUPPORT
_. Overcut with a 1/3 diameter cut,
b. Rol[Iogover andfinish withan overcut,
14.
USING
ANOTHER
LOG AS A SUPPORT
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1st
Cut
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2nd
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