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T540 XP
E E E E n n n n g g g g l l l l i i i i s s s s h h h h
Please read the operator's manual carefully and make sure you understand the instructions before using the machine.

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  • Page 1 Operator′s manual T540 XP E E E E n n n n g g g g l l l l i i i i s s s s h h h h Please read the operator’s manual carefully and make sure you understand the instructions before using the machine.

  • Page 2: Key To Symbols

    KEY TO SYMBOLS Symbols on the machine: Air purge WARNING! Chain saws can be dangerous! Careless or incorrect use can result in serious or fatal injury to the operator or others. Please read the operator’s manual Refuelling. carefully and make sure you understand the instructions before using the machine.

  • Page 3: Symbols In The Operator's Manual

    KEY TO SYMBOLS Symbols in the operator’s manual: Switch off the engine before carrying out any checks or maintenance. Always wear approved protective gloves. Regular cleaning is required. Visual check. Protective goggles or a visor must be worn. Refuelling. Filling with oil and adjusting oil flow. The chain brake must be engaged when the chain saw is started.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Contents KEY TO SYMBOLS Symbols on the machine: ........2 Symbols in the operator’s manual: ......3 CONTENTS Contents ............... 4 INTRODUCTION Dear Customer, ............. 5 WHAT IS WHAT? What is what on the chain saw? ......6 GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Before using a new chain saw ......

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Congratulations on your choice to buy a Husqvarna product! Husqvarna is based on a tradition that dates back to 1689, when the Swedish King Karl XI ordered the construction of a factory on the banks of the Husqvarna River, for production of muskets.

  • Page 6: What Is What

    WHAT IS WHAT? 21 22 What is what on the chain saw? Front hand guard 16 Saw chain Stop switch 17 Guide bar Information and warning decal 18 Throttle trigger Top handle 19 Throttle lockout Filter cover 20 Belt eyelet Choke control 21 Clutch cover Rope eyelet...

  • Page 7: General Safety Precautions

    GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Before using a new chain saw Important • Please read this manual carefully. IMPORTANT! • Check that the cutting equipment is correctly fitted and This chain saw for tree service is designed for pruning adjusted. See instructions under the heading and dismantling standing tree crowns.

  • Page 8: Personal Protective Equipment

    GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS as well as help you to use your chain saw both efficiently • Fire Extinguisher and Shovel and safely. Generally clothes should be close-fitting without restricting your freedom of movement. IMPORTANT! Sparks can come from the muffler, the bar Work is constantly in progress to improve the design and and chain or other sources.
  • Page 9 GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Chain brake and front hand guard • Use the chain brake as a ”parking brake” when starting and when moving over short distances, to Your chain saw is equipped with a chain brake that is reduce the risk of moving chain accidentally hitting designed to stop the chain if you get a kickback.

  • Page 10: Chain Catcher

    GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS If the kickback is less violent or the kickback zone of Throttle lockout the bar is closer to you the chain brake will be The throttle lockout is designed to prevent accidental activated manually by the movement of your left hand. operation of the throttle control.

  • Page 11: Cutting Equipment

    GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS with cutting equipment that is blunt or faulty (wrong type • Reduce the risk of the saw chain breaking or jumping off the bar. or badly sharpened) will increase the vibration level. • Obtain optimal cutting performance. •...

  • Page 12: Sharpening Your Chain And Adjusting Depth Gauge Setting

    • Number of drive links. a bar and chain combinations recommended by Husqvarna. See instructions under the heading Technical Data for a list of replacement bar and chain combinations we recommend. Guide bar •...
  • Page 13 GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS When you sharpen a cutting tooth there are four important • Check that the chain is correctly tensioned. A slack factors to remember. chain will move sideways, making it more difficult to sharpen correctly. Filing angle • Always file cutting teeth from the inside face.

  • Page 14: Tensioning The Chain

    GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS acheive the correct depth gauge setting and bevel for • Raise the tip of the bar and stretch the chain by the depth gauge. tightening the chain tensioning screw using the combination spanner. Tighten the chain until it does not sag from the underside of the bar.
  • Page 15 GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Filling with chain oil • Check that the bar tip sprocket turns freely and that the lubricating hole in the tip sprocket is not blocked. • All our chain saws have an automatic chain lubrication Clean and lubricate if necessary. system.
  • Page 16 GENERAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Guide bar WARNING! Most chain saw accidents happen when the chain touches the operator. Wear personal protective equipment. See Check regularly: instructions under the ”Personal protective equipment” heading. • Whether there are burrs on the edges of the bar. Remove these with a file if necessary.

  • Page 17: Assembly

    ASSEMBLY Fitting the bar and chain sprocket and that the chain is in the groove on the bar. Tighten the bar nut finger-tight. WARNING! Always wear gloves, when working with the chain. • Check that the chain brake is in disengaged position by moving the front hand guard towards the front •...
  • Page 18 ASSEMBLY Assembling the handle insert • To make the upper handle suit different hand sizes, the chain saw is available with three different handle insert sizes - M, L and XL. The L size is fitted to the chain saw when it is delivered. Contact your service workshop to change the size of the handle insert.

  • Page 19: Fuel Handling

    FUEL HANDLING Fuel Mixing ratio 1:50 (2%) with HUSQVARNA two-stroke oil or JASO FC Note! The machine is equipped with a two-stroke engine or ISO EGC GRADE. and must always be run using a mixture of petrol and two- 1:33 (3%) with oils class JASO FB or ISO EGB formulated stroke oil.

  • Page 20: Fueling

    FUEL HANDLING Fueling • Move the machine at least 3 m from the refuelling point before starting it. WARNING! Taking the following precautions, will lessen the risk of fire: Do not smoke and do not place any hot objects in the vicinity of fuel. •...

  • Page 21: Starting And Stopping

    STARTING AND STOPPING Starting and stopping Warm engine Use the same starting procedure as for a cold engine but WARNING! Note the following before without setting the choke control in the choke position. starting: Starting The chain brake must be engaged when the chain saw is started to reduce the chance of contact with the moving chain during starting.
  • Page 22 STARTING AND STOPPING Stopping WARNING! Long term inhalation of the engine’s exhaust fumes, chain oil mist The engine is stopped by pushing the stop switch to the and dust from sawdust can represent a stop position. health risk. • Never start a chain saw unless the bar, chain and all covers are fitted correctly.

  • Page 23: Working Techniques

    WORKING TECHNIQUES Before use: Basic safety rules Look around you: • To ensure that people, animals or other things cannot affect your control of the machine. • To make sure that none of the above might come within reach of your saw or be injured by falling trees. 5, 7 Check that the chain brake works correctly and is not damaged.

  • Page 24: General Rules

    WORKING TECHNIQUES suddenly. Take great care when working on sloping handle. Wrap your fingers and thumbs around the ground. handles. You should use this grip whether you are right-handed or left-handed. This grip minimises the effect of kickback and lets you keep the chain saw under control.
  • Page 25 WORKING TECHNIQUES If you have to cut branches or the like that are above Working with tree service chain-saws shoulder height, a working platform or scaffold tower from a rope and harness is recommended. This chapter sets out working practices to reduce the risk of injury from tree service chainsaws when working at height from a rope and harness.

  • Page 26: Basic Cutting Technique

    WORKING TECHNIQUES of climbing lines and support its weight centrally down the One-hand use of the chainsaw operator’s spine. Operators should never use a chain saw onehanded. When moving the saw from any attachment point to Operators should never: another, operators should ensure it is secured in the new •...
  • Page 27 WORKING TECHNIQUES There are five important factors you should consider risk that the chain will touch the ground when you finish the cut. before making a cut: Make sure the cutting equipment will not jam in the cut. Cut all the way through the log from above. Avoid letting the chain touch the ground as you finish the cut.

  • Page 28: Felling Technique For Tree Tops

    WORKING TECHNIQUES - Start by cutting from above (about 1/3 of the way ”jammed” tree top is very dangerous (see point 4 in this through). section). - Finish by cutting from below so that the two cuts meet. Once you have decided which way you want the top of the tree to fall you must assess which way the top of the tree would fall naturally.
  • Page 29 WORKING TECHNIQUES towards a predetermined target in an appropriate move in the opposite direction to your intended felling direction (2). Try to maintain your position in the tree on direction. the right side and cut on the pull stroke. Ensure that you can see the bar during the whole part of your operation.

  • Page 30: How To Avoid Kickback

    WORKING TECHNIQUES What is kickback? WARNING! Unless you have special training we advise you not to fell trees The word kickback is used to describe the sudden with a diameter larger than the bar length reaction that causes the chain saw and bar to jump off an of your saw! object when the upper quadrant of the tip of the bar, known as the kickback zone, touches an object.

  • Page 31: Maintenance

    Carburettor adjustment demands special training. This is especially true of the machine’s safety equipment. If your machine fails any of Your Husqvarna product has been designed and the checks described below we recommend that you manufactured to specifications that reduce harmful take it to your service workshop.

  • Page 32: Stop Switch

    MAINTENANCE object. See the instructions under the heading Start • Start the chain saw and apply full throttle. Release the and stop. throttle control and check that the chain stops and remains stationary. If the chain rotates when the throttle trigger is in the idle position, contact your servicing dealer.

  • Page 33: Muffler

    MAINTENANCE Muffler Starter WARNING! When the recoil spring is wound up in the starter housing it is under tension and can, if handled carelessly, pop out and cause personal • Never use a machine that has a faulty muffler. injury. Care must be exercised when replacing the return spring or the starter cord.

  • Page 34: Tensioning The Recoil Spring

    MAINTENANCE • Undo the bolt in the centre of the pulley and remove parallel to the starter cord and press down the knot the pulley. into its position in the spring guide (2). 10mm • Pull the starter cord against the starter handle so at least 10mm of the spring guide is visible.

  • Page 35: Air Filter

    A damaged air filter must always be replaced. A HUSQVARNA chain saw can be equipped with different types of air filter according to working conditions, weather, Fitting the starter season, etc.

  • Page 36: Lubricating The Bar Tip Sprocket

    MAINTENANCE Lubricating the bar tip sprocket Adjustment of the oil pump. Lubricate the bar tip sprocket each time you refuel. Use The oil pump is adjustable. Adjustments are made by the special grease gun and a good quality bearing grease. turning the screw with a screwdriver.

  • Page 37: Winter Use

    MAINTENANCE Winter use Running problems can occur when using the machine in the cold and snowy conditions caused by: • Too low engine temperature. • Icing of the air filter and carburettor. Special measures are therefore often required: • Partly mask the air inlet on the starter to increase the working temperature of the engine.

  • Page 38: Maintenance Schedule

    MAINTENANCE Maintenance schedule The following is a list of the maintenance steps that must be performed on the machine. Most of the items are described in the Maintenance section. Daily maintenance Weekly maintenance Monthly maintenance Check the brake band on the chain brake for wear.

  • Page 39: Technical Data

    TECHNICAL DATA Technical data T540XP Engine Cylinder displacement, cm 37,7 Cylinder bore, mm Stroke, mm Idle speed, rpm 3000 Power, kW/ rpm 1,8/10200 Ignition system Spark plug NGK CMR6H Electrode gap, mm Fuel and lubrication system Fuel tank capacity, litre 0,34 Oil pump capacity at 9,500 rpm, ml/min Oil tank capacity, litre...

  • Page 40: Guide Bar And Saw Chain Combinations

    Husqvarna AB, SE-561 82 Huskvarna, Sweden, tel: +46-36-146500, declares under sole responsibility that the chain saw for tree service Husqvarna T540 XP from 2012’s serial numbers and onwards (the year is clearly stated in plain text on the type plate with subsequent serial number), are in conformity with the requirements of the COUNCIL’S DIRECTIVES: - of May 17, 2006 ”relating to machinery”...
  • Page 44 Original instructions 1153298-26 ´®z+U=r¶6u¨ ´®z+U=r¶6u¨ 2013-01-23...

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