Poulan Pro 530087857 Operator's Manual page 10

Using a support stand
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Using a support stand
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REMOVING A PINCHED SAW
(A SAW HUNG IN THE LOG)
If saw becomes pinched or hung in a
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log, don't try to force it out. You can lose
control of the saw resulting in personal
injury and/or damage to the saw. Stop
the saw and drive plastic or wooden
wedge into the cut until the saw can be
removed easily.
Restart the saw and carefully reenter
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the cut. To avoid kickback and chain
damage, do not use a metal wedge. Do
not attempt to restart your saw when it is
pinched or hung in a log.
Use a wedge to remove pinched saw
Turn saw and use a plastic or
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wooden wedge to force cut open.
LIMBING AND PRUNING
WARNING:
Never climb into a tree to
limb or prune. Do not stand on ladders, plat-
forms, a log, or in any position which can
cause you to lose your balance or control of
the saw.
IMPORTANT POINTS
Work slowly, keeping both hands firmly
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gripped on the saw. Maintain secure
footing and balance.
Watch out for springpoles.
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extreme caution when cutting small size
limbs. Slender material may catch the
saw chain and be whipped toward you
or pull you off balance.
Be alert for springback. Watch out for
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branches that are bent or under pres-
sure. Avoid being struck by the branch
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fibers is released.
Keep a clear work area. Frequently
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clear branches out of the way to avoid
tripping over them.
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Always limb a tree after it is cut down.
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Only then can limbing be done safely
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and properly.
Leave the larger limbs underneath the
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felled tree to support the tree as you
work.
Start at the base of the felled tree and
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work toward top, cutting branches and
limbs. Remove small limbs with one cut.
Keep the tree between you and the
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chain. Cut from the side of the tree op-
posite the branch you are cutting.
Remove larger, supporting branches
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with the
scribed in the bucking section.
Undercut
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the log.
Finish with an overcut.
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Always use an overcut to cut small and
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freely hanging limbs. Undercutting
could cause limbs to fall and pinch saw.
PRUNING
WARNING:
against kickback. Do not allow the moving
chain to contact any other branches or ob-
jects at the nose of the guide bar when limb-
ing or pruning. Allowing such contact can
result in serious injury.
Limit pruning to limbs shoulder height
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or below. Do not cut if branches are
higher than your shoulder. Get a profes-
sional to do the job.
See illustration for the pruning
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technique.
Make your fist cut
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through the bottom of the limb.
Next make a 2nd cut all the way
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through the limb. Then cut a
third overcut leaving a 1 to 2 inch
collar from the truck of the tree.
Third cut
Use
Collar
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1/3 2/3
of the way through
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Be alert for and guard
of the way
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Second cut
First cut
Pruning technique