Bushranger BRUZCS5210 Operator's Manual page 7

SAFETY RULES & PRECAUTIONS
CUTTING
• Use extreme caution when cutting small-size brush and saplings because slender material may catch the saw chain
and be whipped toward you or pull you off balance.
• When cutting a limb that is under tension, be alert for spring-back so that you will not be struck by the limb or chain
saw when the tension in the wood fibres is released.
• Cutting while on a ladder is extremely dangerous because the ladder can slip and your control of the chain saw is
CUTTING
limited. Working aloft should be left to professionals.
•Do not operate a chain saw in a tree unless you have
been specifically trained to do so.
• Stop the engine before setting the chain saw down.
•Keep all parts of your body away from the saw chain
WOOD PRACTICES when the engine is running.
• Operating a chain saw safely requires a chain saw in proper working order, sound judgment, and knowledge of the
•Use extreme caution when cutting small-size brush
methods which should be applied in each cutting situation.
and saplings because slender material may catch the
saw chain and be whipped toward you or pull you off
• Do not let any person use your saw unless they have read this owner's manual and fully understands its instructions.
balance.
•When cutting a limb that is under tension, be alert for
• Never let children operate the saw.
springback so that you will not be struck by the limb or
chain saw when the tension in the wood fibers is
• Use your saw only to cut wood or wood products. Do not cut solid metal, sheet metal, plastics or any non-wood
materials. released.
•Cutting while on a ladder is extremely dangerous
• Stay on the uphill side when bucking or limbing logs which might roll when cut.
because the ladder can slip and your control of the
CUTTING
chain saw is limited.
• Keep both feet on the ground. Do not work from off-the-ground positions.
Working aloft should be left to professionals.
•Stop the engine before setting the chain saw down.
CHAIN BRAKE
• The chain brake's function is to stop chain rotation after a kickback.
It neither prevents nor reduces kickback. Do not depend on the chain
brake for protection against kickback. Even with a chain brake, depend
• Do not operate a chain saw in a tree unless
CUTTING
on your own good sense and proper cutting methods just as though
you have been specifically trained to do so.
there were no chain brake. Fig 4.
•Do not operate a chain saw in a tree unless you have
WOOD PRACTICES
• Keep all parts of your body away from the
been specifically trained to do so.
• Even with normal use and proper maintenance, the response time of the brake may lengthen. The following may
CUTTING
saw chain when the engine is running.
interfere with the brake's ability to protect the operator.
•Operating a chain saw safety requires a chain saw in
•Keep all parts of your body away from the saw chain
•Do not operate a chain saw in a tree unless you have
proper working order, sound judgment, and
• Use extreme caution when cutting small-size
when the engine is running.
been specifically trained to do so.
• Saw wrongly held too close to operator's body. Kickback time may be too fast even for a perfectly maintained brake to
brush and saplings because slender material
knowledge of the methods which should be applied in
•Keep all parts of your body away from the saw chain
work in time. Fig. 4 •Use extreme caution when cutting small-size brush
may catch the saw chain and be whipped
each cutting situation.
when the engine is running.
toward you or pull you off balance.
and saplings because slender material may catch the
•Do not let any person use your saw unless he has
• The operator's hand may not be in position to contact the hand guard. Brake will not be tripped.
•Use extreme caution when cutting small-size brush
saw chain and be whipped toward you or pull you off
read this operator's manual and fully understands its
• When cutting a limb that is under tension,
and saplings because slender material may catch the
• Lack of proper malignance lengthens the brake's stopping time, making it less effective.
balance. instructions.
be alert for spring-back so that you will not
saw chain and be whipped toward you or pull you off
•Never let children operate the saw.
be struck by the limb or chain saw when the •When cutting a limb that is under tension, be alert for
balance.
• Dirt, grease, oil, pitches, etc. getting into the working parts of the mechanism may lengthen the stopping time.
•Use your saw only to cut wood or wood products. Do
tension in the wood fibres is released.
springback so that you will not be struck by the limb or
•When cutting a limb that is under tension, be alert for
not cut solid metal, sheet metal, plastics or any non-
springback so that you will not be struck by the limb or
chain saw when the tension in the wood fibers is
• Cutting while on a ladder is extremely
wood materials.
chain saw when the tension in the wood fibers is
dangerous because the ladder can slip
released.
•Stay on the uphill side when bucking or limbing logs
and your control of the chain saw is limited. released.
•Cutting while on a ladder is extremely dangerous
which might roll when cut.
Working aloft should be left to professionals.
•Cutting while on a ladder is extremely dangerous
•Keep both feet on the ground. Do not work from off-
because the ladder can slip and your control of the
because the ladder can slip and your control of the
• Stop the engine before setting the chain saw
the-ground positions.
chain saw is limited.
chain saw is limited.
down.
SERVICES
•All chain saw service, other than items listed in the
operator's manual maintenance instruction, should be
performed by competent service personnel.
(For example, if improper tool is used to hold the
flywheel in order to remove the clutch, structural
damage to the flywheel could occur and subsequently
could cause the flywheel to burst.)
• Keep both feet on the ground. Do not work
from off-the-ground positions.
CHAIN BRAKE
SERVICES
•All chain saw service, other than items listed in the
• The chain brake's function is to stop chain
CHAIN BRAKE
rotation after a kickback. It neither prevents
operator's manual maintenance instruction, should be
SERVICES
nor reduces kickback. Do not depend on the
The chain brake's function is to stop chain rotation after
performed by competent service personnel.
chain brake for protection against kickback.
•All chain saw service, other than items listed in the
a kickback. It neither prevents nor reduces kickback.
Even with a chain brake, depend on your
(For example, if improper tool is used to hold the
operator's manual maintenance instruction, should be
Do not depend on the chain brake for protection against
own good sense and proper cutting methods
performed by competent service personnel.
flywheel in order to remove the clutch, structural
just as though there were no chain brake.
kickback.
(For example, if improper tool is used to hold the
damage to the flywheel could occur and subsequently
Even with a chain brake, depend on your own good
flywheel in order to remove the clutch, structural
• Even with normal use and proper
could cause the flywheel to burst.)
sense and proper cutting methods just as though there
damage to the flywheel could occur and subsequently
maintenance, the response time of the brake
were no chain brake.
may lengthen. The following may interfere
could cause the flywheel to burst.)
Even with normal use and proper maintenance, the
with the brake's ability to protect the operator.
response time of the brake may lengthen.
• Saw wrongly held too close to operator's
The following may interfere with the brake's ability to
body. Kickback time may be too fast even for
protect the operator:
a perfectly maintained brake to work in time.
•Saw wrongly held too close to operator's body.
Kickback time may be too fast even for a perfectly
• The operator's hand may not be in position
maintained brake to work in time.
to contact the hand guard. Brake will not be
tripped.
•The operator's hand may not be in position to contact
the hand guard.
Fig. 4
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