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PEtROL CHAiN SAW FOR tREE SERViCE USER MANUAL
the petrol chain saw, preferably with
both hands, keeping the guide bar
away from your body.
A18.1 – Take up a stable position, one
where you are firm on your legs.
Beware of the risk of sliding on slip-
pery surfaces or slopes.
Do not work in unstable positions.
Do not work above your shoulders.
Do not work alone: always work at
a calling distance from other people
who know how to deal with emergen-
cies.
if the petrol chain saw is used
on trees, make sure that you are
in a stable and safe condition by
using additional safety equipment
(slings, stirrups, straps, ropes with
snap-shackles) (fig.12-17).
A18.2 – Make sure you always work
in good lighting conditions, or with
enough artificial lighting.
A19 –DANGER CAUSED BY KiCK-
BACK
the kickback may cause fatal
cutting wounds.
In the event of kickback, the pet
rol chain saw is violently thrown
against the operator's body.
Kickback may occur in the following
circumstances:
1) Initial cut made with the nose of
the guide bar.
2) Accidental contact with other
branches, logs, solid objects, wire
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mesh.
3) Cutting with the top section of
the bar.
Do not start cutting with the part of
the chain shown in the picture (the
guide bar top quadrant - 90°).
- Keep the spike (fig.1 item 5) against
the wood when cutting.
- When cutting, make sure the chain
is well sharpened and taut.
- After a felling cut has been started,
operate the chain at max speed and
with great care.
- Remove the guide bar from the cut
only when the chain is moving.
CHAiN SAW SAFEtY DEViCES
the chain saw must be held with
both hands: the right hand to hold
the top handle, the left hand to hold
the front handle (this also applies
to left handed people) (fig.11-A).
Always use your right hand on
the top handle even when us-
ing the chain saw with one hand
(fig.11-B).
the safety devices have been
designed to be effective when
the operator's hands are used as
described above.
The chain saw is fitted as standard
with the following safety devices:
90°