9
KICK GUARD
®
INSTALLATION
DANGER!
Chain saw kickback is an extremely dangerous reaction. Kickback can cause serious, or fatal
injuries!
Kick Guard
®
Prevents
Rotational
Kickback!
Kick Guard
®
Simple to Install!
See Installation Procedure
in your chain saw Instruction
Manual.
Use the Kick Guard
®
in cutting applications where the bar’s tip may come into contact with solid objects or
surfaces. Most cutting operations can be accomplished with the Kick Guard
®
in place.
ECHO HIGHLY RECOMMENDS the use of the Kick Guard
®
Device:
1. If you are a beginner or novice chain saw user.
2. If you are cutting in or around adjacent brush, small saplings, trees, or other solid objects that can be contacted by
the bar tip.
3. If it is possible that the tip of the saw may come in contact with an adjacent object such as a log, other trees, branches,
root, stump, fence, post, wall, rocks, nails etc.
4. If you can’t see the tip of the saw and it may come in contact with another object, such as in a log pile, brushy area,
or dense leafy area.
5. If you are limbing a tree and can’t see the tip due to leaves or other debris blocking the view.
6. If you have any concern that the cutting you will be doing may have an increased risk of tip contact.
KICK GUARD ANTI-KICKBACK BAR TIP GUARD:
This is an anti-kickback device that
covers the bar nose to prevent chain contact at the kickback-generating area of the nose. The
ECHO bar tip guard is called the Kick Guard
®
device. With the device properly mounted on the bar
nose, rotational kickback cannot occur. The device will also halt linear kickback. (See definitions
of rotational and linear kickback.)
The Kick Guard
®
device is not installed on the guide bar when you purchase your ECHO chain saw.
It is the
operator’s responsibility to decide upon the safest cutting approach for the job being done. If you think the Kick Guard
®
limits or obstructs the cutting operation and you decide to use the saw without the guard, it is your responsibility to know
how to operate the saw safely. This manual provides safety information to operate with and without the Kick Guard
®
.
The Kick Guard
®
can be used in a majority of cutting operations, and is especially recommended for beginners,
homeowners, or chain saw novices. However, it is designed to be removable to allow the saw to be used without the
device. Use of the saw without the Kick Guard device requires a higher level of caution on the part of the operator.
Study the information and precautions in this manual carefully to learn how to operate the saw safely. Contact ECHO
if you have any questions, or if you do not understand the information.
Kick Guard
®
