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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
Proper cutting stance
• Balance your weight with both feet on solid ground.
• Keep left arm with elbow locked in a “straight arm”
position to withstand any kickback force.
• Keep your body to the left of the chain line.
• Keep your thumb on underside of front handle.
Basic operating/cutting procedures
Practice cutting a few small logs using the following
technique to get the “feel” of using the saw before you
begin a major sawing operation.
• Take the proper stance in front of the wood.
• Press the safety lock and squeeze the trigger switch
and let the chain accelerate to full speed before
entering the cut.
• Release the safety lock during operation.
• Begin cutting with the saw against the log.
• Keep the unit running the entire time you are cutting, maintain a steady speed.
• Allow the chain to cut for you; exert only light downward pressure. Forcing the cut could result
in damage to the bar, chain, or motor.
• Release the trigger switch as soon as the cut is completed, allowing the chain to stop. If you
run the saw without a cutting load, unnecessary wear can occur to the chain, bar, and unit.
• Do not put pressure on the saw at the end of the cut.
• Do not cut above chest height as a saw held higher is difficult to control against kickback forces.
• Do not fell trees near electrical wires or buildings. Leave this operation for professionals.
• Cut only when visibility and light are adequate for you to see clearly.
• DO NOT operate the trigger switch with your left hand and hold the front handle with your right hand.
• Never allow any part of your body to be in the chain line while operating a saw.
• Never use a left-handed (cross-handed) grip or any stance that would place your body or arm across
the chain line.
WARNING
Work area precautions
• Cut only wood or materials made from wood; no sheet
metal, no plastics, no masonry, no nonwood building
materials.
• Never allow children to operate the saw. Allow no
person to use this chain saw who has not read this
operator’s manual or received adequate instructions
for the safe and proper use of this chain saw.
• Keep everyone – helpers, bystanders, children, and
animals – a SAFE DISTANCE from the cutting area.
During felling operations, the safe distance should be
at least twice the height of the largest trees in the
felling area. During bucking operations, keep a
minimum distance of 15 ft. (4.57 m) between workers.
• Always cut with both feet on solid ground to prevent
being pulled off balance.
Thumb on
underside of
Handle Bar
Chain Line
Straight Arm
