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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
WARNING
• 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.
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, then
release the safety lock and let the chain accelerate to
full speed before entering the cut.
• Begin cutting with the saw against the log.
• Keep the unit running the entire time you are cutting,
maintain a steady speed.
• The chain will cut for you; exert only light downward
pressure. Forcing the cut could result in damage to
the bar, chain, or motor.
• Release the trigger 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.
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. (4.6 m) between workers.
Thumb on
underside of
Handle Bar
Chain Line
Straight Arm