Parkside Performance PPKSA 40-Li B2 Originalbetriebsanleitung Seite 53

contact with a power line, the supply
company must be informed immedi-
ately.
CAUTION! For safety reasons, we
advise inexperienced users against
felling a tree trunk with a blade bar
length that is smaller than the trunk
diameter.
• Please make sure that no other
persons or animals are present
in your work area. The safety dis-
tance between the tree to be felled
and the nearest workplace must be
2 ½ tree lengths.
• Pay attention to the felling dir-
ection. The user must be able to
move around safely near the felled
tree so that he can cut the tree to
size and cut off all branches easily.
The falling tree must be prevented
from becoming entangled in anoth-
er tree.
• Please note that the natural fall-
ing direction depends on the pitch
and crookedness of the tree trunk,
the wind direction, position of lar-
ger branches and the number of
branches.
• Stay above the tree to be felled
when sawing on a slope. The tree
will probably roll or slide downhill
after felling.
• Small trees with a diameter of
15-18 cm can usually be sawn off
with one cut.
• For trees with a larger diameter,
notch cuts and a felling cut must
be applied (Fig. O).
• If cutting and felling is being car-
ried out by two or more persons
simultaneously, the distance
between the felling and cutting
persons must be at least twice the
height of the tree to be felled.
Fold up the hearing protection imme-
diately after finishing the sawing pro-
cess so that you can hear sounds and
warning signals.
Procedure
1. Limbing (Fig. T)
Remove branches hanging down-
wards by sawing from the top
of the branch. Never saw off
branches higher than shoulder
height.
2. Escape area (Fig. N)
Remove the undergrowth around
the tree to ensure an easy retreat.
The escape area (1) should be
offset by about 45° behind the
planned felling direction (2).
3. Cut drop notch (A) (Fig. O)
Place a drop notch in the direc-
tion in which you want the tree to
fall. Start with the lower, horizont-
al cut. The cutting depth should
be about 1/3 of the trunk diameter.
Now make an oblique saw cut with
a cutting angle of approximately
45° from above, which meets the
lower saw cut exactly. This pre-
vents the saw chain or guide rail
from jamming when the second
notch cut is made.
WARNING! Never step in front
of a tree that is notched.
4. Felling cut (B) (Fig. O)
Make the felling cut from the other
side of the trunk. Stand to the left
of the tree trunk and saw with the
saw chain pulling (with the under-
side of the blade bar). The felling
cut must be at least 5 cm above
the horizontal notch section. It
should be deep enough so that the
distance to the notch cutting line
is at least 1/10 of the trunk dia-
meter. The part of the log that has
not been sawn through is called
the hinge (felling bar). The hinge
prevents the tree from turning and
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