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against cuts, protective gloves and safety shoes.
Hearing protection and protective goggles
Wear a protective helmet with integral face and
hearing protection. This will offer protection
against falling branches and recoiling branches.
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- Never stand under the branch you want to saw.
Use special caution when working with branches
under tension and splintering wood.
Possible risk of injury caused by falling branches
and catapulting pieces of wood. In general, it is
recommended to set the pruning saw at an angle
of 60 ° to the road.
-When the equipment is in operation, keep other
persons and animals away from the danger zone.
The equipment is not protected from electric
shock through contact with high-voltage cables.
Keep a minimum distance of 10 m from live
cables. Electric shock can cause fatal injury.
When working on slopes always stand to the
upper or left or right side of the branch you want
to cut.
-Hold the equipment as close as possible to your
body. This will help you to keep your balance.
Keep both hands well with the device during the
cutting process and pay you up to an equilibrium
position and a good level
- Never try to use your tool with one hand. The
loss of control of your tool can cause serious
injury or death. Never work on a ladder, a tree
branch or other unstable surfaces.
- Cutting techniques
Start with the bottom branches on the tree. This
will make it easier for the cut branches to drop.
After completing a cut, the weight of the saw
will abruptly increase for the operator as the saw
is no longer supported by the branch. This can
result in you losing control over the saw.
Remove the saw from the cut only with the saw
chain still running. This will prevent the saw from
getting jammed.
Never cut with the tip of the saw.
Never cut into the bulging branch collar. This will
prevent the tree from healing.
- Sawing off smaller branches:
Place the contact surface of the saw onto the
branch. This will prevent the saw from making
jerky movements when you begin a cut. Exerting
slight pressure, guide the saw from the top to the
bottom through the branch.
- Sawing off large and long branches:
Carry out a relief cut when working on large
branches.
Start by sawing through 1/3 of the branch
diameter from the top to the bottom with the top
side of the cutter bar. Then saw towards the first
cut from the top to the bottom with the bottom
side of the cutter bar. Saw off long branches in
several steps to keep control over the impact
location.
-Kick-back
The term „kickback" describes what happens
when the running chainsaw suddenly kicks
upward and backward. Usually this is caused by
contact between the tip of the cutter bar and
the work piece or by the saw chain becoming
trapped.
In the event of kickback, large forces occur
suddenly and violently. As a result, the chainsaw
usually reacts uncontrollably. This can often result
in very serious injuries to the worker or persons in
the vicinity. The risk of kickback is at its greatest
when the saw is positioned for a cut in the region
of the tip of the cutter bar, as the leverage effect
is greatest there. It is therefore safest to position
the saw as flat as possible.
Important!
• Make sure that the chain tension is always
correctly adjusted.
• Only use a chainsaw if it is in perfect working
order.
• Only work with a saw chain that has been
properly sharpened in accordance with the
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