Parkside PKSA 20-Li C3 Originalbetriebsanleitung Seite 52

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Immediately after termination of
the sawing procedure, remove the
ear protection so that you can hear
hooter and alarm signals.
1. Removal of branches:
Remove hanging branches by
positioning the cut from above
the branch. With removal of
branches, never work higher than
shoulder level.
2. Escape area:
Remove the undergrowth around
the tree to ensure an easy escape.
The escape area (1) should be
around 45° either side behind the
planned felling direction (2).
3. Cutting notch (A):
Make a felling notch in the direc-
tion in which you wish the tree to
fall. Start with the bottom, horizon-
tal cut. The cut depth should be
around 1/3 of the trunk diameter.
This will prevent the saw chain
or the guard rails from jamming
when placing the second chamfer.
Now make a slanted saw cut from
above at an angle of roughly 45°
to meet exactly with the bottom
saw cut.
Never step in front of a tree
which is notched.
4. Felling back cut (B):
Make the back cut from the other
side of the log, where you stand
to the left of the log and saw with
the chainsaw pulling. The back cut
must run horizontally 5 cm above
the horizontal notched cut.
The back cut should be so deep
that the separation distance be-
tween the back cut and the notch
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cutting line is at least 1/10 of the
trunk diameter. The part of the
stem not sawn through is called a
stay (felling gib). The stay prevents
the tree from turning and falling in
the wrong direction. Do not saw
through the stay.
5. As you approach the felling cut
on the stay the tree should start
falling. If it becomes apparent
that the tree may not fall in the
required direction or is leaning
back, and the saw chain is jam-
ming, stop felling and use wedges
made of wood, plastic or alumin-
ium to open the cut and to tilt the
tree in the required felling line.
6. If the trunk diameter is larger than
the length of the chain bar, make
two cuts.
For safety reasons, we ad-
vise inexperienced users not
to fell any logs with a rail
length which is smaller than
the trunk diameter.
7. After carrying out of the back cut,
the tree falls by itself or with the
aid of the felling wedge or crow-
bar.
As soon as the tree begins
to fall, pull out the saw from
the section, stop the motor,
place the chainsaw down
and leave the workplace us-
ing the withdrawal path. Pay
attention to falling branches
and do not stumble.