Husqvarna Chain Saw - Table of Contents

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ...........................................................2
TABLE OF CONTENTS ...............................................................3
GENERAL SAFETY .......................................................................4
INTRODUCTION
Chain Saw Operator ..........................................................................5
Manuals .............................................................................................6
Personal Equipment....................................................................... 6-7
Required Tools...................................................................................8
CHAIN SAW SAFETY FEATURES
General ..............................................................................................9
Safety Features............................................................................ 9-10
Cutting Equipment ..................................................................... 12-14
POTENTIAL DANGERS
Severe Laceration............................................................................15
What is Kickback?...................................................................... 16-17
Avoiding Kickback...................................................................... 18-19
Avoiding Kickback – Your Equipment ........................................ 20-21
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning............................................................22
Hearing Loss....................................................................................22
Vibration Injury .................................................................................23
Crushing, Fracture or Puncture........................................................24
Burns, Fire .......................................................................................25
BEFORE STARTING/AFTER STARTING
Safety Check.............................................................................. 26-28
Carrying the Saw .............................................................................28
Starting the Saw...............................................................................29
Holding the Saw ...............................................................................30
After Starting the Saw ......................................................................30
Stopping the Saw.............................................................................30
BASIC WORKING TECHNIQUES
General Rules ..................................................................................31
Reactive Forces ...............................................................................31
Boring Cut ........................................................................................32
Felling ........................................................................................ 33-35
Lodged Trees............................................................................. 36-37
Limbing ............................................................................................37
Cutting Logs.....................................................................................38
Cutting Shrubs, Brush, etc ...............................................................39
Cutting Trees or Limbs under Tension.............................................40
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