Oregon CS250 User Manual

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OREGON® PowerNow™ 40V MAX CHAINSAW
MODEL CS250 OPERATOR’S MANUAL
F/N 547361 RevAD © 2011 Blount, Inc.
OPERATING THE SAW
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 FELLINGBACKCUT
Makethefellingbackcutatleast
2inches(51mm)higherthanthe
horizontalnotchingcut(Fig.16).
Keepthefellingbackcutparallelto
the horizontal notching cut. Make
thefellingbackcutsoenoughwood
islefttoactasahinge.Thehinge
woodkeepsthetreefromtwisting
andfallinginthewrongdirection.
Do not cut through the hinge.
FELLING BACK CUT
FELLING
BACK CUT
HINGE
DIRECTION
OF FALL
NOTCH
2 INCHES
2 INCHES
Fig. 16
Asthefellingcutgetsclosetothe
hingethetreeshouldbegintofall.
Ifthereisanychancethatthetree
maynotfallinthedesireddirection
or it may rock back and bind the
sawchain,stopcuttingbeforethe
fellingbackcutiscompleteand
usewedgesofwood,plasticor
aluminumtoopenthecutanddrop
thetreealongthedesiredlineoffall.
Whenthetreebeginstofall,remove
thechainsawfromthecut,stopthe
motor,putthechainsawdown,then
usetheretreatpathplanned.Bealert
foroverheadlimbsfallingandwatch
footing.
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LIMBING A TREE
Limbing is removing the branches
fromafallentree.Whenlimbing,
leavelargerlowerlimbstosupport
the log off the ground. Remove the
small limbs in one cut. Branches
undertensionshouldbecutfrom
thebottomuptoavoidbindingthe
chainsaw(Fig.17).
TREE LIMBING
LIMB CUT
KEEP WORK OFF GROUND
LEAVE SUPPORT LIMBS UNTIL LOG IS CUT
Fig. 17
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 BUCKINGALOG
Bucking is cutting a log into
lengths.Itisimportanttomakesure
footingisrmandweightisevenly
distributedonbothfeet.When
possible,thelogshouldberaised
andsupportedbytheuseoflimbs,
logs or chocks.

Oregon CS250 Specifications

General

Brand	Oregon
Model	CS250
Category	Chainsaw
Language	English