Toro PowerPlex 51880 - Bucking Logs; Log Support Cutting Methods; Safe Cutting on Slopes

BuckingaLog
•Ifyouarecuttingbranchesfromafallentreeor
cuttingalogintolengths,supportthelogoffthe
ground(preferablyonasawbuck);refertoFigure
19.
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Figure19
•Ifthelogissupportedonanend,cutfromthetop.
Ifthechainsawbindsinthecut,donotattempt
tofreeitbyrunningthemotor.Shutoffthesaw,
thenuseawedgetopryopenthecutandrelease
thesaw.
•Ifthelogissupportedonbothends,startfrom
thetopandcutaboutathirdofthewaythrough
thelog(Figure19A).Makeasecondcutfromthe
undersidetomeettherstcut(Figure19B).This
keepsthelogfrompinchingthesaw.
•Ifthelogissupportedalongitsentirelength,cut
allthewaythroughthelogfromthetop.
•Ifthelogissupportedonbothendsbutnotinthe
middle,cutathirdofthediameterfromthetop,
theneithercutfromthebottomorrollthelogover
tomeettherstcut(Figure20).
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Figure20
•Ifthelogisonahill,alwaysstandontheuphill
sideofthelog(Figure21).
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Figure21
1.Directionofslope
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