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Pruning, Cutting Springpoles

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OPERATION PRUNING Pruning is trimming limbs from a live tree. • Work slowly, keeping both hands on the chainsaw with a firm grip. Always make sure your footing is secure and your weight is distributed evenly on both feet. • Do not cut from a ladder. This is extremely dangerous. Leave this operation for professionals. • Do not cut above chest height as a saw held higher is difficult to control against kickback. • When pruning trees it is important not to make the finishing cut next to the main limb or trunk until you have cut off the limb further out to reduce the weight. This prevents stripping the bark from the main member. • Underbuck the branch 1/3 through for your first cut. • Your second cut should overbuck to drop the branch off. • Now make your finishing cut smoothly and neatly against the main member so the bark will grow back to seal the wound. Load Second cut When bucking on a slope always stand on the uphill side of the log. When cutting through to maintain complete control, release the cutting pressure near the end of the cut without relaxing your grip on the chainsaw handle. Don't let the chain contact the ground. After completing the cut wait for the saw chain to stop before you move the chainsaw. Always stop the motor before moving from tree to tree. Stand on uphill side when cutting because log may roll Bucking a log Cutting springpoles A springpole is any log, branch, rooted stump, or sapling which is bent under tension by other wood so that it springs back if the wood holding is cut or removed. On a fallen tree, a rooted stump has a high potential of springing back to the upright position during the bucking, cut to separate the log from the stump. Watch out for springpoles - they are dangerous. First Cut 1/3 Diameter Finishing Cut Springpole WARNING: If the limbs to be pruned are above chest height, hire a professional to perform the pruning. Springpoles are dangerous and could strike the operator, causing the operator to lose control of the chainsaw. This could result in severe or fatal injury to the operator. Cut Limbs One At A Time And Leave Support Limbs Under Tree Until Log Is Cut 15

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OPERATION
PRUNING
Pruning is trimming limbs from a live tree.
•
Work slowly, keeping both hands on the
chainsaw with a firm grip. Always make
sure your footing is secure and your weight
is distributed evenly on both feet.
•
Do not cut from a ladder. This is extremely
dangerous. Leave this operation for
professionals.
•
Do not cut above chest height as a saw
held higher is difficult to control against
kickback.
•
When pruning trees it is important not to
make the finishing cut next to the main
limb or trunk until you have cut off the
limb further out to reduce the weight. This
prevents stripping the bark from the main
member.
•
Underbuck the branch 1/3 through for your
first cut.
•
Your second cut should overbuck to drop
the branch off.
•
Now make your finishing cut smoothly and
neatly against the main member so the
bark will grow back to seal the wound.
Cut Limbs One At A Time And
Leave Support Limbs
Under Tree Until Log Is Cut
Second
cut
First Cut
1/3 Diameter
Finishing
Cut
Load
When bucking on a slope always stand on the
uphill side of the log. When cutting through to
maintain complete control, release the cutting
pressure near the end of the cut without
relaxing your grip on the chainsaw handle.
Don’t let the chain contact the ground. After
completing the cut wait for the saw chain to
stop before you move the chainsaw. Always
stop the motor before moving from tree to
tree.
CUTTING SPRINGPOLES
A springpole is any log, branch, rooted stump,
or sapling which is bent under tension by
other wood so that it springs back if the wood
holding is cut or removed. On a fallen tree, a
rooted stump has a high potential of springing
back to the upright position during the
bucking, cut to separate the log from the
stump. Watch out for springpoles — they are
dangerous.
WARNING
:
If the limbs to be pruned
are above chest height, hire a professional
to perform the pruning. Springpoles are
dangerous and could strike the operator,
causing the operator to lose control of the
chainsaw. This could result in severe or fatal
injury to the operator.
Bucking a log
Stand on uphill side
when cutting
because log may
roll
Springpole