13. Clear your work area and your escape path of brush, vines, and other hazards that can trip you or catch your saw.
14. Escape from the bullseye when the tree tips. 90% of accidents happen within 12 feet of the stump. Go more than 15 feet, and stay out of the bullseye until things stop falling.
15. Keep spectators away more than twice the height of the tree in the direction it will fall.
16. Don't cut alone.
17. Keep your body and the swamper's out of the line of the bar in case of a kickback.
18. Set the brake when taking over two steps or when moving through tripping hazards. Keep your trigger finger off of the throttle when you are moving.
19. DO NOT operate a chainsaw from a ladder! Operating with your feet off the ground requires special training.
20. Do not cut above your shoulders.
21. Springpoles must be shaved on the inside of the apex between the ascending and descending sides. If the apex is higher than you shoulders, stand under the springpole and cut it low on the descending side. It will release upward, away from you.Leaning and heavily loaded poles that are too small to bore cut for a hinge should be shaved on the compressed side until they fold.
22. Do not cut a tree that is holding up a lodged tree. Do not work under a lodged tree. Think about a mouse trying to steal the cheese out of a trap.
23. Instruct your swampers and helpers to NEVER approach you from behind or the sides to within the reach of your saw when you are cutting. If you pull out of a cut with the chain running, or have a severe kickback, the swamper can be killed if he is coming up behind you!
24!! Quit When You Are Tired!
2 comments:
You know, I understand why FDs burn old houses, but...
Am I the only person to wonder what happened to bring it to this point? Who built it, who lived there, raised a family, argued over money, laughed and sat on the front porch on a quiet Sunday evening? what happened when they died? Did they have no children, or just none who cared for the old homeplace? Was everyone too busy with life in some big metroplex to understand the wonder of living in the country?
It just seems sad to me that it comes to this point so often.
Or am I just getting old and starting to think too many Old Guy thoughts? :-)
This house looked to be in good shape, and probably would have been a good home for many more years. I was shocked when I saw it burning. My dad rehabbed a house in Washington very much like this one, back in the mid-1960's, and it is still solid,just a bit bedraggled with the current owners.
Down in So Illinois, the unoccupied rural homes are demolished quickly nowadays because they are an attractive nuisance to weekend partiers and meth makers. I see history go up in smoke on a regular basis.
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