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:
Sam, Thank you yet again for linking one of my little clips. It's very kind of you. You know when I bring this machine to my parents' home I too have to stuff the horn with a towel. My mother says it's to loud also. Maybe she and your old floor monitor were in cahoots!
I hope you and yours and all your readers had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday week-end!
Warm Regards,
John
John: You are quite welcome, as always. I always enjoy hearing records in other collections, and you know that all of the old record fanatics covet your Orthophonic Victrola. I started this blog mainly so I could post old records on the internet, and had no idea there were other collectors who were having a good time doing the same. It is a joy. We did have a great Thanksgiving, with EJ home to visit. Check out the turkey Dear Wife prepared over at www.engineeringjohnson.blogspot.com. He is at the top of the link list. True Blue Sam
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