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!
4 comments:
Yes, sometimes animals know when you are trying to help & will relax.
Merle
This is good news, David. How's he getting along with Brat and the Mrs?
One small step at a time. With your patience, he should recover quite well.
I'm the only one picking him up right now,and he tolerates the Schipperke sitting next to me while I hold him. He earned his name by walking in a crouch like a panther. He still does that, and it makes him look tougher than he is.
We are hearing coyotes every night when we step out, and we have a skunk hanging around that I need to deal with. We also have two barred owls hooting in the yard from evening to daybreak. We should probably wear our hard hats when we step out at night.
I had a stray who was skittish as heck, and, would, when calm enough to sit in my lap, then bolt like a rocket with all ten claws at about mach 2 with the slightest of . Then one time he got an abscess on the top of his head and was beginning to become weak, and the swelling was getting painful. I I pinned him down on the kitchen floor between my legs under some heavy towels,and lanced it, and cleaned it up with a lot of hydrogen peroxide, and put fish mox in his food. After that, I was his best buddy in the world. Total trust. I was amazed.
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