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!
5 comments:
Dude, I have the same frame size...a 3540. 37 HP is a lot of Hp but more is always better.
If you can go bigger.
We priced the 33 HP version, and then realized that more power is always better. It will be pulling a Bush Hog and a five foot finish mower. The old one boils over when I put it to work that way.
Be sure to clean the grill and the fins of the radiator.The only time that ours boiled over the radiator fins were clogged. Adding an electric water pump also helps immensely.
I was always told that you need 5hp at the PTO for every foot of mower. My Yanmar is 33hp at the PTO and you barely feel the 6ft brush mower but I would not use it on a 7ft. You might also consider a mid-mount mower on those low 30's hp tractors.
You're right, though. More HP means easier work and that's why I went with more. I vexed about smaller tractor and afford implements sooner vs more HP and easier work.
Kubota has some nice machines at less than Deere prices. Good luck on your decision. I bet that L235 still has some life left in her.
The old one still runs great, and I will be putting the tiller on it soon for doing a food plot. With your formula, the HP is a bit stretched with a 5 foot mower in tough fescue. The old girl has a clean cooling system inside and out because of the boiling issue. I guess my Father-In-Law never ran it as hard or as long as I do. It was fun pulling the firewood wagon out of the woods with 2-WD on snow. I would stand on the differential lock and keep the throttle at the stop coming up the hills. When there's no backing up you have to build a fire in it!
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