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:
You need more cameras so you don't have to move them so often.
What models are you using?
It's a Primos 63310. It's a basic model that was on sale at Midway. I'm already thinking about another camera, but this complicates that balance between buying more guns or more ammo; now another game camera. We are having fun now, aren't we?!
PS: Susan and I planted that forest you see behind the deer. It scares us to see how big the trees are now. We must be getting old.
Addictive, aren't they? We started with two Hunten. After one went bad, I had to "replace" it times 4 with Stealth Cam P14's from Sportsman's Guide. I did have a Stealth Cam go bad and after a few hassles, they gave me a new P26, a better model, for our troubles. Now we have 5 total.
We've been searching for that one good picture of the big buck or another of our big cat. We haven't found that "wow" picture.
It looks like you will be searching for the next big picture, too. And I hope you get one.
Don't feel old, David. Take pride that you've planted more trees than 99.9999% of the punk environmentalists will. It looks good and it must be an inviting place for the wildlife.
We bought another camera over the weekend, but it is serving sentry duty. I need to check the SD card in game cam's new location and see what walked by over the weekend.
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