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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:
I see in # 6 he had some "fire starter" in the box. Saves a lot of time fiddling with kindling, but my Scout Master didn't approve. :)
Merle
I don't mind cheating when I want a fire. You do have to know how not to cheat, so you don't burn down the house! I used to hear of people putting kerosene into a hot stove to restart the fire; I've never done that. I watched a blacksmith heat a tire for a wagon wheel one time, and that was educational. He made a ring of evenly split kindling wood, put the tire on those, and stacked more on top. He then applied kerosene evenly all the way around and let it soak in a good five minutes. It made a good fire right away, and in a few short minutes his tire was ready to go on the wheel. My parents used to put corncobs in a coffee can and add some kerosene to soak up into the cobs. Their fires always took right off.
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