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:
.375 H&H - that'll sure keep the varmints out of your garden......
Merle
We haven't had any mooses, but the racoons wiped out our little sweetcorn patch last night. I need to check the garden tonight before I turn in. That .375 has a fine reputation as a moose-getter. I think .35 Whelen would do the job, too. I have no idea why those calibers appeal to me, because I will never hunt moose. I really do like the effect of .30-06 on a racoon, and you can reach way out there to touch them.
Years ago I lived out West & developed some 110 gr HP loads for my 30-06.
After the first coyote got one, the rest wised up and departed the area!
A 110 would be zippy enough to turn one of those varmints inside out!
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