Find the deer. It is less than fifty feet away. Spotting a tiny bit of your game can be the key to success. I spotted her, took photos, and left without alarming her.
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:
Wow, that took a bit. The last recipe I tried for buck antlers came out horrible. I'll take a small doe any day.
I do spy quite a bit of poison ivy going up those center trees.
Ok, I need to tell on myself to someone who would understand and maybe not call me an idiot when in truth, I'm an idiot. Went to the woods today to fall a good sized standing dead cherry. Carried my saw and helmet to the tree, sized it up for direction of fall and escape, looks good. Walk back to tractor to get my wedges, fire it up and start my wedge cut. Looking good. Go around back to start my back cut, put the saw in an inch or so and go whoa, somethings not right. Look up, look to my right and 12 feet away is the correct tree I meant to cut. Wow, never did that before. Rinse and repeat and dropped it on a dime. DOH
They will both burn. No Worries!
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