Husqvarna 120 Mark II Manuel D'utilisation page 7

• Plan and prepare your path of retreat
before you start to cut. Your path of
retreat must be approximately 135
degrees away from the felling direction.
• 1. The danger zone
• 2. The path of retreat
• 3. The felling direction
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• Always stop the engine before you
move the product.
• Make sure you firmly plant your feet on
the ground and distribute your weight
evenly.
• Only operate the product with your feet
on stable ground. Without stable
ground, operation can cause serious
injury or death to the operator or others.
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Do not do operate the product on a
ladder or in a tree.
Kickbacks, skating, bouncing and dropping
Different forces can have an effect on the
safe control of the product.
• Skating is when the guide bar glides or
moves quickly across the wood.
• Bouncing is when the guide bar lifts off
the wood and touches it again and
again.
• Dropping is when the product drops
down after the cut is made. This can
cause the moving chain to touch a part
of the body or other objects, causing
injury or damage.
• Kickback is when the end of the guide
bar touches objects and moves
rearward, up or suddenly forward.
Kickback also occurs when the wood
closes in and pinches the saw chain
during the cut. Loss of control can result
if the product touches an object in wood.
• Rotational Kickback can occur when
the moving chain touches an object
at the top of the guide bar. This can
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