Echo CCS-58V Manuel D'utilisation page 8

CHAIN SAW SAFETY WARNINGS
• Always cut with the unit running at full speed.
Fully squeeze the throttle trigger and maintain
a steady cutting speed.
• Use replacement parts such as low kick-
back chain, chain brakes and special guide
bars that reduce the risks associated with
rotational kickback. Use only the replacement
guide bars and low kickback chains specified
by the manufacturer for the saw.
 With a basic understanding of kickback, you
can reduce or eliminate the element of surprise.
Sudden surprise contributes to accidents.
 Keep proper footing and balance at all times.
 Do not cut above shoulder height or overreach
when cutting.
 Follow the sharpening and maintenance
instructions for the saw chain.
 Push and Pull - This reaction force is always op-
posite to the direction the chain is moving where
wood contact is made. Thus, the operator must
be ready to control the PULL when cutting on
the bottom edge of the bar, and PUSH when
cutting along the top edge.
Understanding Your Chain Saw
Safety Devices
Low Kickback Saw Chain
The rakers (depth gauges) ahead of each cutter
can minimize the force of a kickback reaction by
preventing the cutters from digging in too deeply
at the kickback zone. Only use replacement chain
that is equivalent to original chain or has been
certified as low kickback chain per ANSI B175.1.
Low kickback saw chain is chain that has met
the kickback performance requirements of ANSI
B175.1 - 2012 (American National Standard for
Power Tools - Gasoline-Powered Chain Saws-
Safety Requirements) when tested on the repre-
sentative sample of chain saws below 3.8 c.i.d.
specified in ANSI B175.1 - 2012.
As saw chains are sharpened during their useful
life, they lose some of the low kickback qualities
and extra caution should be used.
Guide Bars
Generally, guide bars with small radius tips have
somewhat lower kickback potentials.
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See Figure 3.
English
PULL
PUSH
When making a replacement, be sure to order one
of the ECHO bars listed for the saw in this opera-
tor's manual.
 Save these instructions. Refer to them fre-
quently and use them to instruct others who
may use this product. If you loan someone this
product, loan them these instructions also.
ROTATIONAL
KICKBACK
Fig. 1
KICKBACK
DANGER ZONE
Fig. 2
Fig. 3