GreenWorks GD60CS40 Manuel Opérateur page 7

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3. Make sure that the thumb of the hand that holds the
front handle is below the handle.
4.3 START THE MACHINE
Figure 1.
1. Press the lock-out button.
2. Press the trigger while you hold the lock-out button.
3. Release the lock-out button.
The chain brake must be disengaged for the chain
saw to start. Activate the brake by moving the front
hand guard forwards.
4.4 STOP THE MACHINE
Figure 1.
1. Release the trigger to stop the machine.
4.5 OPERATE THE CHAIN BRAKE
Make sure that your hands are on the handles at all
times.
Figure 22
1. Start the machine.
2. Turn your left hand around the front handle to
engage the chain brake.
3. Pull the handle guard / chain brake toward the front
handle to disengage the chain brake.
4. Call approved service center for repair before use if
• The chain brake does not stop the chain
immediately.
• The chain brake does not stay in the disengaged
position without aid.
4.6 FELL A TREE
Figure 9-10.
It is recommended that the first-time user should, as
a minimum practice, cutting logs on a saw-horse or
cradle.
Before you start to fell a tree, make sure that
• The minimum distance between the areas of
bucking and felling is two times the height of the
tree.
• The operation does not
• Cause injury to personnel.
• Hit utility lines. If the tree touches utility lines,
immediately tell the utility company.
• Cause losses in property.
• The user is not in the dangerous area, for example,
the downhill side of the area.
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• The escape paths that extend back and diagonally
behind the felling direction are clear. The felling
direction is controlled by
• The natural lean of the tree.
• The location of larger branches.
• The wind direction.
• There are no dirt, stones, loose bark, nails, and
staples on the tree.
1. Make a lower level notching cut. Make sure that
this cut is
a) 1/3 width of the diameter of the tree.
b) Perpendicular to the felling direction.
The level notching cut helps prevent pinching of
the saw chain or the guide bar when you make the
second notch.
2. Make the felling cut no less than 50 mm and
higher than the level notching cut. Make sure
that this cut
a) Is parallel to the level notching cut.
b) Keeps sufficient wood to become a hinge which
prevents the tree from twisting and felling to the
wrong direction.
When the felling cut gets near the hinge, the tree
falls. Stop the felling cut if the tree
• Does not fall to the correct direction or
• Moves backwards, causing the cutting bar and
chain to become stuck in the cut.
3. Use felling wedge to open the cut and let the tree
fall to the correct direction.
4. When the tree starts to fall,
a) Remove the chainsaw from the cut.
b) Stop the machine.
c) Put the machine down.
d) Go away through the escape path. Be careful
with overhead branches and your footing.
4.7 LIMB A TREE
Figure 11.
Limbing is to remove the branches from a fallen tree.
1. Keep the larger lower branches to hold the log off
the ground.
2. Remove the small limbs in one cut.
3. Limb the branches with tension from the bottom to
up.
4. Keep the larger lower branches as a support until
the log is limbed.
4.8 BUCK A LOG
Figure 12-15.
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