Right Hand
Small Radius
Tip Guide Bar
Left Hand
Large Radius
Tip Guide Bar
S LowKickback Chain hasmetkickback
when
performance
requirements
tested onthe representative sample of
these chain saws specified in ANSI
B175.1.
S Position your left hand on the front
handlebar so it is in a straight line with
your right hand on the rear handle
Low Kickback Chain
Contoured Depth Gauge
when making bucking cuts.
Stand
slightly to the left side of the saw to
keep your body from being in a direct
line with the cutting chain.
Elongated Guard Link
Deflects Kickback Force
And Allows Wood To
S Stand with your weight evenly bal-
Gradually Ride Into Cutter
anced on both feet.
S Do not overreach. Youcould bedrawn
or thrown off balance and lose control.
S Do not cut above shoulder height. It is
WARNING:
Computed Kickback
difficult to maintain control of saw Angle (CKA) listed on your saw and listed
above shoulder height.
KICKBACK SAFETY FEATURES
in the following CKA Table represents the
angle of kickback your bar and chain
combinations will have when tested in ac-
WARNING: The following features cordance with CSA and ANSI standards.
are included on your saw to help reduce ComputedanglesrepresentedintheCKA
hazard of kickback; however, such fea- column indicate total energy and angle
tures will not totally eliminate this dan- associated without a chain brake. When
ger. Do not rely only on safety devices. purchasing replacements, considerations
Follow all safety rules to help avoid kick- should be given to the lower CKA values.
back and other forces which can result Inall cases,lowerCKAvaluesrepresenta
in serious injury.
safer operating environment for the user.
S Hand Guard: designed to reduce the S Tip contact in some cases may cause
chance of your left hand contacting
the chain if your hand slips off the front
handlebar.
a lightning fast REACTION, kicking the
guide bar up and back toward the op-
erator.
S Position of front and rear handlebars: S Pinching the saw chain along the tip of
designed with distance between han-
dles and “in-line” with each other. The
the guide bar may push the guide bar
rapidly back towards the operator.
spread and “in-line” position of the S Either of these reactions may cause
hands provided by this design work to-
gether to give balance and resistancein
controlling the pivot of the saw back to-
ward the operator if kickback occurs.
you to lose control of the saw which
could result in serious injury. Do not
rely exclusively upon safety devices
built into your saw.
S Reduced-Kickback
Guide
Bar:
de-
The following guide bar and chain com-
signed with a small radius tip which re- binations meet kickback requirements of
duces the size of the kickback danger CSA Z62.1 & Z62.3 and ANSI B175.1
zone. This type bar has been demon- when used on saws listed in this manual.
strated to significantly reduce the num- Use of bar and chain combinations other
ber and seriousness of kickbacks when thanthoselisted isnot recommendedand
tested in accordance with ANSIB175.1. may not meet the CKA requirements per
standard.
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| Categories | Chainsaw Manuals, Poulan Chainsaw Manuals |
|---|---|
| Tags | Poulan ES300 |
| Model Year | 2003 |
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| Document Type | Owner's Manual |
| Language | English |
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