Homelite UT10512, UT10032, UT10012 Bucking with a Wedge, Bucking Logs Under Stress, Overbucking

OPERATION

BUCKING WITH A WEDGE

See Figure 27.

If the wood diameter is large enough for you to insert a soft bucking wedge without touching the chain, you should use the wedge to hold the cut open to prevent pinching.

NOTE: When bucking or felling with a wedge, you may need to remove the SAFE-T-TIP anti-kickback device to allow the bar to be drawn through the cut. After you complete the cut, reinstall the tip.

BUCKING LOGS UNDER STRESS

See Figure 28.

Make the first bucking cut 1/3 of the way through the log and finish with a 2/3 cut on the opposite side. As you cut the log, it will tend to bend. The saw can become pinched or hung in the log if you make the first cut deeper than 1/3 of the diameter of the log.

Give special attention to logs under stress to prevent the bar and chain from pinching.

OVERBUCKING

See Figure 29.

Begin on the top side of the log with the bottom of the saw against the log; exert light pressure downward. Note that the saw will tend to pull away from you.

WEDGE

Fig. 27

LOG SUPPORTED AT ONE END

FINISHING CUT LOAD

1ST CUT 1/3 DIA

LOG SUPPORTED AT BOTH ENDS 1ST CUT 1/3 DIA

LOAD

FINISHING CUT Fig. 28

OVERBUCKING Fig. 29

19