5
SStand with your weight evenly balanced
on both feet.
SStands lightly to the left side oft he sawto
keepyour body from being in a direct line
with the cutting chain.
SDo not overreach. You could be drawn
orthrown offbalance andlose control of
the saw.
SDo not cut above shoulder height. It is
difficult to maintain c ontrol of saw above
shoulder height.
KICKBACKSAFETY FEATURES
WARNING: The following features
are included on your saw to help reduce the
hazard of kickback; however, such features
will not totally eliminate this dangerous reac-
tion. As a chain saw user, do not rely only on
safety devices. You must follow all safety
precautions, instructions, and maintenance
in this manual to help avoid kickback and
other forces which can result in serious
injury.
SReduced--Kickback Guide Bar, de-
signed with a small radius tip which re-
duces the size of the kickback danger
zone on the bar tip. A Reduced--Kick-
back Guide Bar has beendem onstrated
to significantly reduce t he number and
seriousness of kickbacks when t ested
in accordance with safety requirements
for gasoline powered chain saws as set
by ANSI B175.1.
SLow--Kickback Chain, designed with a
contoured depth gauge and guard link
which deflect kickback force and allow
wood to gradually ride into the c utter.
Low--Kickback Chain has met kickback
performance requirements when test ed
on a representative sample of chain
sawsbelow 3.8 c ubic inch displacement
specified in ANSI B175.1.
SHandguard, designed to reduce the
chance of your left hand contacting the
chain if your hand slips off the front han-
dlebar.
SPosition of front and rear handlebars,
designed with distance between han-
dles and “in-line” with each other. The
spread and “in-line” position of the
hands provided by this design work to-
gether togiv ebalance and resist ance in
controlling the pivot of the saw back to-
ward the operator if kickback occurs.
Small Radius Tip
Symmetrical Guide Bar
Reduced Kickback Symmetrical Guide Bar
Large Radius Tip
Low---Kickback
Chain
ChainWith High Kickback Potential
CanObstruct Material
Contoured DepthGauge
ElongatedGuard Link
Deflects
Kickback Force
AndAllows Wood
ToGradually
Ride IntoC utter
ANSI B175.1-1991 “American National
Standard for Powered Tools -- Gasoline
Powered Chain Saw --Safety Require-
ments.”
CHAIN BRAKE ANDCKA ANGLE
WARNING: The effectiveness of a
chain brake in reducing operator injuries has
not yet been fully determined. We cannot
represent that a chain brake is an effective
safety device to prevent or reduce the haz-
ard of injuries resulting from kickback. DO

NOT ASSUME THAT THE CHAIN

BRAKEWILL PROTECTYOU IN THE

EVENT OF A KICKBACK. Ins tead, use
the saw properly and carefully to avoid kick-
back. Reduced--Kickback bars and Low--
Kickback chains reduce the hazard of kick-
back and are recommended. Repairs on a
chain brake should be made by an Autho-
rized POULANPRO Service Dealer. Take
your unit to the place of purchase if pur-
chased from a Servicing Dealer, or to the
nearest Authorized Master Service Deal er.
WARNING: Computed kickback
angle (CKA) listed on your sawand lis ted in
the CKA table below represents angle of
kickback your bar and chain combinati ons
will have when tested in accordance with
CSAand A NSI standards. When purchasing
replacement bar and chain, considerations
should be given to the lower CKA values.
Lower CKAvalues represent safer angles to
the user, higher values indic ate more angle
and higher kickenergies. Computed angles
represented in the non-activated column in-
dicate total energy and angle associated
without activation of the chai n brake during
kickback. Activated angle represents chain
stopping time relative to activation angle of
chain break and resulting k ick angle of saw.
In all cases lower CKA values represent a
safer operating environment for the user.
STip contact in some cases may
cause a lightning fast reverse
REACTION, kicking the guide bar
up and back toward the operator.