Poulan 330 User Manual

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Symmetrical Guide Bar

Large Radius Tip

Low-Kickback Chain, designed with a con-

toured depth gauge and guard link which de-

flect kickback force and allow wood to gradu-

ally ride into the cutter. Low-Kickback Chain

has met kickback performance require-

ments when tested on a representative sam-

ple of chain saws below 3.8 cubic inch

displacement specified in ANSI B175.1.

Low--Kickback

Chain

Not a Low--Kickback Chain

Can Obstruct

Material

Contoured Depth Gauge

Elongated Guard Link

Deflects kickback

force and allows

wood to gradually

ride into cutter

Front Handguard, designed to reduce the

chance of your left hand contacting the chain

if your hand slips off the front handlebar.

Position of front and rear handlebars, de-

signed with distance between handles and

“in-line” with each other. The spread and “in-

line” position of the hands provided by this

design work together to give balance and re-

sistance in controlling the pivot of the saw

back toward the operator if kickback occurs.

CHAIN BRAKE

Chain Brake, designed to stop the chain in

the event of kickback.

WARNING:

WE DO NOT REP-

RESENT AND YOU SHOULD NOT AS-

SUME THAT THE CHAIN BRAKE WILL

PROTECT YOU IN THE EVENT OF A

KICKBACK. Kickback is a lightning fast ac-

tion which throws the bar and rotating chain

back and up toward the operator. Kickback

can be caused by allowing contact of the bar

tip in the danger zone with any hard object.

Kickback can also be caused by pinching the

saw chain along the top of the guide bar. This

action may push the guide bar rapidly back

toward the operator. Either of these events

may cause you to lose control of the saw

which could result in serious injury or even

death. DO NOT RELY UPON ANY OF THE

DEVICES BUILT INTO YOUR SAW. YOU

SHOULD USE THE SAW PROPERLY AND

CAREFULLY TO AVOID KICKBACK. Re-

duced--kickback guide bars and low--kick-

back saw chains reduce the chance and

magnitude of kickback and are recom-

mended. Your saw has a low kickback chain

and bar as original equipment. Repairs on a

chain brake should be made by an autho-

rized servicing dealer. Take your unit to the

place of purchase if purchased from a ser-

vicing dealer, or to the nearest authorized

master service dealer.
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Tip contact in some cases may cause a

lightning fast reverse REACTION, kicking

guide bar up and back toward operator.

Pinching the saw chain along the top of the

guide bar may push the guide bar rapidly

back toward the operator.

Either of these reactions may cause you to

lose control of the saw which could result

in serious injury. Do not rely exclusively

upon safety devices built into your saw.

WARNING:

Computed kickback

angle (CKA) listed on your saw and listed in

the CKA table below represents angle of

kickback your bar and chain combinations

will have when tested in accordance with

CSA and ANSI standards. When purchasing

replacement bar and chain, considerations

should be given to the lower CKA values.

Lower CKA values represent safer angles to

the user, higher values indicate more angle

and higher kick energies. Computed angles

represented in the non-activated column in-

dicate total energy and angle associated

without activation of the chain brake during

kickback. Activated angle represents chain

stopping time relative to activation angle of

chain brake and resulting kick angle of saw.

In all cases lower CKA values represent a

safer operating environment for the user.

The following guide bar and chain combina-

tions meet kickback requirements of CSA

Z62.1, Z62.3, & ANSI B175.1 when used on

saws listed in this manual. Use of bar and

chain combinations other than those listed is

not recommended and may not meet the

CKA requirements per standard.

Computed kickback angle (CKA) Table

BAR

P/N

Length

CHAIN P/N

20!

MODEL

380

21_

CKA without

chain brake

952044701

952051266

330

21_

952044701

20!

952051266

23_

952051459

530044833

330

22!

NOTE

: If this saw is to be used for commer-

cial logging, a chain brake is required and shall

not be removed or otherwise disabled to com-

ply with Federal OSHA Regulations for Com-

mercial Logging.

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