A person using a chainsaw to cut a tree in a forest setting.
How-To's & Guides

Working with chainsaws

Learn how to use a chainsaw safely and efficiently. The Husqvarna guide to working with chainsaws explains both basic and advanced techniques on how to fell a tree and stay safe while using a chainsaw.

Safety first

  1. Chainsaw safety features
  2. Chainsaw safety requirements
  3. Avoid lone working
  4. What is Triobrake?

Selecting an appropriate chainsaw

  1. How to pick the best chainsaw for your needs
  2. Things to keep in mind when you buy a chainsaw

Basic rules for working with a chainsaw

  1. How to start a chainsaw
  2. What to check when starting a chainsaw

Work task with risk of kickback

  1. Work tasks with risk of kickback
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Tree felling

  1. Saved edge method
  2. Working techniques and safety
  3. Cutting with a bore
  4. Turn around method
  5. Safe corner method
  6. Felling trees more than twice the bar length
  7. Felling tools
  8. Hang up
  9. Preparation before felling
  10. Directional felling
  11. Open face directional felling
  12. Directional notches technique
  13. Felling cut from behind
A tree stump with a wedge cut, surrounded by sawdust in a forest setting.

Limbing

  1. Limbing calmly and methodically
  2. Limbing thick branches

Crosscutting

  1. Compressive stress from the top
  2. Compressive stress from the bottom

Safety inspection and service

  1. Maintenance of your cutting equipment
  2. Filing the chain
A person using a chainsaw to cut a fallen tree in a forest setting.