Explanation should include
- determining if spotters or observers are needed
- considering nearby workers, weather factors, obscured vision factors, and obstructions (e.g., roadways, trails, firelines, and overhead power lines)
- planning escape routes
- considering felling, bucking, and limbing hazards
- considering overhead hazards
- evaluating guide bar length
- describing footing
- describing felling, bucking, and limbing area and escape routes
- anticipating tree, log, and limb behavior
- planning bucking cut considerations
- slope
- tension
- compression
- locating areas of tension in the log
- inspecting the log for all binds, pivot points and skids
- using wedges when bucking
- preventing the chain from contacting the ground.
Process/Skill Questions:
- How does a sawyer avoid pinching the bar?
- Why should the chain not meet the ground?