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Logging Slide Presentation   79 of 82  Back    Next    Index    Limb Lock: Back and sideways pressure on limbs can be handled using a limb lock. If limbs have back pressure on them, they can severely injure a logger when they are severed from the tree. A good precaution to use in these circumstances is a limb lock. The purpose of a limb lock is to prevent a limb under pressure from kicking back and striking the leg or pinching the saw. The first cut is made on either the topside or bottom side of the limb (top and bottom refer to top and bottom of the limb as if the tree were standing up). It is preferable to make the first cut on the side with compression pressure and the second cut on the side with stress. The cut on the top of the limb is made closer to the trunk of the tree and the cut on the bottom is made further out on the limb. It is important that the two cuts by-pass so that all fiber is severed. This will create a step in the limb which will prevent the limb from kicking back and hitting the logger.

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