Stihl 441 Cm Manual

MS 441 C-M
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9 The second recommended method for 
starting your chain saw allows you to 
start the saw without placing it on the 
ground. Make sure the chain brake is 
engaged, grip the front handle of the 
chain saw firmly with your left hand. 
Keep your arm on the front handle in a 
locked (straight) position. Hold the rear 
handle of the saw tightly between your 
legs just above the knees. Maintain 
good balance and secure footing. Pull 
the starting grip slowly with your right 
hand until you...

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WARNING
To reduce the risk of cut injuries, keep 
hands and feet away from the cutting 
tool. Never touch a moving cutting tool 
with your hand or any other part of your 
body.
WARNING
Keep proper footing and balance at all 
times. Special care must be taken in 
slippery conditions (wet ground, snow) 
and in difficult, overgrown terrain. Be 
extremely cautious when working on 
slopes or uneven ground. Watch for 
hidden obstacles such as tree stumps, 
roots, rocks, holes and ditches...

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WARNING
WARNING
Operate your chain saw so that it 
produces a minimum of noise and 
emissions – do not run engine 
unnecessarily and accelerate the engine 
only for cutting.
WARNING
Use of this chain saw (including 
sharpening the saw chain) can also 
generate dust, mist and fumes 
containing chemicals that are known to 
cause respiratory problems, cancer, 
birth defects, or other reproductive 
harm. If you are unfamiliar with the risks 
associated with the particular dust, mist 
or...

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WARNING
Never touch a saw chain with your hand 
or any part of your body when the engine 
is running, even when the chain is not 
rotating.
In the event of an emergency, switch off 
the engine immediately – move the 
Master Control Lever to STOP, 0 or †.
WARNING
Always stop the engine before putting 
the chain saw down.
WARNING
The saw chain continues to move for a 
short period after the throttle trigger is 
released (flywheel effect).
Accelerating the engine while the saw 
chain...

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13 hot for a while after stopping the engine. 
To reduce risk of burns, do not touch the 
muffler and other parts while they are 
hot. Keep the area around the muffler 
clean. Remove excess lubricant and all 
debris such as pine needles, branches 
or leaves. Let the engine cool down 
sitting on concrete, metal, bare ground 
or solid wood (e.g. the trunk of a felled 
tree) away from any combustible 
substances.
WARNING
An improperly mounted or damaged 
cylinder housing or a...

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14 stopped by contact with any solid object 
such as a log or branch or is pinched, the 
reactive forces may occur instantly. 
These reactive forces may result in loss 
of control, which, in turn, may cause 
serious or fatal injury. An understanding 
of the causes of these reactive forces 
may help you avoid the element of 
surprise and loss of control. Surprise 
contributes to accidents.
The most common reactive forces are:
–kickback,
–pushback,
–pull-in.
WARNING
Kickback:
When this...

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WARNING
The computer derived angles of the 
chain saw kickback standard may bear 
no relationship to actual kickback bar 
rotation angles that may occur in real life 
cutting situations.
In addition, features designed to reduce 
kickback injuries may lose some of their 
effectiveness when they are no longer in 
their original condition, especially if they 
have been improperly maintained. 
Compliance with the chain saw kickback 
standard does not automatically mean 
that in a real...

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WARNING
Never operate your chain saw without a 
front hand guard. In a kickback situation 
this guard helps protect your left hand 
and other parts of your body. In addition, 
removal of the hand guard on a chain 
saw equipped with a Quickstop chain 
brake will disable the activation 
mechanism of the chain brake.
WARNING
No Quickstop or other chain brake 
device prevents kickback. These 
devices are designed to reduce the risk 
of kickback injury, if activated, in certain 
kickback...

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17 eliminate the risk of injury by kickback. 
Therefore, always observe all safety 
precautions to avoid kickback situations.
Low Kickback Saw Chain
Some types of saw chains have 
specially designed components to 
reduce the force of nose contact 
kickback. STIHL has developed low 
kickback saw chain for your chain saw.
A "low kickback saw chain" is a saw 
chain that has met the kickback 
performance requirements of 
ANSI/OPEI B175.1-2012 when tested 
according to the...

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A=Pull-in
Pull-in occurs when the saw chain on the 
bottom of the bar is suddenly stopped 
when it is pinched, caught or encounters 
a foreign object in the wood. The 
reaction of the saw chain pulls the chain 
saw forward and may cause the 
operator to lose control.
Pull-in frequently occurs when the 
bumper spike of the chain saw is not 
held securely against the tree or limb 
and when the saw chain is not rotating at 
full speed before it contacts the wood.
WARNING
Use extreme...