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Instruction Manual
STIHL MS 270, 280 Manual de instrucciones
Warning!
This saw is capabale of servere kickback
which may cause serious or fatal injury. Only
for users with extraordinary cutting needs and
experience and training dealing with kickback.
Chainsaws with significantly reduced kickback
potential are available. STIHL recommends
the use of STIHL reduced kickback bar and
low kickback chain.
Advertencia!
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English / USA Contents Allow only persons who understand this Guide to Using this Manual .............. 2 Maintaining and Sharpening Some Important Safety Precautions Saw Chain ...................................... 53 Manual to operate your chainsaw. for Chain Saw Users ........................ 3 Maintenance Chart ......................... 57 To receive maximum performance and Safety Precautions and Working Main Parts of the Saw .................... 59 satisfaction from your STIHL chainsaw,
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English / USA Guide to Using this Manual In addition to the operating instructions, Pictograms Equipment and features this manual may contain paragraphs All the pictograms attached to the This instruction manual may refer to that require your special attention. Such machine are shown and explained in several models with different paragraphs are marked with the this manual. features. Components that are not symbols described below: installed on all models and related The operating and ha
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English / USA Some Important Safety Precautions for Chain Saw Users Do not rely exclusively upon the safety 6. Follow manufacturer's sharpening A. devices built into your saw. As a and maintenance instructions for A Summary of Warnings on chainsaw user, you should take several the saw chain. kickback and other Selected steps to keep your cutting jobs free from Risks – Taken Primarily from 7. Only use replacement bars and accident or injury. ANSI B 175.1 (See also the chains specified by t
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English / USA 4. Use caution when handling fuel. 10. Do not operate a chainsaw that is 17. All chainsaw service, other than the Move the chainsaw at least 10 feet damaged, improperly adjusted, or items listed in the Owner's Manual (3 m) from the fueling point before not completely and securely maintenance instructions, should be starting the engine. assembled. Be sure that the saw performed by competent chainsaw chain stops moving when the service personnel.(For example, if 5. Do not allow
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English / USA Safety Precautions and Working Techniques Because a chainsaw is a Most of these safety precautions and !Warning! high-speed, fast-cutting warnings apply to the use of all STIHL power tool, special safety chainsaws. Different models may have Do not lend or rent your power tool precautions must be without the instruction manual. Be sure different parts and controls. See the observed to reduce the appropriate section of your instruction that anyone using it understands the ris
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English / USA – Keep the AV system well Proper Clothing !Warning! maintained. A power tool with loose !Warning! components or with damaged or Prolonged use of a power tool (or other machines) exposing the operator to worn AV buffers will tend to have To reduce the risk of injury, the operator higher vibration levels. vibrations may produce whitefinger should wear proper protective apparel. disease (Raynaud's phenomenon) or Keep the saw chain sharp. A dull Clothing must be sturdy carpal t
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English / USA THE POWER TOOL THE USE OF THE POWER TOOL !Warning! For illustrations and definitions of the Transporting the Power Tool Wear an approved safety power tool parts see the chapter on hard hat to reduce the risk !Warning! “Main Parts and Controls.” of injury to your head. To reduce the risk of injury from saw Chainsaw noise may !Warning! chain contact, never carry or transport damage your hearing. Never modify this power tool in any way. your power tool with the saw chain We
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English / USA Select bare ground for fueling and move Fold the grip flush with the Fuel at least 10 feet (3 m) from the fueling top of the cap. If the grip Your STIHL power tool uses an oil- spot before starting the engine. Wipe off does not lie completely gasoline mixture for fuel (see the chap- any spilled fuel before starting your flush with the cap and the ter on “Fuel” of your instruction manual). machine. detent on the grip does not fit in the !Warning! !Warning! corresponding reces
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English / USA Before Starting Starting !Warning! Take off the chain guard (scabbard) and !Warning! Proper tension of the chain is extremely inspect the saw for proper condition and important. In order to avoid improper To reduce the risk of fire and burn operation. (See the maintenance chart setting, the tensioning procedure must injuries, start the engine at least 10 feet near the end of the instruction manual.) be followed as described in your (3 meters) from the fueling spot, manual.
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English / USA !Warning! Be sure that the guide bar and chain are clear of you and all other obstructions and objects, including the ground. When the engine is started, the engine speed with the starting throttle lock engaged will be fast enough for the clutch to engage the sprocket and, if the chain brake is not activated, turn the chain. If With the first recommended method, The second recommended method for the upper quadrant of the tip of the bar the chainsaw is started on the ground
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English / USA Your right hand should grip the rear Important Adjustments !Warning! handle. This also applies to left-handers. !Warning! With your hands in this position, you can Keep proper footing and balance at all best oppose and absorb the push, pull times. Special care must be taken in To reduce the risk of personal injury from and kickback forces of your saw without loss of control and/or contact with the slippery conditions (wet ground, snow) losing control (see section on reactive
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English / USA !Warning! Even though bystanders should be kept away from the running saw, never work alone. Keep within calling distance of others in case help is needed. !Warning! As soon as the engine is running, this product Position the chainsaw in such a way that generates toxic exhaust your body is clear of the cutting fumes containing attachment whenever the engine is chemicals, such as running. Stand to the left of cut while unburned hydrocarbons bucking. (including benzene) an
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English / USA !Warning! !Warning! !Warning! Inhalation of certain dusts, especially Breathing asbestos dust is dangerous The saw chain continues to move for a organic dusts such as mold or pollen, and can cause severe or fatal injury, short period after the throttle trigger is can cause susceptible persons to have respiratory illness or cancer. The use released (flywheel effect). an allergic or asthmatic reaction. and disposal of asbestos-containing Accelerating the engine while the saw Subs
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English / USA ! Warning! !Warning! !Warning! Inspect buffers periodically. Replace To reduce the risk of fire and burn injury, Since a muffler with a catalytic converter damaged, broken or excessively worn keep the area around the muffler clean. cools down less rapidly than conven- buffers immediately, since they may Remove excess lubricant and all debris tional mufflers, always set your power result in loss of control of the saw. A such as pine needles, branches or tool down in the upright po
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English / USA Reactive forces including kickback Kickback: Kickback may occur, for example, when the chain near the upper quadrant Kickback may occur when !Warning! of the bar nose contacts the wood or is the moving saw chain Reactive forces may occur any time the pinched during limbing or when it is near the upper quadrant incorrectly used to begin a plunge or chain is rotating. Reactive forces can of the bar nose contacts a cause serious personal injury. boring cut. solid object or i
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English / USA a) Saws with a displacement of less In addition, features designed to reduce Devices for reducing the risk of than 3.8 cubic inches (62 cm³) kickback injuries may lose some of their kickback injury effectiveness when they are no longer in – must, in their original condition, STIHL recommends the use of the their original condition, especially if they meet a 45° computer derived STIHL Quickstop chain brake on your have been improperly maintained. kickback angle when equipped
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English / USA !Warning! !Warning! Never operate your chainsaw without a An improperly maintained chain brake front hand guard. In a kickback situation may increase the time needed to stop this guard helps protect your left hand the chain after activation, or may not and other parts of your body. In addition, activate at all. removal of the hand guard on a saw !Warning! equipped with a Quickstop chain brake will deactivate the chain brake. Never run the chainsaw above idle speed for more th
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English / USA Low kickback saw chain and reduced Please ask your STIHL dealer to Low kickback chain kickback bars properly match your powerhead with the Some types of saw chain have specially appropriate bar/chain combination to STIHL offers a variety of bars and designed components to reduce the reduce the risk of kickback injury. Green chains. STIHL reduced kickback bars force of nose contact kickback. STIHL labeled bars and chains are and low kickback chains are designed to has develo
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English / USA Reduced kickback bars To avoid kickback A = Pull-in STIHL green labeled reduced kickback The best protection from personal injury bars are designed to reduce the risk of that may result from kickback is to avoid kickback injury when used with STIHL kickback situations: green labeled low kickback chains. 1. Hold the chainsaw firmly with both hands and maintain a secure grip. !Warning! Don’t let go. When used with other, more aggressive 2. Be aware of the location of the guid
