Chain Saw and Crosscut Saw Training Course — Student's Guidebook
USDA Forest Service, Missoula Technology & Development Center
Authoritative chainsaw and crosscut saw safety, felling, bucking, limbing, and saw maintenance — the highest-risk common post-storm task, from the agency that trains wildland crews.
Editor's notes
2006 course; USFS has since moved to the 2017+ Saw Operations Guide / 'Developing a Thinking Sawyer' modules — consider also bundling the USFS Saw Operations Guide (also public domain). Chapter-by-chapter URLs require assembling the full document.
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