3 ms·
When I was a child, my mother always told me "read the manual" before using her power equipment like a tractor or chainsaw. Which I did. She grew up on a farm
by vba616 4y ago
When I was a child, my mother always told me "read the manual" before using her power equipment like a tractor or chainsaw. Which I did.
She grew up on a farm in the 1940s, where she got to use potentially lethal machinery as soon as she could reach the controls.
Of course, if a complete manual with all safety information wasn't provided, that's clearly negligent and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent.
- ClumsyPilot 4y agoYou used a chainsaw as a child? Is a child physically capable of controlling a chainsaw at all, dealing with kickback, etc?
- vba616 4y agoYes, I'm not sure of the year we got it, but it was definitely when I was between 7 and 17. It was a 2-stroke Stihl, probably the smallest they made, with an automatic brake in case of kickback. And a manual explaining how to avoid it - I never had any issue because I followed the directions. Including goggles and over the ear hearing protection.