Essential for any Tree Worker
The Chainsaw Manual is the definitive chainsaw maintenance manual for beginner and advanced arborists or foresters. It covers popular global chainsaw brands, provides essential guidance for NPTC, LANTRA, ECC, SAWYER assessments, and contains valuable resources like a chain chart and step-by-step maintenance guides.
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Maintenance guidance that applies to all petrol and battery chainsaws, including popular brands like Stihl and Husqvarna with chains from Oregon
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Based on the City & Guilds NPTC and LANTRA assessment frameworks
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Up to date with the latest information encompassing all chainsaws
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Trouble-shooting tables for identifying and rectifying problems
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Perfect for anyone who owns a chainsaw
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NPTC Chainsaw Maintenance and Cross Cutting Course material
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Prepare for your chainsaw course and assessment
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Designed to guide arborists through, and pass, NPTC, LANTRA, ECC, SAWYER Assessments
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Invaluable chain chart
Access professional guidance and expert insights for tree surgeons of all levels, with essential knowledge that will benefit anyone in the arborist or forestry industry, including:
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Candidates going through their NPTC Chainsaw Maintenance and Cross-Cutting Course and qualification
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Arborist and Forestry equipment suppliers
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Arborist & Forestry workers
- Industry instructors and assessors for NPTC Chainsaw Maintenance and Cross Cutting.
Hobbyists, gardeners, homeowners and enthusiasts will also find the information in The Chainsaw Manual valuable for understanding best practices and chainsaw care.
The two positions of the clutch assembly are inboard or outboard.
The advantages and disadvantages are always debated and can come down to personal preference.
Generally speaking, an outboard clutch tends to make the chainsaw body thinner and more gyroscopically manoeuvrable when undertaking tasks like snedding.
An inboard clutch can make the body slightly wider but easier to change the sprocket.
Example Guide for an In-Board Clutch
- First remove the E-clip with a small screwdriver or similar.
- Remove the washer, sprocket and clutch drum.
This is an excellent time to inspect and/or replace your sprocket.
- Also remove the needle bearing. It should also be examined, greased and replaced if necessary.
- Inspect the clutch drum for any damage, cracks, debris and wear. Clean as necessary.
- Inspect the clutch springs and clips. Over time the clutch springs can eat into the clutch weights or stretch, causing the assembly to malfunction and eventually snap or pull through the weights.
- To remove the clutch weights, first remove the spark plug and insert the correct piston stop.
- Use a combi spanner or manufacturer’s specific tool to turn assembly clockwise to loosen.
Always remember when replacing the clutch drum to align the cut out notch to the oil pump arm below.
If this is not done it can damage the arm and render the oil pump useless and not functioning correctly.
Created by an Experienced Arborist, NPTC & LANTRA Instructor and Assessor
26 years of industry knowledge and expertise from a qualified NPTC Assessor and Lantra Instructor condensed in The Chainsaw Manual - Chainsaw Maintenance, to help you with your NPTC Chainsaw Maintenance and Cross Cutting Course and Assessments.
Set up by an NPTC Assessor and Lantra Instructor with a passion for education and frustrated with the current industry standards, The Chainsaw Manual was written as a modern, up-to-date, and easy-to-understand resource to help upcoming and established Arborists, homeowners, industry suppliers, and forestry companies get the information and guidance they need to excel in the industry.
