Chainsaw Checklist
  Chain Saw Checklist, v06

[ ] Safety:
[ ]   Hat / Helmet (keeps chips out of the hair too)
[ ]   Gloves

[ ]   Goggles, Eye Protection, Face Protection
[ ]   Ear Plugs, Ear Muffs
[ ]   Boots, Safety Boots
[ ]   Saw Horses
[ ]   Have Work Buddy Nearby, DO NOT Work Alone!
[ ]   Emergency Two Way Communication Device 
[ ]   Always know your retreat path and discuss when 
      two people are working one tree
[ ]   Look out and Watch Out for others,
      especially nearing fall time
[ ]   Warning TIMBER! Shout before each fall 
[ ]   First Aid Kit (most common use is skin punctures from
      trim work, hand blisters, scrapes and abrasions.
      Worst case scenarios are: saw cutting someone
      (including kick back), tree falls onto someone, 
      trunk bounce back (vertical in other trees or 
      limbs or horizontal branch compression),
      or tree snaps (splinter pieces) into someone)
[ ] Equipment:
[ ]   Saw(s) with working Chain Brake:
[ ]     Chain Guard
[ ]     Fluids filled/level (Gas and Oil)
[ ]     Working properly, Tuned up
[ ]     Muffler (noise and spark arrest)
[ ]     Read instructions for actual care, use, and transport
[ ]   Saw Carry Box(es) / Bar Cover(s)
[ ]   Chain Adj Tools (Wrench & Big Screwdriver)
[ ]   Extra Cutting Chains (Sharpened), Consider: It is convenient when
        multiple chains of the same relative age/use are rotated such that
        wear is more or less the same rate, thus the chain tension
        adjustment screw/bolt does not have to be re-adjusted by very much 
        distance (like adjusting from a well used chain to a new chain)
[ ]   Chain Sharpening Equipment/Kit (sometimes field optional)
[ ]     Files and/or Electric/Dremmel Like Tool
[ ]     Bit Sharpener(s), Holding Box
[ ]     File/Tool holding Jig
[ ]     Additional tools for sharpening Axe or other Saw Blades
[ ]   Axe(s)
[ ]   Mallet
[ ]   Wedges, Plastic, Metal and/or Wood
[ ]   Leg Guards, Cutting Chaps 
      (or still new product, kevlar like material)
[ ]   Bow Saw or Long Reach Gardning Saw for trim work especially above 
      the head (avoid, but it happens, NO power Saw Above head). Also,
      the bow saw is what one uses to free one's power saw from a 
      tree-binding - Wink!
[ ] Supplies:

[ ]   Box or Boxes to hold supplies
[ ]   Fuel (Pre Mixed with Oil if Possible) & Container
[ ]   Spare Plug(s)
[ ]   Spare Bolt(s) for the Guide Bar Cover
[ ]   Spare Filters (for some)
[ ]   Oil:
[ ]     Two stroke fuel mix 
[ ]     Chain, appropriate weight (usually 30 wt)
[ ]   Bar Grease
[ ]   Rope (50 Yards, Heavy Duty, like nylone vehicle tow rope)
[ ]   Cleaning Equipment
[ ]     Rags (don't keep dirty used rags over a year)
[ ]     Degreaser, Soap (hand &/or equipment)
[ ]     Sap Remover 
    Plans (Great Family reward to work together, Safely,
           Not for kids under 15 years):
[ ]   Cleanup Plan
[ ]   Wood Removal / Delivery Plan
[ ]   Assigned work responsibilities (stacking, splitting, trimming)
[ ]
    Optional:
[ ]   Lunch!
[ ]   Water Jug, Big Mugs (hydration is important)
[ ]   Sweatband
[ ]   Ladder
[ ]   Woodblocks (for curb work, flat repair, especially with trailers,
      and sometimes to be used as leverage fulcrums)
[ ]   Portable Table / Work Bench
[ ]   Wheelbarrow
[ ]   Log Splitter with Fuel and Oil
[ ]   Rakes, Shovel, Snow Shovel (makes a Great Rake Pan!)
[ ]   Load Stabilization and Cover Gear, Tie Downs, 
      Come-A-Long/Winch
[ ]   Hand Lotion (He-Man Lotion, of course! ;-)
[ ]   Flashlight
[ ]