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US Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Sektör: Forest products; Government
Number of terms: 2933
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1. In logging, the foreman of a yarding crew. Also known as a hook tender. 2. Head man of the choker crew on a skidder.
Industry:Forest products
Pile of logs from which logs are hauled as soon as they are yarded. Also known as hot landing.
Industry:Forest products
To log and load out directly without intermediate storage or cold decking. Also known as hot load.
Industry:Forest products
Logging system operation in which the logs are not stored or decked, but loaded onto a truck as soon as they are skidded to a landing.
Industry:Forest products
Removal of bark from round timber, such as logs, bolts or billets, by high-pressure jets of water as the pieces are mechanically rotated in a closed chamber.
Industry:Forest products
Soil that is saturated for sufficient periods of time to produce anaerobic conditions.
Industry:Forest products
Plant typically found in wet areas or in water where oxygen deficiencies occur periodically.
Industry:Forest products
A winch.
Industry:Forest products
Scheduled nonoperating time during which a machine is not working, moving, under repair, or being serviced.
Industry:Forest products
Tool used to take a small core from the bole of a tree to determine growth rate.
Industry:Forest products