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Gyppo Logger n An independent, or small, logging contractor often working on a minimal operating budget with substandard, “haywire,” equipment. A busheler, someone who will do piecework. The term “gyppo” (or “gypo”) is not necessarily the same as the Irish Traveller, though the etymology seems to share the same root. The term is thought toContinue reading “Timber’s Term of the Week: Gyppo Logger”

Gyppo Logger n An independent, or small, logging contractor often working on a minimal operating budget with substandard, “haywire,” equipment. A busheler, someone who will do piecework. The term “gyppo” (or “gypo”) is not necessarily the same as the Irish Traveller, though the etymology seems to share the same root. The term is thought toContinue reading “Timber's Term of the Week: Gyppo Logger”