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Timber’s Term of the Week: Timber Beast

Timber Beast n Forest Service personnel (or any establishment types) who invariably side with timber industry. Someone obsessed with denuding woodland of all marketable timber. A logger. A lumberjack. The title of a book by Archie Binns, copyright 1944. Like most definitions, the meaning of Timber Beast has morphed over the years. The first definitionContinue reading “Timber’s Term of the Week: Timber Beast”

Timber's Term of the Week: Timber Beast

Timber Beast n Forest Service personnel (or any establishment types) who invariably side with timber industry. Someone obsessed with denuding woodland of all marketable timber. A logger. A lumberjack. The title of a book by Archie Binns, copyright 1944. Like most definitions, the meaning of Timber Beast has morphed over the years. The first definitionContinue reading “Timber's Term of the Week: Timber Beast”

Timber’s Term of the Week: Scaler

Scaler n The one who uses a cheat stick (aka Scale Stick) to decide the board-foot volume within a log. Scalers are the enemy of bushelers. “The scaler pulled out that stupid cheat stick of his and said the log had only half of what I knew it has.” For more information on scaling, seeContinue reading “Timber’s Term of the Week: Scaler”