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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”

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”

The Green Chain movie

We in the stands at Humboldt State University Lumberjack football games yelled, “Dig in Green Chain, dig in” whenever the ‘Jacks were on defense. At least that’s what we did during the ’70s, when I majored in Forest Management at HSU. Besides being the rallying cry for defense, the green chain referred to the lumberContinue reading “The Green Chain movie”

The Green Chain

We in the stands at Humboldt State University Lumberjack football games yelled, “Dig in Green Chain, dig in” whenever the ‘Jacks were on defense. At least that’s what we did during the ’70s, when I majored in Forest Management at HSU. Besides being the rallying cry for defense, the green chain referred to the lumberContinue reading “The Green Chain”

Timber’s term of the Week: Green Chain

Green Chain n The assembly line where (primarily) men pull green lumber off the conveyor and stack into piles for drying. Each puller will have a given size and quality assigned to him for removal from the green chain. The work is physically demanding because green lumber weighs much more than the dried version. AccordingContinue reading “Timber’s term of the Week: Green Chain”

Timber's term of the Week: Green Chain

Green Chain n The assembly line where (primarily) men pull green lumber off the conveyor and stack into piles for drying. Each puller will have a given size and quality assigned to him for removal from the green chain. The work is physically demanding because green lumber weighs much more than the dried version. AccordingContinue reading “Timber's term of the Week: Green Chain”