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Timber’s Term of the Week: Choker

Choker n A 3/4 to 1-1/2 inch diameter steel wire rope used pull a log to landing. A choker is normally 15 to 35 feet long with a knob at both ends and sliding hook for either knob. Synonyms: Steel necktie The greenhorn in this video (at just over a minute in) is setting chokers:Continue reading “Timber’s Term of the Week: Choker”

Timber's Term of the Week: Choker

Choker n A 3/4 to 1-1/2 inch diameter steel wire rope used pull a log to landing. A choker is normally 15 to 35 feet long with a knob at both ends and sliding hook for either knob. Synonyms: Steel necktie The greenhorn in this video (at just over a minute in) is setting chokers:Continue reading “Timber's Term of the Week: Choker”

Timber’s Term of the Week: Bucking

Bucking V The process of cutting a felled tree into logs. A bucker measures the downed tree while limbing and then cuts the tree into logs for transport. He will try to maximize the log’s net volume since, as a busheler, he’s paid by what the scaler says in it. References: University of Missouri Extension,Continue reading “Timber’s Term of the Week: Bucking”

Timber’s Term of the Week: Forest

Forest noun Definition: Land spanning more than 0.5 hectares (just over an acre – ed.) with trees higher than 5 meters (just over 16 feet – ed.) and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ. It does not include land that is predominantly under agriculturalContinue reading “Timber’s Term of the Week: Forest”

Timber's Term of the Week: Forest

Forest noun Definition: Land spanning more than 0.5 hectares (just over an acre – ed.) with trees higher than 5 meters (just over 16 feet – ed.) and a canopy cover of more than 10 percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ. It does not include land that is predominantly under agriculturalContinue reading “Timber's Term of the Week: Forest”

Timber's Term of the Week: Barber Chair

Barber Chair n A tree that, while in the process of receiving the back cut, splits lengthwise and leaves a vertical piece of wood on top of the stump. The remaining piece sticking up in the air is reminiscent of a chair. The splitting of the butt of the log during the latter part ofContinue reading “Timber's Term of the Week: Barber Chair”

Timber’s Term of the Week: Barber Chair

Barber Chair n A tree that, while in the process of receiving the back cut, splits lengthwise and leaves a vertical piece of wood on top of the stump. The remaining piece sticking up in the air is reminiscent of a chair. The splitting of the butt of the log during the latter part ofContinue reading “Timber’s Term of the Week: Barber Chair”

Timber's Term of the Week: Deadhead

Deadhead n A log in the water, either completely submerged or primarily submerged. A sinker log Before railroads and trucking, most goods came by water. Trees felled, would be cut into log lengths, lashed into log rafts,  and floated down river. Some logs would sink. Some logs would only reveal a small portion of itself,Continue reading “Timber's Term of the Week: Deadhead”