Timber Harvesting (2/24/21) Flashcards
What describes all the work necessary to sever a standing tree from its stump?
Felling
Describes the work done to cut a tree into segments and segments are called logs, bolts, or tree length logs, depending on the products being produced.
Bucking
Describes the process of removing all limbs from the main bole it is primarily used in tree length logging.
Delimbing
Really a form of bucking except the only cut being made severs the stem from the merchantable top.
Topping
The final component in a logging system which includes all wood movement from the landing is called _____ transportation.
Secondary
Any movement from the stump to the landing is called ______ transportation.
Primary
An element of skidding it refers to piling or stacking small groups of trees or tree segments in the brush, but not necessarily at the stem.
Bunching
Also called prehauling, it involves the loading of tree segments on their carriage vehicles in the brush and carrying them off of the vehicle to the landing.
Forwarding
In a logging system, _____ is the most essential element in order to maximize the system’s objective.
Planning
A term used to denote the major functions that make up the harvesting system.
Components
A place where logs are accumulated.
Landing
In the south, non-industrial private landowners own approximately ___ percent of the commercial forest land.
73
In the south, the forest products industry owns approximately ___ percent of the commercial forest land.
12
To drag logs or trees on the ground.
Skidding
A person who believes that trees can and should be used wisely.
Conservationist
A tong like device used to pick up logs for skidding and loading logs and wood.
Grapple
Delimbing machine that uses steel chains to remove limbs.
Delimbinator/Flail Delimber
The merchantable bole of the tree from the stump to a 4in. top contains approximately ___% of the tree’s fibers.
65
Refers to actual number of acres of forest that are actually available for timber supply.
Land Base
The U.S. Government’s policy with regard to timber sales can easily result in the life, or death, of timber firms that use _______.
Federal Timber
The average size of saw logs being harvested and delivered to sawmills is doing what?
Getting smaller
While many factors have an impact on logging productivity _____ is the one thing that management can control.
Labor
A decrease in timber supply accompanied by an increase in demand of wood products results in _____ stumpage prices.
Higher
A saw often attached to the loader that is used to cut logs to the desired lengths.
Slasher Saw
This timber industry term refers to the process of selling timber to receive the highest value for each individual product.
Merchandising
Making as much use of the tree as possible.
Complete Utilization
List the six main items needed to start and operate a logging job.
Money, Labor, Source of Timber, Place to Sell it, Training, Insurance
What are the 4 major components of a logging system?
Felling, Skidding, Loading, and Log Transportation
List the 5 major components of a tree-length logging system.
Felling, Skidding, Delimbing, Loading, and Hauling
Which component would be added if the above example were grey hardwood saw-log system? (Short-log)
Bucking
List 3 factors that have an impact on retaining and employee and keeping them happy and motivated.
Job Security, Good Wages, Good Benefits
The majority of the timberland in Canada is owned by who?
The Government/Crown
The common name of a machine used to sever a machine from the stump.
Cutter
A logging contractor must be prepared to deal with a third party, list one.
Government Officials
