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US Department of Agriculture Forest Service
行业: Forest products; Government
Number of terms: 2933
Number of blossaries: 0
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Logs, bolts, or other round sections cut from trees for industrial or consumer use.
Industry:Forest products
Tree used as a fender or pivot to protect the remaining stand during yarding.
Industry:Forest products
Moving cable.
Industry:Forest products
System of two or more suspended moving lines, generally referred to as main lines and haul-back lines. Will provide lift and travel to the load carrier when tension is properly applied.
Industry:Forest products
Line rigged under the bull block to take it to the ground if the holding straps break.
Industry:Forest products
Lever used to tighten binders on loaded logging trucks.
Industry:Forest products
sag
Slack in a cable, particularly in a skyline.
Industry:Forest products
1. Cleanup operation, generally with a small crew and light equipment, that collects merchantable material too small to be handled economically with big equipment. 2. Salvaging timber damaged by wind, insect, fire, ice, or other natural causes.
Industry:Forest products
Part of a landing gear that rests on the ground, across and between the two upright portions.
Industry:Forest products
Young tree less than 4 inches in d. B. H. The minimum diameter of saplings is usually, although not always, placed at 2 inches.
Industry:Forest products