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Forest engineering & harvesting

Forest operations related to engineering and timber harvesting.

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Forest engineering & harvesting

bunch

Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting

1. To gather trees or logs into small piles for subsequent skidding by other equipment. 2. To assemble logs together to form a load for transport.

forwarding

Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting

Transporting trees or parts of trees by carrying them completely off the ground rather than by pulling or dragging them along the ground. Also known as prehauling.

lop

Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting

To cut limbs from standing trees.

trolley

Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting

Traveling block used in a skyline.

kraft paper

Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting

1. Comparatively coarse paper particularly noted for its strength; unbleached grades are used primarily as a wrapping or packaging material. 2. Paper made primarily from wood pulp produced by the ...

bone-dry unit (BDU)

Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting

Wood residue that weighs 2,400 pounds at zero percent moisture content.

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