- Industrie: Forest products; Government
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Area bounded by the length and lateral yarding width of any given skyline setting.
Industry:Forest products
The slant or inclination of the skyline chord, generally expressed as a percent.
Industry:Forest products
1. Live skyline system employing a carriage, main line, and haul-back line. Both main and haulback lines attach directly to the carriage. The skyline is lowered by a slackening of the line to permit the chokers to be attached to the carriage. Lateral movement is provided by side blocking. 2. Four-drum standing skyline yarding system in which either the slack pulling line pulls the main line through the carriage or a carriage containing a skidding line is used. The haul-back line returns the carriage and holds it in place during lateral yardi.
Industry:Forest products
Line used to pull the main line through a logging carriage.
Industry:Forest products
Woody material or debris left on the ground after an area is logged. Also known as brush.
Industry:Forest products
Mobile machine designed to cut felled trees to a predetermined length with a shear or saw. Also known as a bucker.
Industry:Forest products
Used to cut logs to predetermined lengths and arrange them in piles on the ground.
Industry:Forest products
Cutting felled and limbed trees into lengths. Also known as bucking.
Industry:Forest products
Loop of wire rope used in loading logs too large to be handled by tongs.
Industry:Forest products
Relative movement in the direction of travel at the mutual contact surface of the traction or transport device and the surface that supports it.
Industry:Forest products
