- Отрасли: Forest products; Government
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Strip of uncut timber left between cutting units or adjacent to another resource such as a stream. Also known as a buffer strip, green strip, or streamside management zone.
Industry:Forest products
Tree left standing after timber has been felled in a cutting unit.
Industry:Forest products
Front-end loader arms that carry an attachment used for the purpose of lifting.
Industry:Forest products
1. To remove the limbs from a felled tree. 2. To cut branches from trees or logs.
Industry:Forest products
Part of the tree above the stump that does not meet the requirement for saw logs or upper stem portions. Includes all live, sound branches to a 4-inch outside bark diameter minimum.
Industry:Forest products
Feller-buncher with a shear mounted on a knuckleboom, allowing the machine to reach and fell several trees while remaining stationary.
Industry:Forest products
Skyline that can be raised and lowered during yarding to facilitate logging.
Industry:Forest products
Average load or power output of an engine or machine, expressed as a percentage of its maximum capacity.
Industry:Forest products
Self-propelled or mobile machine with grapple and supporting structure designed to pick up and discharge trees or parts of trees for the purpose of piling or loading. Operation may be swing-to-load, slide-to-load, or travel-to-load. Also known as hydraulic loader or knuckleboom if it swings to load and has hydraulically activated boom members.
Industry:Forest products
