- Отрасли: Forest products; Government
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Predetermining the way a tree will land when it hits the ground. When shears are used, the wedge-shaped blade provides a lever that directs the tree into its lay.
Industry:Forest products
Mechanism on a hydraulic cylinder that cleans the cylinder shaft as it moves in and out.
Industry:Forest products
In evaluating investment opportunities, the various costs and benefits anticipated in future years discounted to the present. These values are expressed by either.
Industry:Forest products
Examples are: time spent for logging down, towing, detail planning, talking to supervisor, waiting for wood, and waiting for better weather (5)
Industry:Forest products
Hydraulic valve that permits a change in the direction of flow of a fluid.
Industry:Forest products
1. Short, heavy piece of steel, bent and pointed at one end, with an eye or ring at the other. 2. Metal-toothed plate on a chainsaw.
Industry:Forest products
Piece of iron rod turned at each end in a right angle. The ends are pointed so one can be driven into one edge of the block being sawed from a log and the other can be driven into the log itself to steady the block when sawing.
Industry:Forest products
1. The most numerous and vigorous species in a mixed forest. 2. Larger-than-average trees with well-developed crowns extending above the general canopy level and receiving full light from above and partial light from the side.
Industry:Forest products
1. Also known as a yarder. 2. In cable yarding, A portable engine mounted on a vehicle and equipped with cable and winch drums. 3. In logging, a portable engine mounted on a sled and equipped with a drum and cable. May be designated by the special use to which it is put, such as yarding, skidding, roading, or loading.
Industry:Forest products
