Forest engineering & harvesting

Forest engineering & harvesting

Forest operations related to engineering and timber harvesting.

Industry: Forest products

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Forest engineering & harvesting

spot

Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting

To place a truck or trailer in position for loading.

spud

Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting

Tool with a narrow-shaped, curved blade used in removing bark by hand. Also called a barking iron.

spur road

Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting

Road that supports a low level of traffic, such as a level that would serve one or two settings. Little or no engineering design work is needed to build it.

1. Mobile machine for unloading and stacking or decking logs using the forklift principle and curved top clamps. 2. A heavy-lift machine similar to a front-end loader, with forks and clamps capable ...

staggered setting

Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting

Clear-cut settings separated by uncut timber.

stand

Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting

1. In silviculture and management, a tree community that possesses sufficient uniformity in composition, constitution, age, spatial arrangement, or condition to be distinguishable from adjacent ...