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Forest engineering & harvesting
Forest operations related to engineering and timber harvesting.
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Forest engineering & harvesting
straw line
Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting
Light-weight line used to change main skidding lines and tackle in cable yarding systems.
stump jumper
Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting
Heavy plate underneath a skidder that protects the back housing from contact with high stumps.
stump pull
Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting
Slivers of wood remaining attached to the stump after a tree is felled; the slivers are considered as having been pulled from the butt of the log.
stumpage
Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting
1. Value of timber as it stands uncut in the woods. 2. Standing timber itself.
stumpwood
Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting
1. Wood cut into short lengths and piled near the stumps. 2. Stumps harvested after conventional logging or separated from stemwood after complete harvesting.
sulky
Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting
1. Logging arch equipped with wheels instead of crawler tracks and towed behind a skidding machine. 2. Towed logging arch mounted on wheels.
