Forest engineering & harvesting

Forest engineering & harvesting

Forest operations related to engineering and timber harvesting.

Industry: Forest products

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Forest engineering & harvesting

yield

Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting

1. Amount of product output recovered from a quantity of raw material input in forest product industries. 2. Estimate in forest mensuration of the amount of wood that may be harvested from a ...

yoke

Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting

Heavy U-shaped part of a block by which the pulley is attached.

thinning

Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting

Cuttings made in immature stands in order to stimulate the growth of the trees that remain and to increase the total yield of useful material from the stand.

thousand board feet (MBF)

Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting

Unit of measurement equal to 1,000 feet of wood having a thickness of 1 inch.

tightlining

Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting

Method of high-lead cable yarding in which the haul- back line supports the butt rigging and makes it possible to lift the butt rigging and its load over obstacles.