Forest engineering & harvesting

Forest engineering & harvesting

Forest operations related to engineering and timber harvesting.

Industry: Forest products

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Forest engineering & harvesting

tower

Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting

Steel mast used instead of a spar tree at the landing for cable yarding.

tractor

Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting

Powered vehicle for off-the-road hauling. May be mounted on crawler tracks or wheels. A short wheelbase truck used to haul trailers.

transferring

Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting

Lifting an entire load of logs from one mode of transportation and placing the logs on another carrier.

tree

Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting

Woody plant that usually grows to at least 20 feet in height at maturity, typically having a single trunk with no branches within 3 feet of the ground.

tree farm

Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting

Parcel of land on which trees are planted, cultured, managed, and harvested as a crop. Also, privately owned, managed forest area that has been certified as a tree farm by the American Forest ...

tree farming

Forest products; Forest engineering & harvesting

Application of silvicultural practices for the perpetual production of commercial timber crops. Includes all activities from stand establishment through delivery of commercial timber.