Timber Harvesting (3/10/21)

Question 1

Sever a standing tree from the stump.

Answer 1

Felling

Question 2

Describes the work done to cut a tree into segments.

Answer 2

Bucking

Question 3

Describes the process of removing all limbs from the main bole.

Answer 3

Delimbing

Question 4

A form of bucking except the only cut severs the top.

Answer 4

Topping

Question 5

Failure to buck logs according to a set product quality standards results in ______.

Answer 5

Downgrade of Lumber

Question 6

The most essential function to be performed in the logging business.

Answer 6

Planning

Question 7

What is the first cut made in felling a tree with a chainsaw?

Answer 7

Undercut

Question 8

What is the second cut made in felling a tree with a chainsaw?

Answer 8

Backcut

Question 9

Humbolt and Conventional are two types of ______.

Answer 9

Undercut

Question 10

What is the term used for the extra six to nine inches on a shortlog?

Answer 10

Trim Allowance

Question 11

Refers to the degree and direction that a tree slants from perpendicular.

Answer 11

Lean

Question 12

Why logs should be hauled within the first two weeks of felling during hot weather.

Answer 12

1. Blue Stain Fungus

2. Water Weight

Question 13

Which is not an element of the cutting operation?

Answer 13

Skidding

Question 14

Condition where a felled tree is lying over some solid object or one end or the other is hanging unsupported.

Answer 14

Bottom Bind

Question 15

What do you call predetermining the placement of a tree when it hits the ground?

Answer 15

Directional Felling

Question 16

The position on the ground where a tree will fall when severed from the stump.

Answer 16

Lay

Question 17

A condition found in a area affected by a constant prevailing wind.

Answer 17

Wind Lean

Question 18

The skidding of a group of logs or trees to the landing is called a turn or a ________.

Answer 18

Drag

Question 19

What’s an undrained road pushed out by a bulldozer or a road this is simply a brush out trail?

Answer 19

Woods Road

Question 20

A road that is constructed and maintained for traffic for many years.

Answer 20

Permanent Road

Question 21

A road that is surfaced of rock, gravel, or asphalt that can be used during winter and summer.

Answer 21

All Weather Road

Question 22

What do you call it when you stack logs on a landing or a roadside for future loading?

Answer 22

Cold Decking

Question 23

A person who manages or wisely uses natural resources.

Answer 23

Conservationist

Question 24

A machine that uses chains to delimb trees.

Answer 24

Flair Delimber

Question 25

A delimber usually attached to two trees.

Answer 25

Limbing Gate

Question 26

A machine used for topping.

Answer 26

Slasher Saw

Question 27

Used to offset the lean of a tree when felling with a chainsaw.

Answer 27

Wedge

Question 28

If the volume per stem is low the logging cost____.

Answer 28

Increases

Question 29

Bunching the trees with the butts facing the landing makes who's job easier?

Answer 29

Skidder Operator

Question 30

Probably the most critical variable in figuring logging costs from stump to mill.

Answer 30

Hauling

Question 31

A ratio of height and age and is a measure of land's productive capacity for a given tree's species.

Answer 31

Site Index

Question 32

In harvesting the first steps in harvesting trees for the market involves one or more of the 5 cutting components.

Answer 32

1. Felling 2. Measuring 3. Bucking 4. Limbing 5. Topping

Question 33

Generally speaking, logging operations in the south have replaced chainsaws with mechanized machines for different job functions. Name 2.

Answer 33

1. Cutting | 2. Delimbing

Question 34

List two specific advantages that lower stumps have over high stumps.

Answer 34

1. Easier on equipment. | 2. Less breaks when felling trees.

Question 35

On a logging job, the loader operator has one of the most important jobs. He can cause you to make your profit or lose your money. Explain how.

Answer 35

Merchandising. He must cut logs to the correct lengths, and must load the trucks properly.

Question 36

Name three different pieces of equipment used to measure a tree so it can be cut into segments.

Answer 36

Logger's Tape, Measuring Deck, Stick

Question 37

List two advantages a feller buncher on tracks has versus one on tires.

Answer 37

1. Less compaction on ground | 2. Can traverse on stepper terrain.

Question 38

List 3 advantages that mechanized cutting has over manual cutting.

Answer 38

1. Safer 2. Lower insurance cost 3. Higher Production

Question 39

One disadvantage of mechanized cutting over manual cutting.

Answer 39

Higher initial cost

Question 40

A logger is clear cutting a mature natural stand of timber near a creek in Kemper County Mississippi. List 6 possible product sorts that can realistically be made at the loading deck on this logging job.

Answer 40

1. Pine Pulp Wood 2. Pine Saw Timber 3. Chip-n-Saw 4. Hardwood Pulp Wood 5. Hardwood Saw Timber 6. Poles

Question 41

List the nine logging variables discussed in class that affect logging operations from stump to truck.

Answer 41

1. Volume per Stem 2. Volume per Acre 3. Skidding Distance 4. Limbiness 5. Defect 6. Underbrush 7. Topography 8. Soils 9. Weather