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BEAVER BAIT
Trash logs and debris. A log drive term.
BLOCK CUT
A small or partial clearcut, in which some trees are left standing.
BLOW DOWN
A tree felled by the wind or some other natural causes.
BOOM BOAT
A small, powerful, almost circular and highly manueverable boat used to herd logs, usually in a mill pond.
BRAIL
In water logging, a system whereby the outermost of several floating logs is held in place with a pike pole and the whole pod moved intot he current by the jet boat.
BRUSH APE
A logger, usually a chokerman. You'd better be smiling when you call a logger this name, or be a very good friend.
BUCKER
The logger who cuts the felled logs to size to get the most scale.
BUCKSKIN
A log which has lost its bark.
BULLBLOCK
An oversized, massive block hung from the spar tree and carrying the mainline. In redwood logging, some of these monsters weighed over a ton.
BULL COOK
A cook's assistant, who does all of the dirty work.
BULL OF THE WOODS
The person in charge of the woods operation. In the old days, the toughest man on the crew: nowadays still a pretty tough logger.
BUTT CUT
The first and largest diameter cut, directly above the stump.
BUTT RIGGING
The heavy metal knobs and rings suspended from the mainline to which chokers are attached.
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CALKS
The logger's classic, high-topped, steel-spiked boot, which gives him steady footing on a fallen log. Not ususally worn socially.
CAMPER'S BLIGHT
A gradual deterioration of the woods due to overuse by people. Generally prevalent in areas accessible by car and characterized by compacted soil, scarred trees and litter.
CAMP INSPECTOR
An itinerant logger. Also Timber Tramp.
CAN'T
A log which has had a slab taken off each of four sides. Also known as a Japanese Square if intended for export.
CHASER
A person who unhooks the chokers from the logs at the landing.
CHOKER
A small piece of cable with a knob and fitting bell, used to attach logs to the butt rigging of cable systems or to skidders. Chokerman say a choker is an instrument of torture invented by people who hate loggers.
CHOKERMAN
Also Choker Setter. A person who attaches chokers to logs. Usually the first (and toughest) job a logger gets.
CHOPPER
A helicopter. Also, in Northern California, the man who cuts down the trees.
CLEARCUT
A mentod of harvesting wherin all trees, regardless of size, are cut. Also the area where this has been done.
COLD DECK
A pile of stored logs which will be moved at a later date.
COMMERCIAL THINNING
Usually the second or third thinning on a stand of trees. So called because the wood taken out is large enough to have commercial value.
CONK
A fungus disease characterized by conchoidal growth on the outside of a tree, evidence of heart rot and a cull tree.
COSMETIC LOGGING
Logging done mostly for aesthetic reasons.
CRUMMY
A logger's bus. Also an adjective meaning no good or undesirable.
CULL
Applied to a log. It means rotten, rejected. Applied to a person, it means pretty much the same thing. A logger's strong insult.
BEAVER BAIT
Trash logs and debris. A log drive term.
BLOCK CUT
A small or partial clearcut, in which some trees are left standing.
BLOW DOWN
A tree felled by the wind or some other natural causes.
BOOM BOAT
A small, powerful, almost circular and highly manueverable boat used to herd logs, usually in a mill pond.
BRAIL
In water logging, a system whereby the outermost of several floating logs is held in place with a pike pole and the whole pod moved intot he current by the jet boat.
BRUSH APE
A logger, usually a chokerman. You'd better be smiling when you call a logger this name, or be a very good friend.
BUCKER
The logger who cuts the felled logs to size to get the most scale.
BUCKSKIN
A log which has lost its bark.
BULLBLOCK
An oversized, massive block hung from the spar tree and carrying the mainline. In redwood logging, some of these monsters weighed over a ton.
BULL COOK
A cook's assistant, who does all of the dirty work.
BULL OF THE WOODS
The person in charge of the woods operation. In the old days, the toughest man on the crew: nowadays still a pretty tough logger.
BUTT CUT
The first and largest diameter cut, directly above the stump.
BUTT RIGGING
The heavy metal knobs and rings suspended from the mainline to which chokers are attached.
[Return to Top]
C
CALKS
The logger's classic, high-topped, steel-spiked boot, which gives him steady footing on a fallen log. Not ususally worn socially.
CAMPER'S BLIGHT
A gradual deterioration of the woods due to overuse by people. Generally prevalent in areas accessible by car and characterized by compacted soil, scarred trees and litter.
CAMP INSPECTOR
An itinerant logger. Also Timber Tramp.
CAN'T
A log which has had a slab taken off each of four sides. Also known as a Japanese Square if intended for export.
CHASER
A person who unhooks the chokers from the logs at the landing.
CHOKER
A small piece of cable with a knob and fitting bell, used to attach logs to the butt rigging of cable systems or to skidders. Chokerman say a choker is an instrument of torture invented by people who hate loggers.
CHOKERMAN
Also Choker Setter. A person who attaches chokers to logs. Usually the first (and toughest) job a logger gets.
CHOPPER
A helicopter. Also, in Northern California, the man who cuts down the trees.
CLEARCUT
A mentod of harvesting wherin all trees, regardless of size, are cut. Also the area where this has been done.
COLD DECK
A pile of stored logs which will be moved at a later date.
COMMERCIAL THINNING
Usually the second or third thinning on a stand of trees. So called because the wood taken out is large enough to have commercial value.
CONK
A fungus disease characterized by conchoidal growth on the outside of a tree, evidence of heart rot and a cull tree.
COSMETIC LOGGING
Logging done mostly for aesthetic reasons.
CRUMMY
A logger's bus. Also an adjective meaning no good or undesirable.
CULL
Applied to a log. It means rotten, rejected. Applied to a person, it means pretty much the same thing. A logger's strong insult.