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Carriage Rider One who rides the head rig carriage in sawing lumber ...
Carriage, Sawmill A frame on which are mounted the headblocks, setworks, and ...
Casehardening A condition of stress-and-set in dry wood in which the ...
Cash flow Difference between cash receipts and cash expenditures over a given ...
Cat Often short for Caterpillar tractor, or any other brand of ...
Cat face Deformed tree trunk surface usually caused by fire, disease or ...
Cat skinner The person who operates a cat. ...
Cellulose The carbohydrate that is the principal constituent of wood and ...
Centrifugal air cleaner Precleaning system in an engine that removes large dust particles. ...
Chain Unit of length equal to 66 feet. ...
Chain hook 1.) Same as binder. 2.) Used to tighten and fasten a ...
Chain saw Saw that is powered by a gasoline, hydraulic, or electric ...
Chaining Method of skidding pulpwood on short, steep slopes by wrapping ...
Chainloop (chain loop) Chain saw chain made up to fit a given size ...
Chainsaw (or chain saw)  Portable mechanical saw, powered by electricity, compressed air, hydraulic power, ...
Chance 1.) Logging unit such as a timber sale or a ...
Chaps Sturdy coverings for the legs consisting of leggings and a ...
Chaser Member of a logging crew who unhooks the logs at ...
Chatoyance An optical reflectance 3 dimensional effect or look sometimes ...
Check Splitting of the wood in logs or lumber, often the ...
Check scaler One who rescales logs in order to detect errors in ...
Chemical pulping Process in which wood fibers are separated by removing the ...
Chemical thinning Any thinning in which the unwanted trees are killed by ...
Chip Small piece of wood used to make pulp. Chips are ...
Chip separator Attachment to whole-tree chippers that separates acceptable chips from unacceptable ...
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