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Half-track Vehicle moved by a pair of short, endless articulated belts, ...
Hammering Straightening, tensioning, or flattening a saw blade manually with a ...
Hang-up 1.) In felling, to have a tree catch on another ...
Hank A coil or loop of something, especially twine, yarn, or ...
Hardwood 1.) Generally, a deciduous broad-leaved species of trees. 2.) Dicotyledonous trees, ...
Harvest functions Bucking -See slashing (in this section). Bunching -Gathering and arranging ...
Harvester See harvesting machine classifications, multifunction machines. ...
Harvesting Removing merchantable trees (contrasts with cuttings, which remove immature trees). ...
Harvesting machine classifications The mobile machinery used in forestry is classified into major ...
Haul 1.) Conveying wood from a loading point to an unloading ...
Haul-back block Block used to guide the haul-back line. ...
Haul-back line Rope used in cable logging to haul the main line ...
Haywire operation Contemptuous term for logging operation that has poor equipment. ...
Head rig Principal machine in a sawmill, used for the initial breakdown ...
Head tree Spar tree at the landing of a skyline logging operation. ...
Headblock That portion of a sawmill carriage on which the log ...
Headrig Sawing equipment used in the primary breakdown of logs. ...
Headsaw In a sawmill, the large band saw or circular saw ...
Heartwood The wood extending from the pith to the sapwood, the ...
Heel boom 1.) Loading boom that uses tongs to heel or force ...
Heel boom A loader with a grapple or tongs at the end ...
Heel tackle System of lines and blocks used to tighten the skyline. ...
Herbicide Chemical used to kill or retard the growth of plants; ...
High grade 1.) Good quality timber. 2.) To cut the cream of the ...
High rigger Logger who tops trees and rigs them with guys, blocks, ...
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