FORESTRY EQUIPMENT ID TREE STICK Dibble is used
FORESTRY EQUIPMENT ID
TREE STICK
• Dibble is used in planting seedlings. • Type of instrument used to measure tree height indirectly – ABNEY LEVEL
DIAMETER TAPE
• Most accurate way to measure the diameter of a standing tree – DIAMETER TAPE. • A worker handling pulpwood is most likely to use a HOOKEROON.
INCREMENT BORER
• A forester can determine the age of a tree without felling it by using an INCREMENT BORER.
BARK GAUGE
TREE CALIPER
Pulaski Forester Axe
• A Pulaski is used in firefighting for GRUBBING AND CHOPPING.
STEREOSCOPE
• A stereoscope is used for READGIN AERIAL MAPS. • A forester would use a soil test kit to measure SOIL PH.
GPS RECEIVER
SOIL SAMPLER(S)
WHEELER CALIPER
• WHEELER CALIPER used prisms. • KERF refers to WIDTH OF A CUT MADE BY A SAW • When underbucking the chainsaw will PUSH TOWARDS THE OPERATOR.
WEDGE PRISM
• Used to measure the BASAL AREEA of trees in a stand.
RELASKOP
• A Jacob Staff is used with a RELASKOP to improve accuracy. • Tree height is measured by CLINOMETER
STAFF COMPASS
HAND COMPASS
TREE PLANTING HOE
TREE RULE
PLANIMETER
SURVEY INSTRUMENT
HIP CHAIN
PLASTIC FLAGGING
TREE MARKING GUN
LOGGER’S TAPE
CLINOMETER
• Clinometer is used to find the height of a tree and slope. • Tree Injectors are used to dispense herbicides into a tree. Also used to KILL TREES. • Instrument used in triangulation is ALIDADE
HYPO-HATCHET
CANTHOOK
• Cant Hooks are used for ROLLING AND POSITIONING LOGS.
CHAINSAW
SAFETY HARD HAT
CHAINSAW CHAPS
• Hypsometer – used to estimate merchantable height.
SAFETY GLASSES
ALTIMETER
TALLY METER
FIBERGLASS MEASURING TAPE
FIRE RAKE
DRIP TORCH
• Used in prescribed burns.
DATA RECORDER
FIRE WEATHER KIT
TALLY BOOK
FIRE-SWATTER
DOT GRID
BACK-PACK FIRE PUMP
PLANT PRESS
FLOW/CURRENT METER
SOIL TEST KIT
WATER SAMPLER
DENSIOMETER
WATER TEST KIT
p. H METER
HAND LENS / FIELD MICROSCOPE
Bulldozer
Endloader
Feller Buncher
Tree Skidder
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