forestry tool id
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Forestry
Tool IDhttp://www.state.sc.us/forest/edutools.htm
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Bark Gauge
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Bark Gauge
• Measures bark thickness by driving the cutting edge through bark until wood is reached
• Guard is slid against tree or log and bark thickness is read directly off the scale.
Tree Caliper
3
Back pack fire pump
4
Back Pack Fire Pump
• When filled with water, this hand-operated pump can be used to extinguish small areas of burning grass.
Chainsaw
5
Chainsaw Chaps
6
Chainsaw Chaps
• made with specially woven fibers designed to burst apart upon contact with a chain saw chain and jam the chain against the saw’s bar and sprocket, protecting the user’s legs from injury
Clinometer
7
Clinometer (Suunto® Clinometer shown)
• Used to measure heights of trees• Slopes• and vertical angles
Fire/Council Rake
8
Fire Rake (Council Fire Rake shown)
• Used for raking fire lines to mineral soil, digging, rolling burning logs and cutting grass, small brush or saplings.
Fire-Swatter
9
Fire Swatter(Fire Flap) (Council Fire Swatter Flap shown)
• For smothering fires in grass, straw and low weeds.
• Sliding the swatter over low flames will extinguish the fire without fanning the blaze or spreading sparks.
Dot Grid
10
Dot Grid
• Used to calculate acreage by dot count on any map or photo, regardless of the scale
Drip Torch
11
Drip Torch
• Used to widen fuelbreaks by burning out fuels between the break and the oncoming fire
• It is widely used in mop-up operations to burn out pockets of fuel remaining adjacent to control lines after a wildfire is contained
• It is also used to ignite fuels as part of a prescribed burn.
Ear Protection
12
Fire Weather Kit
13
Fire Weather Kit(Belt Weather Kit)
• Used to measure wind speed and direction, humidity, and temperature
• It is often worn on a belt.
Hand Compass
14
Tree Stick
15
Tree Stick/ Biltmore Stick
Tree Stick (Biltmore Stick shown)
• Use to determine number of logs in a tree, diameter, and volume and to scale logs.
Log Rule
16
Log Rule
• Used to measure logs and determine board foot volume.
• The three most common log rules (ways of estimating log or tree volume) are shown on these devices.
Canthook
17
Plastic Flagging
18
Pulaski Forester Axe
19
Pulaski Forester Axe
• Combination grub hoe/axe. • Designed for chopping, grubbing, and digging fire
lines in brush-filled or rocky terrain. • Also is used for trail construction and maintenance
Relaskop
20
Relaskop
• Used to measure tree height• Diameter• and basal area (a measure of tree spacing)• has a variety of scales.
Safety Glasses
21
Safety Hard Hat
22
Soil Sampler
23
Hip Chain
24
Hip Chain
• Used to measure distance by tying the end of the string to an object and walking.
• Distance displays in meters or feet on an odometer inside the box.
Staff compass
25
Staff Compass (Warren-Knight Forester Staff Compass shown)
• Used in surveying• much more accurate than a hand compass• but less accurate than GPS survey units.
Hypo-Hatchet
26
Hypo-Hatchet
• used to selectively kill undesirable trees in a forest stand without harming desirable trees nearby by injecting tree with herbicide.
Stereoscope
27
Stereoscope
• Used to observe and measure slope on aerial photos
• Details of maps shown in 3-D
Tally Book
28
Tally Book (Hand-Held Tally Book shown)
• Use in cruising timber or in tallying lumber• height, diameter, and number of trees are
recorded when cruising.
Tally Meter
29
Tally Meter (U.S. Government Type Tally Counter
shown)
• Used in cruising• tree survival checks• and other applications where items are being
counted• Fits in one hand and can be reset to zero by turning
one knob.
Data Recorder
30
Data Recorder (TDS Ranger Data Collector shown)
• Used to electronically store data in the field for transfer to a computer back in the office
Tree marking gun
31
Tree Marking Gun (Nel-Spot Tree Marking Gun shown)
• Used to squirt paint on trees to be removed during thinning and other operations.
Planimeter
32
Planimeter
• Used to determine acreage from aerial photo or map.
• The round part is rotated over the perimeter of the area being measured.
• Readings in acres are displayed.
Tree Planting Hoe & Planting Bar
33
Tree Planting Hoe & Bar
• Used to create a slot in which to plant tree seedlings.
Logger’s Tape
34
Wedge Prism
35
Wedge Prism (Basal Area Prism)
• Used during cruising timber to help determine tree spacing as well as to decide which trees should be measured when sampling is being used.
Wheeler Caliper
36
Wheeler Caliper
• Used to measure diameter and height of trees
Survey Instrument
37
Survey Instrument (Topcon® AT-G7
• Used to determine slope
GPS Reciever
38
GPS Receiver
• Utilizes orbiting satellites to determine exact latitude/longitude position.
• This information is used to draw maps and measure acreage as well as aiding in navigation.
Densiometer
39
Densiometer (Forestry Suppliers Spherical Crown
Densiometer shown)
• Used to help estimate the spacing of trees and determine if thinning or other practices are needed.
Fiberglass Measuring Tape
40
Fiberglass Measuring Tape
• Used to measure distance in meters or feet; • does not automatically retract like a logger's
tape.
Water Test Kit
41
Water Test Kit
• Used to determine water quality in terms of such measures as dissolved oxygen, temperature, pH, and turbidity.
Plant Press
42
Soil Test Kit
43
pH Meter
44
Flow/current Meter
45
Flow/current Meter
• USGS Type Current Meter shown- used to determine water velocity in streams.
Water Sampler & Kit
46
Water Sampler
• Used to remove a small quantity of water from a stream or other body of water for use in testing its quality.
Field Microscope
47
Diameter tape
48
Altimeter
49
Altimeter (Haga Altimeter shown)
• measures height of trees and can also be used to measure slope.
Feller Buncher
Endloader
Tree Skidder
Bulldozer
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