Forestry Equipment

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Forestry Equipment

• Forestry Career Development Event

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Altimeter
Used to determine the height of trees
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Back-pack Fire Pump
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Bark gauge
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Canthook
Moves cut trees
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Chainsaw
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Chainsaw chaps
Protects legs when using chainsaws
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Clinometer
Determines the height of trees
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Data recorder
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Densiometer
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Diameter tape
Determines the diameter of tree trunk
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Dot grid
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Drip torch
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Fiberglass measuring tape
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Fire rake
Used to remove fuel from fire area
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Fire weather kit
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Fire-swatter
Used to smother fire
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Flow/current meter
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GPS receiver
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Hand compass
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Hand lens/Field microscope
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Hip chain
Measure a chain, 66 feet
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Hypo-hatchet
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Increment borer
Used to take a sample of a tree, the sample can
be used to age tree
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Log rule
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Loggers tape
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pH Meter
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Planimeter
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Plant press
Used to press plants for mounting
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Plastic flaggin
Mark areas
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Pulaski forester axe
Used to remove fuel from fire area
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Relaskop
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Safety glasses
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Safety hard hat
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Soil sampler
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Soil test kit
Used to test soil
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Staff compass
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Stereoscope
Used to look at maps in 3-D
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Survey instrument
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Tally book
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Tally meter
Helps keep track of number of merchantable trees
in an area
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Tree caliper
Used to measure the diameter of a tree
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Tree marking gun
Used to mark trees
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Tree planting hoe or bar
Used to plant trees
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Tree stick (Biltmore Stick)
Used to determine diameter of trees and height of
trees
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Water sampler
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Water test kit
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Wedge prism
Used to cruise timber and determine how many
merchantable trees are in an area
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Wheeler caliper