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2. Choker setter - Wikipedia

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   Choker setters at work attaching a log to a skyline in Cowlitz County, Washington (October 1941). A choker setter or choke setter is a logger who attaches cables to logs for retrieval by skidders or skylines.

3. Heavy equipment operator - Wikipedia

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   A heavy equipment operator operates heavy equipment used in engineering and construction projects. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Typically only skilled workers may operate heavy equipment, and there is specialized training for learning to use heavy equipment.

4. Skidding (forestry) - Wikipedia

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   The skidder is then either a worker or a contractor who, in a quarry or on a cut, carries out the skidding, often on behalf of the owner or purchasing merchant. In the rural and forestry world, the skidder is often an independent farmer who adapts his wagon and carriage to this type of activity in winter, on behalf of a timber merchant.

5. Heavy equipment - Wikipedia

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   A heavy equipment operator drives and operates heavy equipment used in engineering and construction projects. [7] [8] Typically only skilled workers may operate heavy equipment, and there is specialized training for learning to use heavy equipment. Much publication about heavy equipment operators focuses on improving safety for such workers.

6. Yarder - Wikipedia

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   A yarder is piece of logging equipment that uses a system of cables to pull or fly logs from the stump to a collection point. [1] It generally consists of an engine, drums, and spar, but has a range of configurations and variations, such as the swing yarder. Clyde Skidder at Marathon Logging Camp near Newton, MS ~1921 Madill 124 Yarder. An ...

7. Skidder - Wikipedia

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   A slip tongue log skidder used in the 19th and early 20th centuries Elements of a skidding harness. A skidder is any type of heavy vehicle used in a logging operation for pulling cut trees out of a forest in a process called "skidding", in which the logs are transported from the cutting site to a landing.