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  2. Whoopie sling - Wikipedia

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    A whoopie sling for hammock camping. A whoopie sling is an easily adjustable rope sling designed for tree pruning or tree removal. [1] [2] The whoopie sling works by wrapping the sling around the trunk of a tree or a heavy load bearing limb and pulling the end of the rope within the sling through a spliced choker. By adjusting the size of the ...

  3. Heli-logging - Wikipedia

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    Since fewer roads need to be built to the site where the logging is taking place, and trees are extracted vertically, there is reduced damage to the surrounding trees and ground surface. [ 8 ] Research by Roberts, Ward and Rollerson done in 2004 shows that post-logging landslides are more common after conventional cable-based logging than heli ...

  4. 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.

  5. Swing yarder - Wikipedia

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    The swing yarder has several drums to pull in the cables. The cables run up an angled boom and then to the far side of a setting. By using two cables set up like a clothes line, the rigging can be pulled out and logs can be pulled across a logging setting where the trees have been previously felled.

  6. Logging - Wikipedia

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    Clearing 150,000 trees at Cwmcarn Forest, Ebbw Valle, Wales Clearcutting, or clearfelling, is a method of harvesting that removes essentially all the standing trees in a selected area. Depending on management objectives, a clearcut may or may not have reserve trees left to attain goals other than regeneration, [ 1 ] including wildlife habitat ...

  7. Tree planting bar - Wikipedia

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    A tree planting bar or dibble bar [1] is a tool used by foresters to plant trees, especially in large-scale afforestation or reforestation. It is very ergonomic, as it greatly speeds up the planting and prevents back pain. [2] Pointed planting bars are better for rockier soils. [3]

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  9. Tree spade - Wikipedia

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    Two different types of tree spades on different types of loader vehicles Steps in using a tree spade. A tree spade is a specialized machine that mechanizes the transplanting of large plants whose hand-powered transplanting (using traditional spades, wagons, and other equipment) would be prohibitively laborious.