important forestry tools and use. reforestation tools dibble, kcb bars, and hoedads are hand tools...
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IMPORTANT FORESTRY TOOLS AND USE
REFORESTATION TOOLSDibble, KCB Bars, and hoedads are hand tools that are used to replant trees.
Holes are opened in the ground with the tool then the seedling is placed in the hole and dirt is pack around the seedling.
COMPASSThere are two types of hand held compasses
• Quadrant• Measures in 4
quadrants
• Azimuth• Measures in 360
degrees
Staff Compass• Most accurate of the
non digital compasses.
CLINOMETERUsed to show slope and height of objects.
• Commonly used to measure heights of trees in forestry
LOGGERS TAPEUsed to measure distance from objects, lengths of logs, and diameters of trees
DIAMETER TAPEUsed to measure the diameter of trees
• Smaller than a loggers tape but about as accurate.
DRIP TORCHUsed to control fuel loads in pine stands
• Used as a forest fire fighting tool
FIRE FIGHTING HAND TOOLS
Fire Rake• Hand tool that is used to
remove fuel form a fire line or around a spot fire
Fire Swatter• Used to smother fire in
straw and low grass and weeds, removes air from the fire
Pulaski Forester Axe• Forestry multi tool, used
to chop and dig fire lines in rough ground.
BACK-PACK FIRE PUMPAllows a wild-land fire fighter to pack water to a fire where it would not be avaiable
10 FACTOR PRISMUsed to determine the amount of standing timber in a given plot.
Used to calculate Basal Area of a given plot
TREE MARKING GUNTool used to make which trees to cut/leave
Also used to make land line or plot boundaries.