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| Bearing strength | | Amount of weight that a soil or subgrade can safely ... |
| Bearing tree | | Tree marked to identify the nearby location of a survey ... |
| beavertail | | A short, fat on one end, thin on the other ... |
| Bed | | To level and buffer the ground along the line on ... |
| Bedding | | Raised mound on which seedlings are planted. Site preparation method ... |
| Bench mark | | Survey reference point, used to signify a starting point. ... |
| Beneficiation | | Process used to upgrade chips, making them more acceptable for ... |
| Benefit-cost ratio | | Ratio obtained by dividing the anticipated benefits of a project ... |
| Berm | | 1.) Outside or downhill side of a ditch or trench. ... |
| Bicycle | | Carriage or trolley used on a skyline. ... |
| Big box stores | | Large, warehouse-type lumber and building material stores catering to do-it-yourself ... |
| Big stick loader | | 1.) Steel frame located either midway on the bed of ... |
| Big Wheels | | A pair of wheels, usually ten to fourteen feet high, ... |
| Bight | | A work area made hazardous by a line or equipment ... |
| Biltmore stick | | Graduated stick used to estimate tree diameters when held at ... |
| Bind | | 1.) To get a saw stuck when felling or bucking ... |
| Binder | | 1.) Chain or wire rope used to bind logs. Also ... |
| Biomass | | 1.) Total woody material in a forest. Refers to both ... |
| Biomass harvesting | | Harvesting of all material including limbs, tops, and unmerchantable stem ... |
| Birling | | The logger's game of rolling often played on lig drives. ... |
| Bite (feed per tooth) | | The depth of cut per tooth, inch. In general, ... |
| Blaze | | To permanently mark trees, indicating those to be cut or ... |
| Block | | 1.) Pulley used in wire rope logging to change direction ... |
| Block cutting pattern | | Felling pattern started along the timber's front face next to ... |
| Blow down | | Tree or trees felled by wind. Also known as windfall. ... |
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