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Blower drive Fan shaft on a turbocharger. ...
Blue stain A bluish or dim-grayish discoloration of the sapwood caused by ...
Blue-stain Discoloration in the sapwood of pine. At one time this ...
Blue-stain fungus Most common form of fungal stain occurring in sapwood. Conifers ...
Board Lumber that is nominally less than two inches thick and ...
Board foot (BF)(Boardfoot) A unit of measurement of lumber represented by a board ...
Bobtail Refers to a two-axle truck. ...
Bole Tree stem that has roughly grown to a substantial thickness, ...
Bolt 1.) Short piece of pulpwood. 2.) Any short log, as a ...
Bone yard Storage place for old, used, or worn out equipment or ...
Bone-dry ton Wood pulp or residue that weigh 2,000 pounds at zero ...
Bone-dry unit Wood residue that weighs 2,400 pounds at zero percent moisture ...
Boom 1.) Pole, timber, or metal arm protruding from a machine; ...
Boomboat Any boat used to push or pull logs, boom, bundles, ...
Boring Starting a cut in the center of a log using ...
Bound moisture Moisture which is closely bound to the cell wall constituents ...
Bound water Water that is bound within the cell wall of wood. ...
Bow A lumber defect referring to deviation from a straight line ...
Brag Load An extremely large load or record load of logs on ...
Brake pack Internal brake on a skidder or machine transmission. ...
Branchwood Wood portions of a tree excluding the stem and roots. ...
Brand Log mark used to identify logs. ...
Branding ax Ax used to stamp brands into logs. ...
Break up Period of time in the spring when melting snow creates ...
British thermal unit 1.) Measure of the amount of heat required to raise ...
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