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Welcome
to Our Basic Hand and Power Forestry Tools Web Site
This web site
is intended for the small-scale forest landowner who is faced with
the many tasks required to maintain a healthy, productive woodlot.
These activities may include: pre-commercial thinning, pruning,
fire hazard reduction, snag creation, dead wood placement, herbicide
or fertilizer application, seeding roads and trails, tree planting,
and other improvement work. Forest stewardship is work, but at the
same time can be a source of great enjoyment. (Sore muscles are
thrown in for free.) You can do much good for your woodlot and at
the same time derive great pleasure in doing this work when you
know what needs to be done and what tools can best and most economically
help you do the job. This web site has been developed to show you
some of these tools.
The market
offers many tools to ease or speed up your forestry chores. The
variety of small tools and equipment for small-acreage forest work
is increasing each year as new materials become available. Many
of these have been developed, proven, and are used extensively in
the forests of the Scandinavian countries. The purpose of this web
site is to present a variety of these tools, approximate cost (without
shipping charges), their uses, vendors of the equipment, and safety
considerations for their operation. The tools presented range from
hand shears and snatch blocks to mini-skidders and farm tractor
mounted harvest/processor equipment. These tools can provide you
with low impact means to influence the development of your forest
toward what you want it to be. Some of the common tools such as
chainsaws, log splitters, and ATVs you can purchase most conveniently
locally. More forestry-specialized tools are available through catalogs
and equipment dealers. The list of equipment suppliers is only a
partial list to get you started looking for the item you need.
To use this
site, click on the appropriate topic button on the left of the screen
to:
- bring up
a list of tools, their uses, and safety items
- a partial
list of vendors
- links to
other web sites that offer forest tools
- an e-mail
address to send comments and questions about this site
The list of
tool suppliers has been compiled from available catalogs, supplier
web sites, and supplier submissions to this site. Please note that
the use of trade, firm, or corporation names on this site is for
the information and convenience of the reader and does not constitute
an endorsement by WSU Cooperative Extension of any product or service, to the exclusion of others that may be suitable,
described on this site. Additionally, WSU does not assume responsibility
for safe handling by the user of the tools described in this site.
Be aware that if you hire labor to work in your woods, state Labor and Industries standards apply and that the safety recommendations in this web site may not meet those L&I standards. |
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