8 JOURNAL OF FORESTRY 



Buffer. See Bumper. 



Buggy. (Log.) See Trolley. 



(Lum.) See Lumber buggy; Trolley. 



Bull chain. (Lum.) 1. See Jack chain. 



2. An endless chain traveling in a trough between the sawmill pond and log 

 deck and used to bring logs into a sawmill. A log is attached to the bull chain 

 by means of a short chain having a hook at one end which is caught in a 

 link of the bull chain and two log dogs at the other end which are driven into 

 the log. 



(Log.) A chain wrapped around the first log of a turn in order to cheek 

 the speed. (App.) 



Bull block. A very heavy yarding block for use with large donkey engines, hav- 

 ing a throat of sufficient width to allow a choker and butt chain to pass 

 through it. (.P. 0. F.) 



Sj-n.: butt chain block, jumbo, lead block, Tommy Moore. 



Bull bucker. See Saw boss. 



Bull chain. A chain wrapped around the first log of a turn in order to check the 

 speed. (App.) 



Bull cook. See Chore boy. 



Bull donkey. See Eoader. 



Bull edger. See Eift gang edger. 



Bull head, v. A term used by saw filers to denote the action of a saw when it 

 leads in or out of a cut. (Gen.) 



Bull load. A turn of logs ready for hauling with a road engine. (P. C. F.) 



Bully, n. See Camp foreman. 



Bull wheel. Sec Log turner. 



Bummer, n. A small truck with two low wheels and a short pole, used in skid- 

 ding logs. (N. F., S. F.) 



Syn.: dolly (L. S., R. M. F.), drag cart, self-loading skidder, skidder. 



Bumper, n. In a sawmill, a device placed at each end of the carriage run to 

 absorb the shock of the carriage when it has traveled to the extreme end of 

 the track. It may consist of a piston and a very strong coil spring, or it may 

 be a piston fitted with a cylinder which contains live steam or compressed air. 

 (Gen.) 

 Syn.: buffer. 



Bunch, V. To skid logs together at some convenient point for wagon or cart 

 hauling. (Gen.) 



Bunching ground. (Turp.) A place in the woods where the cups are stacked 

 previous to cup hanging. (S. F.) 



Bunch load, to. To encircle several logs with a chain and load them at once by 

 steam or horse power. (N. F.) 



Bunch logs, to. To collect logs in one place for loading. (Gen.) 



Bunch team. A team used to bunch logs. (Gen.) 



Bunk, n. 1. The heavy timber upon which the logs rest on a logging sled. (N. F.) 

 Syn.: bolster. 



2. The cross-beam on a log car or truck on which the logs rest. (Gen.) 



3. A log car or truck. (S. F., P. C. F.) 



4. A logger's bed in a lumber camp. (Gen.) 



Bunk, r. To place upon the bunks, as to "bunk a log." (Gen.) 



Bimk chain. See Toggle chain. 



Bunk hook. The hook attached to the end of the bunk on a logging car, which 



may be raised to hold the logs in place or lowered to release them. (Gen.) 

 Bunkhouse, n. The sleeping quarters of a logging crew. (Gen.) 

 Bunk load. A load of logs not over one log deep, i. e., every log rests on the 



bunks. (Gen.) 



