FORKST TERMINOLOGY 2& 



Hack, H. (Turp.) A strong gouge-shaped knife with a curved edge fastened to 

 the end of a short handle, bearing on its lower end an iron ball weighing 

 about 4 pounds. It is used to chip timber. (S. F.) See Puller. 

 Syn.: hacker. 



Hack, V. (Log.) To hew. Usually applied only to the hewing of cross-ties. 

 (Gen.) 



(Turp.) See Chip. 



Hacker, n. See Hack. 



Half-breed, ii. A donkey engine designed for long distance yarding or for use 

 as a roader on short distance hauling. (P. C. F.) See Yarding donkey. 

 Syn.: donkey. 



Half -moon tie. A tie made from a stick of timber yielding two ties. (S. F.) 



Hammer a saw, to. To pound it with a special type of hammer in order to 



adjust the tension. (Gen.) 



Hand-bag, See Hand-bank. 



Hand-bank, r. To haul to the banking ground, with hand sleds, ties or other 

 timbers that are to be floated. (R. M. F.) 

 Syn.: hand-bag. 



Hand-banker. One who hauls ties on a hand sled from the stump to the landing. 

 (R.M.F.) 



Handbarrow. Two strong, light poles held in position by rungs, upon which 

 bark or wood is carried bj^ two men. (N. W., L. S.) 

 Syn.: ranking bar. 



Hand dog. See Dogwarp. 



Hand grab. See Dogwarp. 



Hand log, to. To move timber without the aid of animal or mechanical draft. 

 (Gen.) 



Hand logger. Formerly one who logged without the use of animals or power. 

 The term is now sometimes applied to loggers in the Northwest who use 

 animals instead of power skidders. (P. C. F., R. M. F., S. F.) 



Hand-made shingle. See Shake. 



Hand pike. A piked lever, usually from 6 to S feet long, for handling floating 

 logs. (Gen.) 



Syn.: pike lever. (N. W.) 



Hand planer. A hand-feed surfacing machine with a single cutter head. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: jointer. 



Hand skid, to. To move timber by hand to a point wliere it can be reached by 

 horse or other form of transport. (R. M. F.) 



Hand skidder. One who accompanies a log as it is l>cing dragged and places 

 short skills beneath it. (P. C. F.) 



Hand sluice, to. To shoot logs down steep slopes on a crude slide made by fell- 

 ing timber down the slope, cutting off the top and arranging the boles so that 

 a rough trough results. Snow greatly facilitates hand sluicing. (E. C.) 



Hang an ax, to. v. To fit a handle to an ax. (Gen.) 



Hang a sav;, to. In a sawmill, to ])lacc a saw in position rcadv for operation. 

 (Gen.) 



Hang the boom, to. To put the boom in jdace. (Gen.) 



Hang up, to. 1. To fell a tree so that it catches against another instead of fall- 

 ing to the ground. (Gen.) 



Syn.: lodge (Gen.), buckwheat (App.). 



2. In hauling with a team, to get the load stui-U either in the mud or behind 

 a stum|). 



3. As applied to river driving, to discontinue; thus a <lriv(> may be "hung 

 up" for lack of water or for some other reason. 



