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Brush snow fence. A snowbreak to protect a logging road; used most 
commonly on wide marshes. It consists of brush which is set upright in 
the ground before it freezes. (N. F.) 
Brutting crew. A crew which rolls logs down slopes too steep for teams. 
(App.) 
Buck, n. See Chore boy. 
Buck, V. 1. To saw felled trees into logs. (P. C. F.) 
2. To bring or carry, as to buck water or wood. (Gen.) 
3. In hewing half-moon crossties, the stick of timber is hewed to a proper 
size and then " bucked " or split into two pieces. (S. F.) 
Bucker, ?i. 1. One who saws felled trees into logs. (P. C. F.) Syn.: cross 
cutter (P. C. F.), log maker (S. F.). 
2. One who brings or carries. See Buck. 
Bucking board. A spring board used in bucking large timber. (P. C. F.) 
See Spring board. 
Bucking chute. A short pole chute at a landing, in which long logs are 
bucked before loading. (Cal.) 
Buck swamper. See Eng swamper. 
Buckwheat, v. See Hang up, to. 
Buckwheater, n. A novice at lumbering. (Gen.) 
Buggy, n. See Trolley. 
Bull block. A large yarding block having a throat of sufficient width to 
allow a choker and butt chain to pass through it. (P. C. F.) 
Syn.: 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 Roader. 
Bull load. A turn of logs ready for hauling with a road engine. (P. C. F.) 
Bully, n. See Camp foreman. 
Bummer, 7i. A small truck with two low wheels and a short pole, used in 
skidding logs. (N. F., S. F.) 
Syn.: dolty (L. S., R. M. F.), drag cart, self-loading skidder, skidder. 
Bunch, V. To skid logs together at some convenient point for wagon or 
cart hauling. (Gen.) 
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, V. To place upon the bunks, as to " bunk a log." (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 or truck. (S. F., P. C. F.) 
4. A logger's bed in a lumber camp. (Gen.) 
Bunk chain. .See Toggle chain. 
