TERMS USED IN LOGGING 477 
A good " chance " is one where conditions are favorable for easy logging. 
(N. F.) 
Syn.: show (P. C. F.) 
2. A logging unit. (Gen.) 
Chaser, n. 1. A member of the hauling crew on a skidroad who accompanies 
the turn of the logs to the landing, unhooks the grabs, and .sees that they 
are returned to the yarding engine. (P. C. F., R. M. F.) 
Syn.: frogger, .sled tender (Cal.), pigman (P. C. F.) 
2. A member of the yarding crew who tends a bull block, unhooks the 
choker at the landing, and sees that it is returned to the woods. (P. C. F.) 
Syn.: block tender. (Cal.) 
Check, n. A longitudinal crack in timber caused by too rajjid .seasoning. 
(Gen.) 
Syn.: season check. 
Check scaler. One who re-scales logs in order to detect errors on the part 
of a scaler. (Gen.) 
Cheese block. See Chock block. 
Chickadee, n. See Road monkey. 
Chink, V. To close the crevices between the logs in a logging camp with 
wood or moss. (N. W.) 
Syn.: moss (N. F.), stog (E. C). See Daub; Mud. 
Chipper and notcher. The chief of several saw crews. He notches the timber 
and keeps a tally of the number of logs cut by each saw crew. (S. F.) 
Chock block. 1. A small wedge or block used to prevent a log from rolling. 
(Gen.) 
Syn.: chee.se block. (P. C. F.) 
2. A device u.sed on patent log car bunks to prevent logs from rolling off. 
(P. C. F.) 
Choker, n. A noo.se of wire rope by which a log is dragged. The rope is 
from 20 to .50 feet in length and has a choker hook on one end and a braided 
eye on the other. (P. C. F.) 
Choker-hole digger. See Gopher. 
Choker hook. A hook fastened to one end of a choker. The cable is caught 
in the hook when the choker is adjusted around the log in the form of a 
noose. (Gen.) 
Choker man. The member of a yarding crew who fastens the chokers on the 
logs. (P. C. F., R. M. F.) 
Chopper, n. See Faller. 
Chopping board. See Spring board. 
Chore boy. One who cleans the .sleeping quarters and stable in a logging 
camp, cuts firewood, builds fires and carries water. (Gen.) 
Syn.: lobby hog (App.), shanty boss, swamper (N. W.), buck, bull cook, 
flunky, greaser. 
Chuck up, to. See Chunk up, to. 
Chunk, V. To clear the ground, with engine or horses, of obstructions which 
can not be removed by hand. (P. C. F.) 
Chunk bucker. One who, in advance of felling, bucks up merchantable 
