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Forestry Equipment
Forestry Career Development Event
Altimeter
Used to determine the height of trees
Back-pack Fire Pump
Bark gauge
Canthook
Moves cut trees
Chainsaw
Chainsaw chaps
Protects legs when using chainsaws
Clinometer
Determines the height of trees
Data recorder
Densiometer
Diameter tape
Determines the diameter of tree trunk
Dot grid
Drip torch
Fiberglass measuring tape
Fire rake
Used to remove fuel from fire area
Fire weather kit
Fire-swatter
Used to smother fire
Flow/current meter
GPS receiver
Hand compass
Hand lens/Field microscope
Hip chain
Measure a chain, 66 feet
Hypo-hatchet
Increment borer
Used to take a sample of a tree, the sample can be used to age tree
Log rule
Logger’s tape
pH Meter
Planimeter
Plant press
Used to press plants for mounting
Plastic flaggin
Mark areas
Pulaski forester axe
Used to remove fuel from fire area
Relaskop
Safety glasses
Safety hard hat
Soil sampler
Soil test kit
Used to test soil
Staff compass
Stereoscope
Used to look at maps in 3-D
Survey instrument
Tally book
Tally meter
Helps keep track of number of merchantable trees in an area
Tree caliper
Used to measure the diameter of a tree
Tree marking gun
Used to mark trees
Tree planting hoe or bar
Used to plant trees
Tree stick (Biltmore Stick)
Used to determine diameter of trees and height of trees
Water sampler
Water test kit
Wedge prism
Used to cruise timber and determine how many merchantable trees are in an area
Wheeler caliper
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