CHSAS Forestry TeamTool & Equipment ID

Class of 2012

Urban Forestry Equipment Idenfication

• Backpack Sprayer• Root Feeder• Soil Injector• Pole Pruners/Saw• Hand Pruners• Hedge Shears• Loppers• Ear Protectors• Safety Glasses• Tree Scale Stick• Carabiner• Climbing Rope

• Arborists Helmet• Chaps• Cant Hook• Air Spade• Diameter Tape• Chain Saw• Soil Probe• Increment Borer• Tree Caliper• Plastic Flagging• Data Recorder• Climbing Spikes• Climbing Saddle

Air Spade

• extremely valuable for

diagnostics, removing

excess soil and Mulch,

Locating Buried Utilities

etc...

Arborists Helmet

Backpack Sprayer

Cant Hook

• Used to roll and position

logs

Carabiner

• An oblong metal ring with one spring-hinged side that is used especially in mountain climbing as a connector and to hold a freely running rope.

Chainsaw

• Cuts trees down.

Chaps

• Sturdy coverings

for legs, used to provide

protection for the legs

Climbing Rope

• A flexible heavy cord of tightly intertwined hemp or other fiber.

Climbing Saddle

Climbing Spikes

Data

Recorder•Data loggers vary between general purpose types for a range of measurement applications to very specific devices for measuring in one environment only.

• Electronic data loggers have replaced chart recorders in many applications.

Diameter Tape

• Measures the diameter of trees.

Ear Protectors

• A device used for protecting the wearer’s ears from loud noises, intrusion of water, excessive wind, and dust. (can be used internally or externally)

Hand Pruners

Hedge shears

Increment Borer

• Used to extract wood tissue or sap from a tree with relatively no injury.

• Also can be used to determine age.

Loppers

• A type of long handled pruners used for pruning twigs and small branches.

Plastic Flagging

• It is used to flag boundary stakes, trees or hazardous areas.

• Comes in bright colors so it easy to identify.

Pole Pruners

Root Feeder

Safety Glasses

• Glasses that are usually made with shatter-resistant plastic lenses to protect the eye from flying debris.

Soil Injector

Soil Probe

• Brings samples of soil up from underground.

Tree Caliper

• Used to measure the diameter of smaller trees.

Tree Scale Stick

• Estimates tree diameter

• Estimates logs in tree.

• Estimates board feet