IMPORTANT FORESTRY TOOLS AND USE

REFORESTATION TOOLSDibble, KCB Bars, and hoedads are hand tools that are used to replant trees.Holes are opened in the ground with the tool then the seedling is placed in the hole and dirt is pack around the seedling.

COMPASSThere are two types of hand held compasses

• Quadrant• Measures in 4

quadrants• Azimuth

• Measures in 360 degrees

Staff Compass• Most accurate of the

non digital compasses.

CLINOMETERUsed to show slope and height of objects.

• Commonly used to measure heights of trees in forestry

LOGGERS TAPEUsed to measure distance from objects, lengths of logs, and diameters of trees

DIAMETER TAPEUsed to measure the diameter of trees

• Smaller than a loggers tape but about as accurate.

DRIP TORCHUsed to control fuel loads in pine stands

• Used as a forest fire fighting tool

FIRE FIGHTING HAND TOOLS

Fire Rake• Hand tool that is used to

remove fuel form a fire line or around a spot fire

Fire Swatter• Used to smother fire in

straw and low grass and weeds, removes air from the fire

Pulaski Forester Axe• Forestry multi tool, used

to chop and dig fire lines in rough ground.

BACK-PACK FIRE PUMPAllows a wild-land fire fighter to pack water to a fire where it would not be avaiable

10 FACTOR PRISMUsed to determine the amount of standing timber in a given plot.Used to calculate Basal Area of a given plot

TREE MARKING GUNTool used to make which trees to cut/leaveAlso used to make land line or plot boundaries.