How do they match: Fallers

  • Use axes or chainsaws to fell trees using knowledge of tree characteristics and cutting techniques to control direction of fall and minimize tree damage.

  • Clear brush from work areas and escape routes, and cut saplings and other trees from direction of falls, using axes, chainsaws, or bulldozers.
  • Load logs or wood onto trucks, trailers, or railroad cars, by hand or using loaders or winches.
  • Measure felled trees and cut them into specified log lengths, using chain saws and axes.
  • Split logs, using axes, wedges, and mauls, and stack wood in ricks or cord lots.
  • Trim off the tops and limbs of trees, using chainsaws, delimbers, or axes.