Forestry Tools

Backpack Fire Pump This hand operated pump can be used to extinguish small areas of burning grass for wildfires. 5 gallons

Bark Gauge Measures bark thickness A large wooden handle (bulb shaped) is used to drive the gauge into the bark by hitting it with the palm of your hand. A scale on the handle goes from 0 to 2 1/2" to measure the thickness of the bark.

Chainsaw Used to fell trees, prune branches, and cut up logs

Chaps To protect the users legs from injury Snake bites, briars and thorns Rain, snow and mud fire

Fire Rake Used for raking fire lines to mineral soil, digging, rolling burning logs and cutting grass, leaves, needles and other light ground litter during controlled burns and wildfires.

Fire Swatter (flap) For smothering fires in grass, straw and low weeds to control or direct flames during controlled burns or in conjunction with mop-up details after fires.

Diameter Tape When wrapped around the trunk of a tree, provides readings of trees diameter

Drip Torch Used to widen fuelbreaks by burning out fuels between the break and the oncoming fire used in wildfire suppression, controlled burning, and other forestry applications to intentionally ignite fires.

Fire Weather Kit Used to measure wind up to 60 mph speed, a compass for direction and location of fire, humidity, temperature and a 100-page notebook and mechanical pencil

Hand Compass Used to navigate to known locations and to determine ones location

Increment Borer Used to extract cores of wood from trees to determine growth rate and age with minor injury to the tree

Log Rule Used to measure logs and determine board foot volume

Loggers Tape Used to measure tree diameter as well as ground distance

Plastic Flagging Used to mark utility lines and plot corners

Pulaski Forest Axe Designed for chopping, grubbing, and digging fire lines in brush filled or rocky terrain

Safety Goggles Protects eyes

Safety Hat Protects from falling material

Tree Caliper Used to measure trees diameter

Planting Bar/Hoe Used to create a slot in which to plant tree seedlings

Tree Stick Use to determine number of logs in a tree, diameter, height, and volume to scale logs

Wedge Prism To help determine tree spacing

Altimeter Measures height of trees and to measure slope Also help verify ones location. More accurate than a GPS receiver for measuring altitude.

Canthook Used to roll and position logs

Clinometer Used to measure height of trees, slopes, and vertical angles

Data Recorder Used to electronically store data in the field to transfer back to the office

Densiometer Used to help estimate the spacing of trees and to determine when thinning practices are needed

Dot Grid Used to calculate acreage

Planimeter Used to determine acreage from aerial photo or map

Relaskop Used to measure tree height, diameter, and basal area

Soil Sampler Used to remove cores of soil to determine soil type and other soil attributes

Staff Compass Used in surveying, much more accurate than a hand compass

Stereoscope Used to observe and measure slope and aerial photos

Tally Book Height, diameter, and number of trees are recorded when cruising

Tally Meter Used in cruising, tree survival checks, and other times when items are being counted

Tree Marking Gun Used to squirt paint on trees to be removed during thinning or other operations

Wheeler Caliper Used to measure diameter and height of trees

Fiberglass Measuring Tape Used to measure distance in meters or feet

Flow/current Meter Used to determine water velocity in streams

GPS Receiver Determines exact longitude/latitude position

Hand Lens/Field Microscope Used to help identify items in the field

Hip Chain Used to determine distance by tying the end of the string to an object and walking

Hypo-Hatchet Used to selectively kill undesirable trees in a forest without harming other trees

Ph Meter Used to determine the PH

Plant Press Used to flatten leaves and other plant parts for preservation as part of a collection

Soil test Kit Used to determine soil properties such as PH and the relative abundance of various minerals

Survey Instrument Used to determine slope

Water Sampler Used to remove a small quantity of water for use in testing its quality

Water Test Kit Used to determine water quality in terms of such measures as dissolved oxygen, temperature, Ph, and turbidity