CHSAS Forestry Team Tool & 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