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Record 1 1986-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Facilities and Equipment (Wood Industries)
  • Forestry Operations
CONT

(A) felling lever (is) a useful tool for directional felling; it can also be used as a peavey for prying loose logs that become jammed during winching (FERIC, Handbook for Logging with Farm Tractor-Mounted Winches, November 1977, p. 6).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et équipement (Industr. du bois)
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Outil constitué d'un coin d'acier fixé à un manche et servant à faire basculer l'arbre tout en aidant à contrôler sa direction de chute.

CONT

Un levier d'abattage avec crochet tourne-bille est indispensable lorsqu'on abat un arbre ou que l'on veut libérer un arbre encroué (P. Harkonen, Le travail à la scie à chaîne, 1980, p. 7).

Spanish

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