| Lumber Glossary Term |
Definition |
| Yard |
The place where logs are accumulated. |
| Yard Lumber |
Lumber of those grades, sizes and patterns generally intended for ordinary construction and general building purposes. |
| Yarder |
A system of power-operated winches used to haul logs from a stump to a landing. This is also known as a donkey. |
| Yarder Wood |
Wood brought into a yard in the form of tree lengths, logs, or bolts, to be cut into shorter lengths. |
| Yarding of Unmerchantable Material |
Yarding of cull, rotten, small, or otherwise unusable wood material to be a designated area for disposal is written into the timber contract. This is required on all USDA Forest Service timber sale contracts. |
| Yarding Road |
A path followed by a turn of logs yarded by a cable method. |
| Yarding Tower |
Steel tower used on a steel spar skidder. A light-weight tower built on a tractor. |
| Yardstick |
A wooden rule 36” long. |
| Yellowheart |
- Bright yellow heartwood
- Fine, straight grain
- Medium texture
- Work easily with hand and power tools
- Used for decorative veneer, inlay, and marquetry.
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| Yield |
The amount of product output recovered from a quantity of raw material input in forest product industries. Estimate in forest menstruation of the amount of wood that may be harvested from a particular type of forest stand by species, site, stocking, and management regime at various ages. |
| Yoke |
The heavy “U”-shaped part of a block by which the pulley is attached. |
