1. CHSAS Forestry Team Tool & Equipment ID
Class of 2012

2. 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

3. Air Spade extremely valuable for diagnostics, removing
excess soil and Mulch,
Locating Buried Utilities
etc...

4. Arborists Helmet

5. Backpack Sprayer

6. Cant Hook
Used to roll and position
logs

7. 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.

8. Chainsaw
Cuts trees down.

9. Chaps Sturdy coverings for legs, used to provide
protection for the legs

10. Climbing Rope
A flexible heavy cord of tightly intertwined hemp or other fiber.

11. Climbing Saddle

12. Climbing Spikes

13. 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.

14. Diameter Tape
Measures the diameter of trees.

15. 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)

16. Hand Pruners

17. Hedge shears

18. Increment Borer
Used to extract wood tissue or sap from a tree with relatively no injury.
Also can be used to determine age.

19. Loppers
A type of long handled pruners used for pruning twigs and small branches.

20. Plastic Flagging
It is used to flag boundary stakes, trees or hazardous areas.
Comes in bright colors so it easy to identify.

21. Pole Pruners

22. Root Feeder

23. Safety Glasses
Glasses that are usually made with shatter-resistant plastic lenses to protect the eye from flying debris.

24. Soil Injector

25. Soil Probe
Brings samples of soil up from underground.

26. Tree Caliper
Used to measure the diameter of smaller trees.

27. Tree Scale Stick Estimates tree diameter Estimates logs in tree.
Estimates board feet