Choker setter
Appearance
A choker setter or choke setter is a logger who attaches cables to logs for retrieval by skidders or skylines.[1][2] The work process involves the choker setter wrapping a special cable end (choker) around a log and then moving clear so the yarding engineer (e.g. skidder operator) can pull the log to a central area.[3][4] In clearcutting, fallers will typically cut down all the trees and limb and buck them into logs before the choke setters and others arrive to remove the logs.[5]
Radio controlled
Old chokers were made of metal. New chokers are safer, quicker and thus more productive. They are also radio controlled.
See also
- Donkey puncher
References
- United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. Occupational Outlook Handbook. United States government; Volume 2570.
- ISBN 1559637897.
- ISBN 0738546798.
- ISBN 0762744812.
- Storey Publishing.