Logging Terms  - W -

WEDGE: A plastic or metal tool used by a faller to prevent a tree from falling backwards, redistribute a tree's weight to a desired direction and to prevent the bar from being pinched while bucking.

WEDGE OR PIE: A section sawn from a tree during the bucking sequence to allow for the directional pressures of various bind situations. Splits, slabs and excessive wood-pulling are minimized when a wedge is sawn.

WIDENING OR DAYLIGHTING: Taking an additional strip of timber off the right-of-way or quarter after the road is in.

WIDOW MAKER: Any loose overhead debris such as limbs or tree tops that may fall at any time. Widow makers are extremely dangerous and present the faller with a continual source of danger. Limb or other loose material dropped or thrown from a tree toward the faller as the tree is felled.

WINCHING: The winding of cable or rope onto a spool or drum.

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