HVIP Bucking Workshop Instructional Resources

The list below contains some of the instructional resources which are available to HVIP Certified Local Trainers. They are supplied on compact disk at the HVIP Local Trainer Certification Session, and updates are available to Local Trainers as downloads from the HVIP Resources Website.

HVIP Local Trainer Bucking Workshop Manual 1.0 (Adobe .pdf - 3,200kb) - 4/1/2007

HVIP Local Trainer Bucking Workshop Manual 1.0 Appendix (Adobe .pdf - 13,435kb) - 6/25/2007

• Files for Appendix / Handout Pages
  • Part I (.zip - 9,684kb) - 6/25/2007
  • Part II (.zip - 30,455kb) - 6/25/2007
  • Part III (.zip - 27,860kb) - 6/25/2007
  • Part IV (.zip - 9,481kb) - 6/25/2007

HW Buck Local Trainer Version 3.6 LT (Zip Archive .zip - 4,590kb) - 5/22/2007 - more...

Slideshows

Hardwood Defects - Common External Defect in Hardwood Sawtimber and Associated Wood Quality Implications 2.0 (MS PP .ppt - 13,625kb or Adobe .pdf - 7,964kb) - 3/6/2007 - more...

Hardwood Veneer Defects 2007 (MS PP .ppt - 11,826kb) - 5/1/2007 - more...

Scaling and Grading - Log Scaling and Grading Fundamentals 2.0 (MS PP .ppt - 15,348kb or Adobe .pdf - 2,147kb) - 2/26/2007 - more...

Expert Bucking - Improving Value Recovery For Hardwood Log Manufacturing Through Expert Bucking 2.0 (MS PP .ppt - 4,543kb or Adobe .pdf - 2,766kb) - 2/26/2007 - more...

Workshop Setup and Tree Data Collection

HVIP Bucking Workshop Brochure (MS Word .doc - 904kb or Adobe .pdf - 138kb) - 5/3/2007 - more...

Data Collection Forms (for tree stems to be entered into HW Buck)

• Defect Data (MS Word .doc - 2,036kb or Adobe .pdf - 79kb) - 2006
• Stem Data (MS Word .doc - 2,035kb or Adobe .pdf - 76kb) - 2006

Evaluation Surveys

• Bucker Pre Session Survey (MS Word .doc - 2,034kb or Adobe .pdf - 79kb) - 2006
• Bucker Post Session Survey (MS Word .doc - 2,036kb or Adobe .pdf - 82kb) - 10/10/2006

Assessment Form

• Worksheet for Assessment Tree (MS Word .doc - 2,034kb or Adobe .pdf - 88kb) - 2006

Equipment Lists (MS Word .doc - 2,034kb or Adobe .pdf - 82kb) - 2006

Sign-in List (MS Word .doc - 33kb or Adobe .pdf - 56kb) - 2006

Schedule (choose that which applies) - more...

Hardwood Defects

Tree Growth Handout (MS Word .doc - 2,099kb or Adobe .pdf - 133kb)

Quality Zone Handout (MS Word .doc - 490kb or Adobe .pdf - 120kb)

Be sure to make use of the slideshow (above) and resources included on the Bucking Resource CD (below)

Grading And Scaling

Field sheet to be laminated (sample using Timber Producers grading rules and Scribner DC) (Adobe .pdf - 229kb) - 5/14/2007

Scaling rules and deduction tables (choose those that apply locally) - more...

Grading rules for sawtimber, veneer, and roundwood products (choose those that apply locally, also check your regional page for custom rules) - more...

Be sure to make use of the slideshow (above) and resources included on the Bucking Resource CD (below)

Expert Bucking and HW Buck

Recommended trees for bucking practice (MS Word .doc - 2,031kb or Adobe .pdf - 76kb)

Be sure to make use of the slideshow (above) and resources included on the Bucking Resource CD (below)

Bucking Resources CD (burn to CD for class attendees)

Bucking Resources CD Label (Avery Design Pro Document .zdl - 564kb)
- 2006 - more...

HW Buck Bucker Version 3.5.1 (Zip Archive .zip - 4,590kb) - 5/22/2007 - more...

Hardwood Defect Trainer (WinZip .zip - 23,800kb) - 2006 - more...

Hardwood Defect Photo Guides - 2006 - more...

• Birch, Yellow (Adobe .pdf - 4,150kb)
• Cherry, Black (Adobe .pdf - 3,480kb)
• Oak, White (Adobe .pdf - 4,101kb)
• Oak, Red (Adobe .pdf - 3,762kb)
• Poplar, Yellow (Adobe .pdf - 4,693kb)
• Maple, Sugar (Adobe .pdf - 5,128kb)
• Walnut, Black (Adobe .pdf - 3,942kb)

Hardwood Publications - 2006 - more...

• Hardwood Defects. USFS Agriculture Handbook 678. (Adobe .pdf - 23,300kb)
• Hardwood Tree Grades For Factory Lumber. USFS. Research Paper, NE-333. (Adobe .pdf - 10,021kb)
• Log Bucking and Defect Identification Guide by Vermont Department of Forests, Parks, and Recreation (Adobe.pdf - 2,778kb)
• Felling and Bucking Hardwoods: How to Improve Your Profit. Minister of Supply and Services Canada. (Adobe .pdf - 17,338kb)
• A Guide To Hardwood Log Grading. USFS. General Technical Report. NE 1. (Adobe .pdf - 6,731kb)
• Tree Decay: An Expanded Concept. USFS. Agricultural Information Bulletin 419. (Adobe .pdf - 12,122kb)
• Defining Hardwood Veneer Log Quality Attributes. USFS GTR NE-313. (Adobe .pdf - 2,036kb)

Adobe Reader Software (WinZip .zip - 43,700kb) - 2006 - more...

Tree volumes (Doyle, International and Scribner) (WinZip .zip - 1,800kb) - 2006

Scaling rules and deduction tables (choose those that apply locally) - more...

Grading rules for sawtimber and veneer (choose those that apply locally) - more...