Question

What is the work of the high riggers in lumbering?
A. Cutting of smaller logs
B. Felling or cutting of trees
C. Skid the chopped logs
D. None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: It is one of the four categories of lumberjacks, others include haulers, skidders and sawyers. What is interesting to mark here is the retention of this job when the rest of this industry has been modernized.

Complete answer:
-Option B is correct.They are loggers who climb the tall (mostly coniferous) trees and cut the top branches. These jobs traditionally offered meagre pay and were seasonally employed. They were often put up in rugged housing, or migrating.

- The main tools used were the axe and the cross saw. The workforce used to exclusively be composed of men. Until the machinery that replaced it ran on fuel, it used to be powered by steam.

- Transportation was done by a variety of methods, by building corduroy roads (laying perpendicular logs so horses do not struggle with mush), using waterways or roll-walking (for which special shoes called corks were worn).

- Some competitive sports have also emerged from this profession, but through both a system of safety is deemed paramount. Even the weather can prove to be hazardous in more ways than we anticipate.

So, the correct answer is option B.

Note:They are also called tree toppers and implement the first step of producing forest products. These terms were usually just used by the North Americans, who associated this profession with a theme of masculinity, and courage.