During timber harvesting, unmerchantable material like tops, limbs, bark, and cull logs are left behind. Operators use heavy equipment to push this debris into concentrated heaps. These piles are often burned during wet or snowy conditions to reduce wildfire hazards and clear the site for replanting.
Heard on the job
The excavator is out on block four building slash piles so we can burn them after the first snowfall.
Also heard as
- brush pile