Choker setter

{{Short description|Logger who attaches cables to logs for retrieval by skidders or skylines}}

File:ChokerSetters.jpg (October 1941)]]

A choker setter or choke setter is a logger who attaches cables to logs for retrieval by skidders or skylines.{{cite book|author=United States Bureau of Labor Statistics|author-link=United States Bureau of Labor Statistics|title=Occupational Outlook Handbook|publisher=United States government; Volume 2570}}{{cite book|page=165|title=Positive Impact Forestry: A Sustainable Approach To Managing Woodlands|first=Thomas James|last=McEvoy|year=2004|author2=James Jeffords|isbn= 1559637897|publisher=Island Press}} 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.{{cite book|page=30|title=Running Springs|series=Images in America|first=Stanley E. |last=Bellamy|year=2007|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn= 0738546798}}{{cite book|title=It Happened in Oregon, 2nd Edition|page=97|first=James A. |last=Crutchfield|year=2007|publisher=Morris Book Publishing|series=It Happened In|isbn= 0762744812}} 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.{{cite book|first=Frank |last=Philbrick |author2=Stephen Philbrick|title=The Backyard Lumberjack: The Ultimate Guide to Felling, Bucking, Splitting & Stacking|publisher=Storey Publishing|year=2006}} New chokers are often radio controlled, making the job both easier and safer.