A choker setter or choke setter is a
logger who attaches cables to logs for retrieval by
skidders or
skylines.[1][2] 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.[3][4] 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.[5]
Radio controlled
Old chokers were made of metal. New chokers are safer, quicker and thus more productive. They are also radio controlled.
^McEvoy, Thomas James; James Jeffords (2004). Positive Impact Forestry: A Sustainable Approach To Managing Woodlands. Island Press. p. 165.
ISBN1559637897.