Achoker setter orchoke setter is alogger who attaches cables to logs for retrieval byskidders orskylines.[1][2] The work process involves the choker setter wrapping a special cable end (choker) around a log and then moving clear so the yardingengineer (e.g. skidder operator) can pull the log to a central area.[3][4] Inclearcutting, fallers will typically cut down all the trees andlimb andbuck them into logs before the choke setters and others arrive to remove the logs.[5] New chokers are often radio controlled, making the job both easier and safer.
