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HARDWOOD RECORD 



l)i'r Company. Vincland, N. J. ; Claytou W. Nicb- 

 ols. Philadelphia. 



.lustin Petei's. manager of the compau.v. is at 

 present making a business trip to Canada. 



Just Beginning to Wake Up 



Tile smaller sawmill operators are just begin- 

 nin;; to wake up to the fact that they are miss- 

 ing a good thing when lliey fail to install a 

 gang edgcr. 



Time was wiien a gang edger was unheard of 

 in a portable or small stationary mill ; but 

 thanks to the Cordon Hollow Blast Urate Com- 

 l<any of Greenville. Mich., it is now possible to 

 got a machine of this description proportionate 

 in space occupied, power consumed and price 

 asked to the mill in which it is to 'be used, 

 I.e that mill large or small. 



\\'hile the "Tower" line (as the company calls 

 its edgers and trimmers) includes seventy-two 

 sizes and styles of edgers. the (jordon Hollow 

 Blast Grail' Company makes a specialty of 

 "pony" edgers for mills cutting not to exceed 

 2(1,000 feet in ten hours. 



The "Tower" trimmers are made in ten sizes. 



It is perhaps superfluous to mention that the 

 manufacturer of the "Tower" edgers and trim- 

 mers is the same concern that has made famous 

 the Gordon Hollow Blast Grate, which is recog- 

 nized as one of the greatest steam producers and 

 sawdust burners ever devised. 



draulic jacks of ample capacity, to insure rapid 

 action. 



The skidding is done l>y means of a Russel 

 special heavy duty logging engine, cylinders !l 

 inches by 11 inches, 150 pounds working pres- 

 sure. There are three skidding drums 30 inches 



ward approximately to an angle of i:> degrees 

 from the center line of the machine. 



The guy lines lead through the sheaves on 

 the end of the hinged jib. through sheaves on 

 the tower to two friction driven power operated 

 drums on the skidding engine. 



Special Combined Skidder and Loader 



The development of the sti'am skidder aud 

 loader during the past tive .vi*ars proves con- 

 clusively that, like the automobile, it hag come 

 to stay, and that the operator who keeps his 

 e.ve on the cost sheet cannot afford to continue: 

 the use of old methods. 



Any engine of sufficient powci- will skid a log 

 aud lead it ; how many a day. howi-'ver. depends 

 on inan.v things outside of the engine itself. 



The Kussel Wheel & Foundry Company of 

 Detroit. Jlich.. has recently brought out a com- 

 bined skidding and loading machine, built for 

 the Ingram-Day Lumber Company. Lyman, Miss., 

 that has a number of novel features, all of 

 which have proved distinct improvements. 



The machine, excepting the loading boom, is 



lil'S.SEL COMBINED SKIDDER AND 

 I.UMBEU 



in diameter, ",0-inch face, two of which only 

 are in constant use. the third being only used in 

 case of a broken line to avoid delay while splic- 

 ing. This engine is also equipped with two 

 drums for tightening the guy lines, and drum 

 fiT a ear .spotting line. 



On the front end of the machine is a skeleton 

 steel tower from which is suspended a vertically 

 hinged jib. or triangle, from which the skidding 

 slieaves are hung at the outer end. on each side 

 of the jib just over the skidding sheaves is a 

 guy line sheave. 



ANOTHER VIEW OF THE RUSSEL SKIDDER A\Ii I.OAid.l; 



constructed entirely of steel. It is what is 

 known as the straddling type, that is. it strad- 

 dles the track, resting on blocking, and is raised 

 and lowered by means of power operated hy- 



The two guy lines are made fast one on each 

 side of the machine, to any convenient stump 

 or tree entii-ely without regard to their relation 

 to each other, the lead of the lines may be baek- 



LOADER. OFERATIONS INGRAM-DAY 

 COMPANY 



The connection of the hinged jib at its upper 

 end to the tower is not rigid, being provided 

 with a spring arrangement similar to the draft 

 rigging on a car. 



It will be noted by this arrangement : 



First — That there can be no interference be- 

 tween the skidding lines and the guy lines. 



Second — That the guy lines cannot possibly 

 interfere with the loading boom. 



Third — That all strains due to skidding are 

 absorbed by the guy lines. 



Fourth — That all shocks are softened by the 

 spring attachment of the jib. 



Fifth — That an operator standing on the deck 

 of the machine watching the hinged jib can 

 bring it into an exactly central position with 

 j'.n equal strain on each guy line. 



Sixth — Should one guy line stretch they can 

 be equalized without any delay to the skidding 

 or loading. 



Seventh — Should a guy line break the jib 

 will swing into the line of pull of the skid- 

 ding line, relieving the tension on it and allow- 

 ing the leverman time to release his friction 

 before an.v strain is transmitted to the tower 

 of the machine. 



The loading boom is of the swinging type, 

 having a hinged connection at its* lower end to 

 a turntable on which the loading engine is 

 mounted and its outer end supported from the 

 top of the tower. 



The loading engine has two SxlO cylinders 

 for 150 pounds working pressure, and three 

 drums, one operatin.g the loading lile and the 

 other two for swinging the boom, by means of 

 two wire ropes leading through sheaves sup- 

 ported on a steel frame projecting from the 

 front of the tower. 



The swinging of the boom is controlled by 

 one lever and the action is quick and certain — 

 the boom being locked in any position by plac- 

 ing the operating lever in a middle position.- 

 When the machine is being moved the loading 

 boom is locked in a central position by a foot 

 i>rake. 



As the capacity of a skidding and loading ma- 

 chine must largely depend on the proportion of 

 working hours it can be kept at work skidding 



