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Tong hooker 1. One who places the skidding tongs or chokers on logs which 

 are being skidded by power or hauled on high-wheeled carts. (S. F.) 

 2. See Ground loader. 

 Tong puller. See Ground loader. 



Tong unhooker. One stationed near the power skidder who releases the 

 skidding tongs or removes the chokers from logs which have been drawn 

 alongside the railroad. (S. F.) 



Top bind chains. See Top chains. 



Top chains. Chains used to secure the upper tiers of a load of logs after the 

 capacity of the regular binding chains has been filled. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: top bind chains. (S. F.) 



Top load. A load of logs piled more than one tier high, as distinguished from a 



bunk load. (Gen.) 

 Top loader. That member of a loading crew who stands on top of a load and 



places logs as they are sent up. (Gen.) See Head loader. 

 Syn.: sky hooker. (N. F.) 



Top-lop, V. See Lop. 



Top saw. The upper of two circular saws on a head saw, both hung on the same 

 husk. Circular mills frequently do not have a top saw. (Gen.) 

 Syn.: double circular mill, overhead saw. 



Top-sawyer, n. One who stands above the log and aids in operating a whip saw. 

 (Gen.) 



Tom grain. A machine defect on surfaced lumber, the fibres of the wood hav- 

 ing been torn out around knots and curly places by the action of the planer 

 knives. It is classified as slight, one-thirty-second inch deep; medium, one- 

 sixteenth inch deep; heavy, one-eighth inch deep; and deep, more than one- 

 eighth inch deep. (Gen.) 



Tote, r. To haul supplies to a logging camp. (N. F.) 



Tote road. A road used for hauling supplies to a logging camp. (N. F.) 

 Syn.: fly road, hay road. 



Tote sled. See Jumper. 



Tow team. An extra team stationed at an incline in a logging road to assist 

 tlie regular teams in ascending with loaded sleds. (N. F.) 

 Syn.: snatch team. 



Track cable. See Skyline. 



Track line. See Skyline. 



Traction, ». An oil buniing or a gasoline traction engine used in hauling log 

 trucks. (Cal.) 



Trail, n. 1. Sec Turn. 



2. The path traveled by a team when trailing logs in a chute. (R. M. F.) 



Trail, v. See Jigger. 



Trail chute. See Trailing slide. 



Trail dogs. See Grapples. 



Trailers, n. Several logging sleds hitched one behind another and pulled by 

 from 4 to 8 horses driven by one man, thus saving teamster's wages; als.i 

 applied to sleds or wagons drav/n by a steam or gasoline log hauler. (N. F., 

 E. C.) 



Trailing slide. A slide on whidi the grade is so low that nnimals are re(inired to 

 move the logs. (App.) 



Syn.: trail chute. (R. M. F.) 



Trail slide. An earth skidding trail, reenforced on the h)wer side by a fonder 

 skid. (App.) 



