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LOGGING 



hill skidways may contain from 100,000 to 500,000 feet log 

 scale. 



During hauling time skidways may be places of transfer from 

 skidding to hauling equipment in which event they are known as 

 "hot skidways." 



When sleds are used for hauling, the skidways are located at 

 convenient points along the logging roads which lead down to a 

 landing or second large storage yard on a stream down which the 



Fig. 26. — Skidways along a Two-sled Road. Montana. 



logs are to be floated. The sites for skidways should be selected 

 by the logging foreman at the time the sled roads are laid out, 

 and the routes of the latter should be chosen with reference to 

 good skidway sites as well as desirable grades. Provision should 

 be made for a down-hill haul from the stump to the storage point. 

 Skidding cannot be carried on profitably for long distances 01?. 

 level ground, consequently a flat country requires the greatest 

 number of skidways. Large skidways are preferable because 

 there is less snow to be shoveled off at loading time, and the 



