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YARDING SLEDS 



It is often desirable to yard or skid logs for distances over a 

 quarter of a mile, especially when the amount of timber does 

 not warrant the construction of a two-sled road, or the haul from 

 the stump to the landing or to the railroad does not exceed if 

 miles and the grade is favorable. 



Snaking and go-devils are replaced in such cases by yarding 

 sleds or drays in the Northeast and by a "jumbo dray" or a 

 "bob" in the Lake States and the Adirondacks. 



Fig. 34. — A Yarding Sled used in the Northeast. 



The yarding sled is made by the camp blacksmith and consists 

 of a pair of yellow birch or maple runners, 7 feet long, 3 inches 

 wide and shod with |-inch steel shoes. The forward ends are 

 curved upward. The runners are held together by a bunk 8 

 inches square and 4 or 5 feet long, placed about 3 feet from the 

 rear end of the sled. In order to facilitate handling the sled the 

 bunk is made in two parts; namely, a lower stationary bar 

 fastened securely to the runners by pins, called "starts," and 

 braced by heavy iron straps ot "raves," and an upper bar which 



