WHEELED VEHICLES l8l 



tongue fits. The latter is held in place by a spring latch. When 

 the cart is to be loaded it is driven up to one end of a log, then 

 backed until the axle is directly over that part of the log to which 

 the chains or grapples are to be attached. The latch on the 

 guides is then released, the team is backed for a step or two and 

 the hounds are forced into a position nearly vertical, which turns 

 the bunk through a quarter circle and brings it near enough to the 

 ground to permit the grapples or chains to be attached. The 

 elevation of the log is accomphshed by driving the team forward, 

 which brings the hounds and tongue to a horizontal position. 



Fig. 46. — The Perry Log Cart loaded. 



Wheels of this character may be used in a region where it 

 would not be possible to snake, or to use bummers without 

 swamping out trails. They may be driven readily over light 

 standing brush or in down timber with a minimum of swamp- 

 ing. It is not customary to cut trails for them. The capacity 

 of the wheels is one large, or from three to four small logs. Two 

 horses or mules are employed for each cart. 



Carts with larger wheels than those mentioned are in ex- 

 tensive use in the South, Southwest, Lake States, sugar pine 

 region of California and, to a limited extent, both in the Inland 

 Empire and in the Pacific Coast region. The wheels are from 7 

 to 12 feet in diameter and have tires from 5 to 10 inches wide. 

 When one or two logs are handled they are suspended with 

 grapples, and when several constitute a load chains are used. 



