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In longleaf pine log carts drawn by two mules haul from 200 

 to 500 feet of long logs at one load. When four mules are em- 

 ployed, from 800 to 1000 feet may be handled, but six mules 

 are required for over this amount. 



In the Lake States the load for four horses ranges between 

 1000 and 1200 feet, log scale, with a maximum of 1800 feet. In 

 the sugar pine region of California, from six to seven carts, each 

 drawn by four horses weighing from 1500 to 1800 pounds are 

 used in one camp and will put in an average of from 100,000 to 

 125,000 feet daily. 



High wheeled carts range in price from $125 to $175 each. 



Wagons are a desirable form of vehicle for stocking small saw- 

 mill plants, transporting timber to the railroad on large opera- 

 tions where the haul exceeds from 800 to 1000 feet, and for log- 

 ging isolated tracts on which there is not sufficient timber to 

 warrant the construction of a logging railroad. 



They may be used to transport logs direct from the stump to 

 the mill for distances of from 2 to 4 miles, although they are most 

 extensively employed to haul logs from the stump to a railroad, 

 stream or chute. The average length of haul in the flat and 

 rolling pine lands of the South is approximately one-fourth of a 

 mile. 



Mule Carts. — In the Coastal Plain region, a type of 4-wheeled 

 wagon called the "mule cart" is used on the uplands for hauling 

 logs to the railroad. It consists of two pairs of trucks, the wheels 

 of the forward pair being 4 feet, and the rear pair 6 feet, in 

 diameter. The forward trucks have a straight axle and are 

 equipped with a tongue of the usual length for a wagon, while the 

 rear pair has an arched axle and bunk to which is attached a 

 tongue which replaces the reach in an ordinary wagon. When 

 the mule cart is loaded this tongue is chained down to a ring on 

 the bunk of the forward pair of wheels. The logs are swung 

 under the rear pair of wheels and only the forward ends of the 

 logs are raised from the ground. The forward pair of trucks 

 may be detached and used for skidding purposes, in which case 



