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skidway. Logs are unloaded by removing the binding chains, 

 placing skids in position and rolling the logs off the wagon by 

 means of cant hooks. 



Hauling should be in charge of a team boss, who selects and 

 directs the preparation of skidways and logging roads, determines 

 the best method and equipment for hauling timber from par- 

 ticular sections, allots given crews to specified work, and sees 

 that all men and animals are employed to best advantage. 

 Skidways should be selected and prepared some days in advance 

 of actual use so that the hauling teams will not be delayed by lack 

 of storage space. 



Fig. 50. 



Loading a Log Wagon by means of the Cross-haul. 

 Missouri. 



On good bottom and level ground two horses or mules should 

 handle from 400 to 600 feet per load and from 6000 to 10,000 feet 

 daily ; four animals should handle from 600 to 800 feet per load, 

 and from 8000 to 12,000 feet daily. Five yoke of oxen will 

 handle from 600 to 1000 feet of logs per trip, depending on the 

 kind of bottom and the size of the timber. 



The average number of trips daily for two horses or mules 

 is approximately as follows : 



