POWER SKIDDING 21$ 



runs distant obviates a frequent change of position and also keeps 

 it out of the way of the logs as they are being hauled in. 



A cable or chain, called a "butt-line," ''whip" or "butt- 

 chain," from 8 to 12 feet long with an eye-splice and ring on one 

 end, and a swivel and hook on the other is also fastened to the 

 clevis on the trip-Hne. This hook on the butt-line serves as a 

 point of attachment for the chokers, grabs or dogs which are 

 used to grip the logs. 



Where there are heavy pulls, devices called "fair leaders" 

 which are built of several patterns, are employed to line the cable 

 evenly on the drum of the yarding engines. These are attached 

 to a framework placed just in front of the drums. 



A crew of twenty-five or twenty-six men will yard daily about 

 6o,ooo feet directly to the railroad. The crew consists of the fol- 

 lowing men : 



A side boss is not always employed, but when he is a member 

 of the crew he acts as foreman of the felling and yarding crews. 

 The hook tender is the boss of the yarding crew, and the amount 

 of work done depends largely on his ability. He plans the work, 

 shows the swamper where roads are to be cleared, designates the 

 logs that are to be skidded and the order in which they are to be 

 taken, and directs the rigging slingers in their work. The rigging 

 slinger is the hook tender's assistant, and his duty is to place 

 the "lead" and other blocks at the points directed by the hook 

 tender. The swamper works just ahead of the yarding crew, 

 cuts up rotten windfalls so that they can be gotten out of the 

 way, chops out the larger brush, cuts roots and improves the 

 runs so that logs can be brought out without being hung up. 

 The choker men place the chokers around the logs, snipe the 



