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Handbarrow. Two strong, light poles held in position by rungs, upon which 

 bark or wood is carried by two men. (N. W., L. S.) 

 Syn.: ranking bar. 

 Hand pike. A piked lever, usually from 6 to 8 feet long, for handling 



floating logs. (Gen.) 

 Hand skidder. One who accompanies a log as it is being dragged and places 



short skids beneath it. (P. C. F.) 

 Hang the boom, to. To put the boom in place. (Gen.) 

 Hang up, to. i. To fell a tree so that it catches against another instead of 

 falling to the ground. (Gen.) 



Syn.: lodge (Gen.), buckwheat (App.) 



2. As applied to river driving, to discontinue; thus a drive may be 

 " hung up " for lack of water or for some other reason. 

 Hardwood, a. As applied to trees and logs, broadleafed, belonging to the 

 dicotyledons. (Gen.) 

 Syn. : broadleaf. 

 Hardwood, n. A broadleafed, or dicotyledonous, tree. (Gen.) 

 Haul, n. In logging, the distance and route over which teams must go 

 between two given points, as between the yard or skidway and the land- 

 ing. (Gen.) 

 Haul back. A small wire rope, traveling between the donkey engine and a 

 pulley set near the logs to be dragged, used to return the cable. (P. C. F.) 

 Syn. : back line, pull back, trip Hne. 

 Haul up. A light chain and hook by which a horse may be hitched to a 



cable in order to move it where desired. (P. C. F.) 

 Hay road. See Tote road. 



Hay wire outfit. A contemptuous term for loggers with poor logging equip- 

 ment. (N. F.) 

 Head block. The log placed under the front end of the skids in a skidway 



to raise them to the desired height. (N. F.) 

 Head driver. An expert river driver who, during the drive, is stationed at 

 a point where a jam is feared. Head drivers usually work in pairs. (N. F.) 

 Syn.: log watch (N. F.), jam cracker (P. C. F.) 

 Head faller. The chief of a crew of fallers. (P. C. F.) 

 Head log. i. The front bottom log on a skidway. (N. F.) 

 Syn. : face log. 



2. The front log in a turn. (P. C. F.) 

 Syn.: lead log. 

 Head push. See Straw boss. 



Headquarters, n. In logging, the distributing point for supplies, equip- 

 ment and mail; not usually the executive or administrative center. 

 (Gen.) 

 Head tree. In steam skidding, the tree to which the cable upon which the 

 traveler runs is attached. (S. F.) 



