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GENERAL ADVICE 



The machine (Figs. 54, 55) consists of a hind 

 axle twelve feet long, and broad -tired wheels. 

 The frame is made of spruce three -by -eight 

 inches and twenty feet long. The braces are 

 three -by -five inches and ten feet long, and up- 

 right three -by -nine inches and three feet high; 



55. The tree ready to move. 



these are bolted to the hind axle and main frame. 

 The front axle has a set of blocks bolted together 

 and of sufficient height to support the front end 

 of the frame. Into the top timbers, three -by -six 

 inches, hollows are cut at the proper distances 

 to receive the ends of two locust rollers. A 

 windlass or winch is put at each end of the 

 frame, by which trees can easily and steadily be 

 lifted and lowered, the large double ropes pass- 



