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FARM MECHANICS 



The front of the travoy is turned up, sled runner 

 fashion, by hewing the wood with an axe to give it the 

 proper shape. Travoys are used to haul logs from a 

 thick woods to the skidways. The manner of using a 

 travoy is interesting. It is hauled by a yoke of cattle 

 or a team of horses to the place where the log lies in the 

 woods. The round hook end of the logging chain is 

 thrown over the butt end of the log and pulled back 

 under the log then around the bunk just inside of the 



Figure 160. Travoy. 



A log-hauling sled made from the fork of a 

 tree. 



runner and hooked fast upon itself. The travoy is then 

 leaned over against the log, the grab hook end of the 

 chain is brought over the log and over the travoy and 

 straightened out at right angles to the log. The cattle 

 are hitched to the end of the logging chain and started. 

 This kind of a hitch rolls the log over on top of the 

 bunk on the travoy. The cattle are then unhitched. 

 The grab hook end of the chain thus released is passed 

 down and around under the other end of the bunk from 

 behind. The chain is then passed over the bolt near 

 the nose of the travoy and pulled down through the 

 opening and out in front from under the nose. The 



