ARRANGEMENTS FOR LOADING LOGS ON WAGGONS, SLEDS, AND CARS 



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Ground plan and elevation of the McGiffert log loader. 



Log loaders are of use also in driving piles, in handling trestle timber, in stump pul 

 ling, in grading, in ditching, and in wrecking. 



The following classes of steam log loaders may be distinguished :- 



(a) SELF-PROPELLING, CAR-SPOTTING LOG LOADERS 

 WITH RIGID (OR SEMI -SWING) BOOM. Main types: -The 

 Decker and the McGiffert log loaders, manu- 

 factured by the Clyde Iron Co., of Duluth, 

 Minn. The most modern types have 

 eight instead of four wheels, so as 

 to be compatible with light rail. 



McGiffert log- loader at work. 

 Clyde Iron Works, Duluth, Minn. 



