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ARRANGEMENTS FOR LOADING LOOS ON WAGGONS, SLEDS, AND CARS 



Empties passing through McGiffert log loader. 

 John L. Roper Lumber Company's holdings. 



McGiffert log loader at work. Clyde Iron Works, 

 Duluth, Minn. 



The machines are self-propelling donkey engines on wheels. The Decker 

 (price -v 4,500 to -v 6,000) has a "sort of an open tunnel" above the axles and below 

 the frame carrying the donkey, so wide and so high, that empty cars may run 

 through the tunnel on steel rail, bridge-switched onto the rail of the main track 

 at both sides of the tunnel. 



The McGiffert (price •"< 4,500 to #6, 700) removes its own wheels by swinging 

 them, pendulum fashion, against the top of the tunnel and by sinking, simultaneously, 

 on steel footings resting on the ties outside of the steel rail, thus giving sufficient 

 clearance to the passage of empties. The empties are pulled through the tunnel 

 from behind to the front, ready to receive the load, by means of a cable. 



For use on wooden rail, the machines have wheels of 6- inch tread and 

 2 '/..-inch flange. 



McGiffert log loader ready to move itself. 

 Clyde Iron Works, Duluth, Minn. 



McGiffert log loader ready for passage of empties. 

 Clyde Iron Works, Duluth, Minn. 



