the ground, or on low wheels called dollies, or bum- 

 mers, or a good many other things, depending on 

 the humor of the "jack," and the location where he 

 received his woods training. These dollies consisted 

 of a very stoutly built set of low wheels mounted on 

 axles very similar to the hind running geers of the 

 ordinary lumber wagon. The wheels were perhaps 

 two feet high. A single ring at the end of the V 

 shaped front portion formed the means of fastening 

 on the eveners. They were attached by means of a 

 common clevis, or else by a short chain according 

 to the individual ideas of the skinner. On the top 

 of the dollie was a pair of skidding tongs. The skid- 

 der would drive his dollie up beside a log, top it over 

 on top by skillful maneuvering of his team, and the 

 dollie loader would attach the tongs. Then by turn- 

 ing his team half around so that the pull on the log 

 came over one wheel of the dollie, and if necessary 

 assisted by the loader with a peavy, the skinner would 

 tip the dollie over with the log on top. It took con- 

 siderable knack to accomplish this smoothly and 

 swiftly. So skilled were the skinners in handling 

 their teams with these dollies, it seemed to one looking 

 on the easiest thing in the world to do. The front 

 end of the logs rode on the dollies while the back end 

 trailed. This made the logs much easier to skid and 

 also prevented tearing great holes in the ground 01 

 the skidding trails as would otherwise have been don< 

 The logs were unloaded at the log decks along th( 

 hard roads by merely unhooking the tongs and driving 

 out from under the log or by tipping it off after un- 

 hooking by turning sharply to the side. The logs 



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