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rack, requiring little hand labor. The most popular 

 method at the present time is to use forks to remove all 

 the load but one slingful, which is removed by a sling 

 placed in the bottom of the load. This method circum- 

 vents the necessity of building slings into the load or 

 hand labor in cleaning up the load for the fork at the 

 finish. If the standard sling carrier is used, it is necessary 



FIG. 140 A TWO-WAY FORK HAY CARRIER. TO WORK IN THE OPPOSITE 



DIRECTION, THE ROPE IS SIMPLY PULLED THROUGH UNTIL 



THE KNOT ON THE OPPOSITE END IS STOPPED 



BY THE CARRIER 



to use two forks ; however, a special fork and sling carrier 

 will permit the use of a single fork. 



261. Carriers. Carriers are made to suit all of the 

 various forms of tracks and are made one-way, swivel, 



