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plementaiy to larger engines. The maximum yarding distance is 

 usually from 1,000 to 1,300 feet. The larger timber, where logging 

 conditions are good, is mostly yarded by slightly larger machines, 

 such as 10 by 12 mch and 10 by 13 inch tandem drum yarders, and 

 10-^- by 10| inch and 10 by 11 inch compounds. The maximum yard- 

 ing distance usually ranges from 1,300 to 1,600 feet. 



The machmes commonly used for logging in the harder chances in 

 the Sierras, where long hauls and uphill pulls are necessary, are still 

 larger. The smallest are 11 by 13 inch yarders and the largest 12 

 by 14 inch. The latter are the largest on the market. The maximum 

 yarding distance is usually 2,000 feet, sometimes 2,200 feet. The 

 tendency is to replace worn-out yarders by larger machines, and the 

 manufacturers have accordingly been turning out larger engines each 

 year. 



Table 3 gives the approximate prices, f. o. b. factory, for yarding 

 engines. 



Table 3. — Prices of yarding engines. 



Size. 



Boiler. 



Weight. 



Cost. 



10 by 13. 

 kUjvIO. 

 9iby 10. 



10 by 11. 



11 by 13. 



12 by 14. 



Incfics. 



60 inches diameter . 

 44 inches diameter.. 



48 by 118 inches 



Oblong, 48 inches . . 

 60 by 126 inches. -.- 

 Oblong, 54 inches . . 



06 by 125 inches 



Oblong, 60 inches.. 



72 by 144 inches 



Oblong, 66 inches.. 



GO by 126 inches 



Oblong, 54 inches . . 



11 by 13 ' 06 by 125 inches 



Oblong, 60 inches.. 



9 by lOV ' 48 by 106 inches 



lOi by lOi I 60 by 106 inches .... 



n by 1 1 1 06 by 120 inches .... 



12 by 12 1 72 by I20inches . . . . 



" 48 inches round 



54 i nchcs extension . 



10 by 11 (tandem). 



9JbylO. 

 10 by 12.. 

 12} by 12. 



54 inches round 



54 inches extension. 

 68 inches round. : . . 

 08 inches extension . 



Pounds. 



IS, 000 

 23,000 

 25,000 

 30, 500 

 33, 500 

 37, 500 

 40, 000 

 45, 000 

 50, 000 

 28,000 



37, 000 



25,000 

 29, 500 

 35, 000 

 40,000 

 22, 500 

 24, 500 

 29,000 



43,000 



$2, 650 

 1,750 

 2,450 

 2,600 

 2,950 

 3,350 

 3,500 

 3,900 

 4,350 

 4,800 

 2,750 

 3,000 

 3,650 

 3,900 

 2,500 

 3,050 

 3,500 

 4,000 

 2,400 

 2,650 

 2,850 

 3,050 

 4,000 

 4,250 



The approximate cost of most yarding engines can bo arrived at 

 by allowing 10 cents for each pound of weight. 



Freight to California points is about S200 on small engines, $250 

 on medium, and from S300 to $350 on largo engines. In addition 

 each yanler must be equipped with a slod. Those range in length 

 from 20 feot for small yarders to 40 foot for largo machines. They 

 are usually built by the logger and cost from .1200 to !ii;300 each. 

 Either woocUmi or steel water tanks are built for each machine and 

 placed on tho roar of tho sleds. Tho stool tanks givo the best service 

 and crjst from SlOO to $200 each, d<ipending upon tlio h!/.<^ of tho 

 machine. Usually a slitiltor with a cornigatcul iron roof is plac<ul 



