LOGGING IN THE DOUGLAS FIR UEGION. 



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1 hook tender. 

 1 swamper. 



1 sniper. 



2 rigging slingers. 

 2 choker men. 



1 chaser. 

 1 signal man. 

 1 engineer. 

 1 fireman. 

 1 wood buck. 



In some cases only one rigging slinger is used. Where the haul is 

 long and the ground particularly rough, an additional choker man 

 may be necessary. Sometimes two wood bucks are required. If oil 



Fig. 29. — Combination road and yarding engine. 



is used as a fuel, a wood buck and, in some cases, a fireman are not 

 needed. 



The division of labor in a yarding crew is not always clear. The 

 different members of the crew do what the situation demands. The 

 hook tender is in charge of the crew, and the amount of work done 

 depends largely on his ability. He plans the work, locates the roads, 

 instructs the crew as to the character of the timber that should be 

 hauled, designates the order in which the logs are to be taken, and 



