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couple of long poles, possibly three, should then be laid 

 at right angles to the road, and near enough together 

 to catch the ends of the shortest logs. If there are a 

 great many logs, the hauling will be made much easier 

 by putting the long and short logs in separate skidways. 

 As the logs are rolled from the sleds, they are rolled out 

 onto these poles. When the first tier is completed, slender 

 poles are laid on top of them, so that the logs of the second 

 tier can easily be rolled over on top of them. These poles 

 are pulled back after each log is rolled out to keep them 

 from becoming tied down. When the skidway becomes 

 so high that it is difficult to get logs on it and would be 

 difficult to load from the top of, it is better to make 

 another skidway. Never waste your time by building up 

 a skidway that it will be difficult to tear down. 



Hauling 



If there are only a few logs and the distance is not over 

 half a mile, it will probably pay to haul them on the skid- 

 ding sled, or on two skidding sleds chained together. It 

 would not pay with a lizard. If there are many logs, it 

 pays to load them on a regular log sleigh or wagon. The 

 condition of the road will govern the size of the load. 



If the skidway is above the bunks, the logs can be rolled 

 down without any apparatus; if not, the cross haul is 

 used. Skids, made of stout poles about six feet long, 

 and fitted with an iron hook in the end, and the other 

 end beveled, are hooked into the iron bands on the ends of 

 the bunks so as to form a railway for the logs. One end 

 of the loading chain is hooked to the reach, the other end 

 passed under the log and back across the sleigh or wagon. 



