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Tanking". The act of hauling water in a tank, to ice a logging road. (N. F.) 

 Tee, n. A strip of iron about 6 inches long with a hole in the center, to which a 



short chain is attached; it is passed through a hole in a gate plank, turned cross- 

 wise, and so used to hold the plank when tripped in a splash dam. (N. W. ) 

 Throw, V. See Wedge a tree, to. 

 Throw line. See Trip line. 

 Throw out. See Frog. 

 Tide, n. A freshet. In the ^Appalachian region logs are rolled into a stream and a 



"tide" awaited to carry them to the boom. (App.) 

 Timher wheels. See Logging wheels. 

 Toe ring. The heavy ring or ferrule on the end of a cant hook. It has a lip on 



the lower edge to prevent slipping when a log is grasped. (Gen. ) 

 Tog-g-le chain. A short chain with a ring at one end and a toggle hook and ring at 



the other, fastened to the sway bar or bunk of a logging sled, and used to regulate 



the length .of a binding chain. (N. F. ) 

 Syn. : bunk chain. 

 Toggle hook. A grab hook with a long shank, used on a toggle chain. (N. F. ) 

 Tonging, i;. Handling logs with skidding tongs. (N. F.) 

 Top chains. Chains used to secure the upper tiers of a load of logs after the capacity 



of the regular binding chains has been filled. (Gen.) 

 Top load. A load of logs piled more than one tier high, as distinguished from a 



bunk load. (Gen.) 

 Top loader. That member of a loading crew who stands on the top of a load and 



places logs as they are sent up. (Gen. ) 

 Syn.: sky hooker. (N. F.) 

 Tote, V. To haul supplies to a logging camp. (N. F. ) 

 Tote road. A road used for hauling supplies to a logging camp. (N. F. ) 



Syn. : hay road. 

 Tote sled. See Jumper. 

 Tow team. An extra team stationed at an incline in a logging road to assist the 



regular teams in ascending with loaded sleds. (N. F.) 

 Syn. : snatch team. , 

 Trailers, n. Several logging sleds hitched behind one another and pulled by 4 to 8 



horses driven -by one man, thus saving teamster's wages. (N. F. ) 

 Tram, n. See Tramway. 

 Tramway, n. A light or temporary railroad for the transportation of logs, often 



with wooden rails and operated by horsepower. (Gen.) 



Syn.: tram. ^ 



Travois, n. See Dray. 

 Travois road. See Skid road. 

 Trip, V. See Wedge a tree, to. 

 Trip, n. See Turn. 



Trip a dam, to. To remove the plank which closes a splash dam. (N. F.) 

 Trip line. 1. A light rope attached to a dog hook, used to free the latter when 



employed in breaking a jam, a skidway, or a load. (N. F.) 

 Syn. : throw line. 

 2. /See Haul back. 

 Tripsin, n. A timber placed across the bottom of the sluiceway in a splash dam, 



against which rest the planks by which the dam is closed. (Gen. ) 



