CHAPTER rX 
SKIDWAYS AND STORAGE SITES 
The transport of timber from the stump to the manufacturing 
plant generally comprises two distinct operations.' 
(1) Assembling the logs at depots, called skidways or yards, 
usually near the point of felling. This is termed skidding or 
yarding, and may be accomplished by manual labor; by animal 
power with or without the use of vechicles; by power-driven 
machinery; or by log slides and chutes. 
(2) The transport of the assembled logs to a stream or to the 
manufacturing plant. This is termed hauling and may be done 
with some form of cart, wagon, sled, railroad, flume, aerial 
tram, or log slide. 
Skidding and hauling may be conducted simultaneously, as 
in the South and West where rail transport is used, or at dif- 
ferent seasons, as in the spruce forests of New England where 
hauling is done on sleds. 
LOG STORAGE IN THE FOREST 
The character and location of the storage points depend on 
the manner in which the timber is to be hauled and on the 
topography. 
For Sled Haul. — Skidways for sled haul are built along the 
main or secondary two-sled roads and are constructed in the 
following manner. A log called a head block, 12 or 14 feet long 
is placed parallel with the road and from 2 to 8 feet away from 
it. On top of the head block, two skids 10 or 12 inches in diam- 
eter are placed at right angles to the road the forward end resting 
in notches 3 or 4 inches deep which are cut into the head block. 
The skids are spaced about 8 feet apart for standard-length logs. 
When the skidway extends back for some distance from the road, 
1 On small operations the logs may be taken direct from the stujnp to the 
mill. 
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