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end serving as a point of attachment for th{> draft animal. The 
team brings the log to the rear of the skid way. The yardman 
places the parbuckle around the log and attaches the decking 
chain to it, and as the team returns for another log, the teamster 
hooks one prong of his skidding grab into a link of the chain and 
the log is pulled up the skids and upon the skidway. The chain 
is detached by the teamster wlio then proceeds on his way, the 
chain being again fixed in position by the 3'ardman. 
Large skidways can be filled most economically when they 
are built in tiers on slopes. The logs are then delivered above 
Fig. 25. — Skidways along a Two-.'^ied Koiud. Montana. 
the skidway and rolled to the levels below. Large side hill 
skidways may contain from 100,000 to 500,000 feet log scale. 
During hauling time skidways may be places of transfer from 
skidding to hauling equipment in which event they are known as 
"hot skidways." 
When sleds are used for hauling, the skidways are located at 
convenient points along the logging roads which lead to a landing 
or storage yard on a stream down which the logs are to be floated. 
The sites for skidways should be selected by the logging foreman 
at the time the sled roads are laid out, and the routes of the latter 
