CHAPTER XI 
SLEDS AND SLED-HAULING 
THE GO-DEVIL 
A sled known as a go-devil, travois or crotch is used in the 
eastern part of the United States during the summer and early 
fall and sometimes in the winter to supplement snaking. 
The go-devil is made in the camp blacksmith shop and is 
Fig. 38. — A Go-devil loaded with Hardwood Logs. Michigan. 
a rough sled having two unshod . hardwood runners, preferably 
of yellow birch, hard maple or beech, selected from timbers hav- 
ing a natural crook. The usual type of runner is from 6 to 7^ 
feet long, 6 inches wide, and from 3 to 5 inches thick. A 6- 
l)y 6-inch by 4- or 5-foot bunk is fastened to each runner by a 
bolt. The bunk is placed from 2 to 2| feet from the rear end of 
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