ICO LOGGING 
to the bunk of the sled. Each chain has a grab hook on one 
end and a bunk hook on the other. The use of chains in binding 
logs is shown in Fig. 40. A third chain is sometimes used to 
bind the rear end of the load. 
Two horses are used for hauling yarding sleds, except on long 
hauls or unfavorable grades, when four may be required.^ 
An average load is five large logs, or seven or eight small ones, 
the total averaging from 700 to 1000 board feet. Five thousand 
board feet is an average day's work for a team and sled on a 
|-mile haul. 
A system of re-yarding is sometimes followed on very steep 
slopes up which it is difficult to haul empty yarding sleds, and 
"Vs ied Bar 
-Sled Bunt 
DOUBLE SCHOODIC SINGLE SCHOODIC' 
WEAVERS BIND 
Fig. 40. — Methods of fastening Logs to the Bunk of a Yarding Sled. 
down which it is difficult to control loaded ones. The logs are 
snaked to the foot of steep slopes and hauled to the main skidways 
or landings on yarding sleds. A skidding team is equipped with 
150 feet of 1-inch manila rope to one end of which a grab hook is 
fastened. The logs are bunched by the team and several of them 
are bound together at one end with a chain and the draft rig 
attached to it. The hook on the rope is caught in the binding 
chain and given two or three turns around a nearby tree or stump, 
and the team started down hill. The teamster handles the snub- 
bing line and controls the team by voice only. Horses soon 
learn that the snubbing line will hold back the load and they 
^ On steep down grades one horse is sometimes used because the trails can 
be made narrower and less swamping is necessary. 
