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Eastern Canada to 8 feet on others in the Lake States. The 
choice appears to rest on the size of loads tp be hauled, the form 
of draft power used, and the preferences of the foreman in charge. 
Wide-gauge sleds are used exclusively when some form of power 
draft is used, since the sleds are made larger and heavier in order 
to carry maximum loads. Many loggers also prefer a wide- 
Photoyrayh by E. B. Mason. 
Fig. 41. — A Loaded Two-sled showing the Binding Chains and a Potter 
(on the left). New Hampshire. 
gauge sled when animals are used for sled hauling because the 
animals then do not travel in the sled runner tracks and, therefore, 
do not deposit manure on it, a matter of great importance on an 
iced road, since manure will cause the ice to melt rapidly on 
bright days. More road-monkey work is required on a narrow- 
gauge sled road to keep the track clean, than on a wide gauge, 
since the manure must be shoveled off. 
The length of runners varies from 8^ to 12 feet and the width 
from 4 to 6 inches. Some runners are made square and others 
rectangular and they may be shod either with a rectangular- 
shaped steel shoe or with the more common type of semi-circular 
