300 
LOGGING 
l-cubic yard capacity, and the cost per cubic yard for plowing, 
shoveling and hauling average earth are as follows ■} 
Distance 
Quantity 
Cost per cubic 
yard 
Feet 
100 
200 
300 ■ 
400 
Cubic yards 
40.0 
33.3 
28.5 
25.0 
Cents 
20.25 
21.50 
22.75 
24.00 
Dump Wagons. — When a wagon is used, a flat-bottom, two- 
horse type is preferred, which usually has the following capacity: 
Character of road 
Capacity 
Very poor earth road 
Cubic yards 
0.8 
1.0 
1.6 
Poor earth road 
Good hard earth road 
A team will travel 20 miles per day on fairly hard earth roads, 
that is, 10 miles loaded and 10 miles without a load. On poor 
roads and soft ground 15 miles is the maximum distance. These 
rates of travel include occasional stops for rests. 
When wages are 15 cents and horse hire 10 cents per hour, 
the cost per cubic yard, and the average amounts of earth moved 
daily are as follows:' 
Distance 
Quantity 
Cost per cubic 
yard 
Feet 
Cubic yards 
Cents 
300 
75 
20.1 
400 
20.8 
500 
21.5 
600 
22.2 
800 
50 
23.6 
1000 
34 
25.0 
2000 
26 
32.0 
3000 
39.0 
4000 
46.0 
5000 
53.0 
^ The figures on the amount of work performed and co.sts are base^d on data 
contained in "Earthwork and its Cost," by H. P. Gillette. 
