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Head driver. An cxi)crt river driver who, during the drive, is stationed at 
a point where a jam is feared. Head drivers usually work in pairs. (N. F.) 
Syn.: log watch (N. F.), jam cracker (P. C. F.) 
Head fallen The chief of a crew of fallers. (P. C. F., R. M. F.) See 
Second faller. 
Head grabs. The grabs, on the first log of a turn, to which the draft power is 
attached. (App.) See Skidding tongs. 
Head hooker. The chief of a pullboat skidding crew. (S. F.) 
Head loader. When two men are engaged in loading logs on trucks or cars, 
one is termed head loader and the other second loader. (P. C. F., R. M. F.) 
See Top loader. 
Head log. 1. The front bottom log on a skidway. (N. F.) 
Syn.: face log. 
2. The front log in a turn. (P. C. F.) 
Syn.: lead log. 
Head push. See Straw boss. 
Headquarters, n. In logging, the distributing point for supplies, equipment 
and mail; not usually the executive or administrative (tenter. (Gen.) 
Head-spar tree. In steam skidding, the tree near the railroad to which one 
end of the cable upon which the trolley runs is attached. (Gen.) 
Syn.: head tree, spar tree. 
Head tree. See Head-spar tree. 
Headworks, n. A platform or raft, with windlass or capstan, which is at- 
tached to the front of a log raft or boom of logs for warping, kedging, or 
winding it through lakes and still water, by hand or horsepower. (N. W., 
L. S.) 
Syn.: crab. (N. F., S. F.) 
Helper, n. See Second faller. 
Herder, n. One who patrols a lumber or log flume to prevent jams. (Cal.) 
High-lead logging. A modification of donkey yarding, the main cable rig- 
ging at the railroad being suspended on a head-spar similar to that used 
in cableway logging. (P. C. F.) 
Hoist, n. See Incline; Loading tripod. 
Hold, n. The attachment of tackle to a log or other object to be moved. 
(P. C. F.) 
Holding boom. See Storage boom. 
Hookaroon, n. A recurved pike, or a pike and a hook fitted to a handle from 
36 to 38 inches long. Used in handling crossties, lumber, poles, posts, 
staves, timber, and like products. (Gen.) 
Syn. : pickaroon. 
Hooker, n. 1. One who works with a teamster in bunching logs. (Cal.) 
2. See Ground loader. 
3. See Hook tender. 
Hooker-on. See Ground loader. 
Hookman. 1. One who works with a cant hook or peavey. (L. S., R. M. F.) 
2. «SVe Ground loader. 
Hook tender. The foreman of a yarding crew; specifically, one who directs 
the attaching of the cable to a turn of logs. (P. C. F.) 
Syn.: hooker (P. C. F.), logger (Cal.), yarding hook tender (R. M. F.). 
