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2. A tram road with sawed wooden rails, used for hauling logs. (App.) 
Strip, V. To mark off strips for tie hackers. (R. M. F.) 
Strip, n. An area of timber designated to be cut by a tie hacker. (R. M. F.) 
Strip road. In a crosstie operation, a road cut out by the tie hacker on a 
given strip so that the haulers can reach the ties. (R. M. F.) 
Stub. See Snag. 
Stull, n. A timber used in a mine to support the sides and roofs of the pass- 
ages. (Gen.) See Mine prop; Prop. 
Stumpage, n. The value of timber as it stands uncut in the woods; or, in 
a general sense, the standing timber itself. (Gen.) 
Stump roller. See Road roller. 
Stump spool. See Road roller. 
Stump spud. A tool with a crowbar point on one end and a small spoon-like 
shovel on the other end, used in digging holes under stumps, preparatory 
to placing a blasting charge. (P. G. F.) 
Syn. : spud. 
Sulky. See Logging wheels. 
Swamp, V. To clear the ground of underbrush, fallen trees, and other ob- 
structions preparatory to constructing a logging road, opening out a gutter 
road, skidding with animals, or yarding with a donkey engine. (Gen.) 
Swamper, n. 1. One who swamps. (Gen.) 
Syn.: beaver, busher, gutterman. (N. F.) 
2. One who walks behind a horse truck loaded with logs and applies the 
brake. (Cal.) 
3. See Gopher. 
4. See Chore boy. 
Swamp hook. A large, single hook on the end of a chain, used in handling 
logs, in skidding and in loading with a crosshaul. (Gen.) 
Syn.: jam hook. (N. W.) 
Sway bar. 1. A strong bar or pole, two of which couple and hold in position 
the front and rear bunks of a logging sled. They are provided with a 
knuckle joint which permits the bunks to be jackknifed when the sleds are 
travehng empty. (N. F.) 
Syn.: side pole. 
2. The bar used to couple together two logging cars. (Gen.) 
Sweep, n. The natural crook in a log. (Gen.) 
Sweeps, n. Trees overhanging a stream which impede log driving. (E. C.) 
Sweep the rear, to. See Sack the rear, to. 
Swell butted. As applied to a tree, greatly enlarged at the base. (Gen.) 
Syn.: bottle butted, churn butted. 
Swifter, n. 1. Logs which are placed across the end of a raft section in order 
to prevent the logs in the raft from having too much play. (P. C. F.) 
2. A rope or cable placed across the end of the first tier of each raft 
section in order to hold the boom sticks in position. Swifters are un- 
necessary where there are permanent booms to hold the raft sticks in place. 
(P. C. F.) 
Syn.: cinch line. 
Swing, V. See Gun. » 
