TERMS USED IN LOGGING 511 
Swing dingle. A .sintflo sled with wood-shod runners and a tongue with 
lateral play, used in hauling logs down steep slopes on bare ground. (N. F.) 
Syn.: loose-tongued sloop. 
Swing donkey. A donkey engine stationed between the yarding engine and 
the road engine or railroad. (P. C. F.) 
Swing team. In a logging team of six, the pair between the leaders and the 
l)utt team. (Gen.) 
Swing yoke. In an ox team of three or more yokes, the pairs between tlie 
leaders and the wheelers. (App., S. F.) See Swing team. 
Tag chain. See Cross chain. 
Tag line. In yarding with a donkey engine, an extra cable used for various 
purposes. It may serve as an extension to the main cable in order to reach 
logs beyond the range of the pulling line; also it may be used to attach a 
block to a log or serve some similar purpose. (P. C. F.) 
Tail chain. A brake consisting of a heavy chain bound around the traiUng 
end of logs, used to check the s{)eed of sleds on steep slopes. (N. W.) 
Tail-down, to. To roll logs on a skidway to a point on the skids where they 
can be easily reached by the loading crew. (N. F.) 
Syn.: tail-in. (S. F.) 
Tail end. See Rear. 
Tailer-in, n. One who tails down for a loading crew. (S. F.) 
Syn.: roll-down man. (S. F.) 
Tail grab. See Single coupler. 
Tail hold. 1. A means of obtaining increased power in moving a log by 
tackle. The cable is passed through a block attached to the log and the 
end fastened to a stationary object, so that hauling on the other end gives 
twice the power which would be attained by direct attachment of the 
cable to the log. (P. C. F.) 
2. The attachment of the rear end of a donkey sled, usually to a tree 
or stump. (P. C. F.) 
Tail hook. See Dog. 
Tail-in, to. See Tail-down, to. 
Tail tree. In power skidding, a tree at the end of a run to which the tackle 
is fastened. (S. F., P. C. F.) 
Takoma. See Roader. 
Tally board. A thin, smooth board used by a scaler to record the number 
or volume of logs. (Gen.) 
Tally man. One who records or tallies the measurements of logs as they 
are called by the scaler. (N. F.) 
Tank, n. See Sprinkler. 
Tank conductor. One who has charge of the crew which operates a sprinkler 
or tank, and who regulates the flow of water, in icing logging roads. (N. F.) 
Tank heater. A sheet-iron cylinder extending through a tank or sprinkler, 
in which a fire is kept to prevent the water in the tank from freezing while 
icing logging roads in extremely cold weather. (N. F.) 
Tanking. The act of hauling water in a tank, to ice a logging road. (N. F.) 
Tap line. A chartered logging railroad which shares with the trunk line rail- 
roads in a division of the through lumber rate to market, on products orig- 
inating at the plant of the owners of the logging railroad. (S. F.) 
