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Timber wheels. »S'ec Logf^inp; wlicels. 
Toe piling. Sharpened poles or timbers whieh are driven next to the up- 
stream face of the mudsills of a dam to i)revent water from getting under 
the foundations. (Gen.) 
Sj'n : toe spiling. 
Toe ring. The heavy ring or ferrule on the end of a cant hook. It has a 
lip on the lower edge to prevent slipping when a log is grasped. (Gen.) 
Toe spiling. See Toe pihng. 
Toggle, n. See Toe. 
Toggle chain. 1. A short chain with a ring at one end and a toggle hook and a 
ring at the other, fastened to the sway bar or bunk of a logging sled and used 
to regulate the length of a binding chain. (N. F.) 
Syn.: bunk chain. 
2. See Boom chain. 
Toggle hook. A grab hook with a long shank, used on a toggle chain. (N. F.) 
Tombstone, n. A slab torn from the bole, which adheres to the stump when 
a tree is felled. (S. F.) 
Tommy Moore. See Bull block. 
Tong, V. To handle logs with skidding tongs. (N. F.) 
Tong hooker. 1. One who places the skidding tongs or chokers on logs which 
are being skidded by power or hauled on high-wheeled carts. (S. F.) 
2. See Ground loader. 
Tong puller. See Ground loader. 
Tong unhooker. One stationed near the power skidder who relea.ses the 
skidding tongs or removes the chokers from logs which have been drawn 
alongside the railroad. (S. F.) 
Top bind chains. See Top chains. 
Top chains. Chains used to secure the upper tiers of a load of logs after the 
capacity of the regular binding chains has been filled. (Gen.) 
Syn.: top bind chains. (S. F.) 
Top load. A load of logs piled more than one tier high, as distinguished 
from a bunk load. (Gen.) 
Top loader. That member of a loading crew who stands on the top of a load 
and places logs as they are sent up. (Gen ) 
Syn.: sky hooker. (N. F.) 
Top-lop, V. See Lop. 
Tote, V. To haul supplies to a logging camp. (N. F.) 
Tote road. A road used for hauling supplies to a logging camp. (N. F.) 
Syn.: fly road, hay road. 
Tote sled. See Jumper. 
Tow team. An extra team stationed at an incline in a logging road to assist 
the regular teams in ascending with loaded sleds. (N. F.) 
Syn.: snatch team. 
Traction, n. An oil burning or a gasoUne traction engine used in hauling 
log trucks. (Cal.) 
Trail, v. See Jigger. 
Trail, n. 1. See Turn. 
2. The path traveled by a team when traihng logs in a chute. (R. M. F.) 
