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Trail chute. See Trailing slide. 
Trail dogs. See Grapples. 
Trailers, n. Several logging sleds hitched one behind another and pulled by 
from 4 to 8 horses driven by one man, thus saving teamster's wages; also 
applied to sleds or wagons drawn by a steam or gasoline log hauler. (N. F., 
E. C.) 
Trailing slide. A shde on which the grade is so low that animals are required 
to move the logs. (App.) 
Syn.: trail chute. (R. M. F.) 
Trail slide. An earth skidding trail, reinforced on the lower side by a fender 
skid. (App.) 
Train, n. See Turn. 
Tram, n. See Tramway. 
Tramway, n. A light or temporary railroad for the transportation of logs 
often with wooden rails and operated by horse power. (Gen.) 
Syn.: tram. 
Trap boom. See Catch boom. 
Travois, n. See Go-devil. 
Travois road. See Skid road. 
Trip, V. See Wedge a tree, to. 
Trip, n. See Turn. 
Trip a dam, to. To remove the planks which close a splash dam. (N. F.) 
Trip line. 1. A light rope attached to a dog hook, used to free the latter 
when employed in breaking a jam, a skidway or a load. (N. F.) 
Syn.: throw hne. 
2. See Haul back. 
Tripsin, n. A timber placed across the bottom of the sluiceway in a splash 
dam, against which rest the planks by which the dam is closed. (Gen.) 
Trolley, n. A traveling block used on a skyline in steam skidding. (S. F., 
P. C. F.) 
Syn.: bicycle, carriage (S. F., P. C. F.), buggy. (Cal.) 
Trough roof. A roof on a logging camp or barn, made of small logs split 
lengthwise, hollowed into troughs and laid from ridge pole to eaves. The 
joints of the lower tier are covered by inverted troughs. (N. F.) 
Truck, n. 1. A heavy wagon used to haul logs, either with animal or j^ower 
traction. (Gen.) 
2. See Logging truck. 
Truck driver. A teamster who skids logs with a bummer. 
Tump line. Two leather straps sewed or buckled to a leather head strap 
about four inches wide, and used to carry packs. (E. C.) 
Turkey, n. A bag containing a lumberjack's outfit. To " histe the turkey " 
is to take one's personal belongings and leave camp. (N. W., L. S.) 
See Duffle bag. 
Turn, n. 1. A single trip and return made by one team in hauling logs — 
e.g., a four-turn road is a road the length of which will permit only four 
round trips per day. (N. F.) 
Syn.: trip. (Gen.) ' 
2. Two or more logs coupled together end to end for hauling. (P. C. F.) 
Syn.: trail, train. 
