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  2. Cant hook - Wikipedia

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    A log driver using a peavey. A cant hook or pike or a hooked pike is a traditional logging tool consisting of a wooden lever handle with a movable metal hook called a dog at one end, used for handling and turning logs and cants, especially in sawmills. A cant dog has a blunt end, or possibly small teeth for friction.

  3. Gyppo logger - Wikipedia

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    A gyppo or gypo logger is a logger who runs or works for a small-scale logging operation that is independent from an established sawmill or lumber company. The gyppo system is one of two main patterns of historical organization of logging labor in the Pacific Northwest United States, the other being the "company logger".

  4. Yarder - Wikipedia

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    A yarder is piece of logging equipment that uses a system of cables to pull or fly logs from the stump to a collection point. [1] It generally consists of an engine, drums, and spar, but has a range of configurations and variations, such as the swing yarder. Clyde Skidder at Marathon Logging Camp near Newton, MS ~1921 Madill 124 Yarder. An ...

  5. Caulk boots - Wikipedia

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    Caulk boots or calk boots [1] (also called cork boots, timber boots, logger boots, logging boots, or corks) [2] are a form of rugged spike-soled footwear that are most often associated with the timber industry. [3] They are worn for traction in the woods and were especially useful in timber rafting. [4]

  6. Lumberjack - Wikipedia

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    A lumberjack c. 1900. Lumberjack is a mostly North American term for workers in the logging industry who perform the initial harvesting and transport of trees. The term usually refers to loggers in the era before 1945 in the United States, when trees were felled using hand tools and dragged by oxen to rivers.

  7. 100 years later, revival of ghost town tells story of Oregon ...

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    The downtown Joseph museum aims to transport visitors to the working logging town via artifacts such as preserved railroad track, slice-of-life sketches and a Maxville Wildcats baseball uniform.

  8. Dragsaw - Wikipedia

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    Dragsaw demonstration at Cobble Hill Fair, late August 2007, Cobble Hill, British Columbia on Vancouver Island. A dragsaw or drag saw is a large reciprocating saw using a long steel crosscut saw to buck logs to length.

  9. Logging - Wikipedia

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    As the logging industry expanded, the 1880s saw the introduction of mechanized equipment like railroads and steam-powered machinery, marking the beginning of the railroad logging era. Logs were moved more efficiently by railroads built into remote forest areas, often supported by additional methods like high-wheel loaders , tractors and log ...

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