Logging; the principles and general methods of operation in the United States . Fig. 118. FLOATING AND RAFTING 385. necessary number of ring dogs. This joint, as it is called, is then floated out of the pocket and down the rattling run to the bottom makers who place two boom poles across the raft, and bore holes through the boom poles and logs which are then fastened together with hardwood pins. The rattling lines are then removed and the bottom passes down to a loading machine where a top load of logs is placed on the bottom. The joints are then scaled and floated downstream where from five t
Logging; the principles and general methods of operation in the United States . Fig. 118. FLOATING AND RAFTING 385. necessary number of ring dogs. This joint, as it is called, is then floated out of the pocket and down the rattling run to the bottom makers who place two boom poles across the raft, and bore holes through the boom poles and logs which are then fastened together with hardwood pins. The rattling lines are then removed and the bottom passes down to a loading machine where a top load of logs is placed on the bottom. The joints are then scaled and floated downstream where from five to seven of them are fastened together by short pieces of poles, called brackets, and hardwood pins and then towed to the mill by tugs. For many years rafts on the Mississippi and some other rivers in the Lake States were made into brails or sections. The logs were fastened together with poles in a manner similar to the Ohio River method, except that rope and rafting pins were used instead of chain dogs. Two-inch holes were bored in the log on either side of the , ,1 1 r 1 . ^- Fig. no.—Method of fastening po
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