Logging; the principles and general methods of operation in the United States . 240 LOGGING bored in one end, one over each slide stick. The barrel is thenfilled with water and lowered down the sHde during the night. On steep slopes where logs run fast and are apt to leave theslide, several devices are used to check the speed. A commonmethod is by the use of a goose-neck or scotch made fromi^-inch or 2-inch round or square iron fashioned as shown inFig. 71, a and b. They are placed in holes bored through theslide timbers and as the logs pass over them, the prongs bite intothe wood and retard t
Logging; the principles and general methods of operation in the United States . 240 LOGGING bored in one end, one over each slide stick. The barrel is thenfilled with water and lowered down the sHde during the night. On steep slopes where logs run fast and are apt to leave theslide, several devices are used to check the speed. A commonmethod is by the use of a goose-neck or scotch made fromi^-inch or 2-inch round or square iron fashioned as shown inFig. 71, a and b. They are placed in holes bored through theslide timbers and as the logs pass over them, the prongs bite intothe wood and retard the progress. Logs will leave the shde unlessthe goose-necks are placed opposite each other. The holes inwhich the goose-necks are fitted are bored entirely through the TrT^lJr^. Fig. 71. — Goose-necks used for checking the Speed of Logs on Heavy and /) show two Common Forms, c shows the Manner of placing them inthe Shde Timbers. shde timbers so that dirt cannot accumulate in them. When notin use the goose-necks may be removed or dropped into notchescut into the shde timbers for that purpose. Another form of brake consists of a log one end of which ispivoted to a framework erected above the shde. The free end isarmed with spikes that drag on the logs as they pass under them. Several slide tenders are required to keep shdes greased andwatered, adjust goose-necks and make repairs. As a generalrule, several kinds and sizes of logs are run indiscriminatelyduring the day, and it is necessary to use goose-necks on largelogs and to remove them for the slower running small logs have jumped out, laborers are required to return TIMBER SLIDES AND CHUTES 241 them to the sHde. This is done by building an improvised chutefrom the ground to the sHde, an
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