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LAND CLEARING AND CONTROLS
1.18 THE WORK
FIGURE 1.10 Moving hung-up tree with pole.
FIGURE 1.11 Never cut the support tree.
Removal. The trunks may be dragged out of the woods by tractors or cut (bucked) into lengths
where they fall. Saw logs for small mills may be from 8 to 16 feet long, the size being largely
determined by the use for the sawed wood, the capacity of the mill, and the trucks that carry the
logs. Piling, which may often be made from thinner trunks than saw logs, is left full length.
Cordwood is usually in 4-foot sections, and split to a size that one person can handle. Pulpwood
varies in length in different localities and is usually peeled but not split.
Dragging (Skidding). Crawler tractors are the standard equipment for dragging long logs, but
with good ground conditions they may be replaced by rubber-tired machines with either four-
wheel or two-wheel drive.
