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USFS Logo Research Data Archive

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Team skidding log with tongs. This is team which E. Sussice used for skidding along sawlogs on #18 & #19. When logs were small he used only a single horse. Team belongs to the contractor, G. Fountain.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: logging
horse skidding
personnel
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 19
Description: Team skidding log with tongs. This is team which E. Sussice used for skidding along sawlogs on #18 & #19. When logs were small he used only a single horse. Team belongs to the contractor, G. Fountain.
Date: 10/23/1953

Single horse used for skidding pulpwood. George Cramer and Donald Horner.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: harvest
personnel
horse skidding
pulpwood
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 35
Description: Single horse used for skidding pulpwood. George Cramer and Donald Horner.
Date: 2/13/1953

G. Cramer and D. Horner piling pulpwood in the woods.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: harvest
log deck
personnel
horse skidding
pulpwood
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest
Description: G. Cramer and D. Horner piling pulpwood in the woods.
Date: 2/13/1953

Bucking pulpwood at the landing on comp 35. Shows chainsaw in use; also horse and harness used for skidding.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: log deck
harvest
personnel
horse skidding
pulpwood
equipment
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 35
Description: Bucking pulpwood at the landing on comp 35. Shows chainsaw in use; also horse and harness used for skidding.
Date: 2/1/1953

Log truck stuck in soft dirt at first forks on Comp. 25. Required horses 10 minutes to pull truck out, using 2 pulleys and cable. Low spot was at a fill, probably where a couple of logs should have been placed first. Soft ground caused by thawing of a thinly frozen crust.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: harvest
equipment
vehicle
horse skidding
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 25
Description: Log truck stuck in soft dirt at first forks on Comp. 25. Required horses 10 minutes to pull truck out, using 2 pulleys and cable. Low spot was at a fill, probably where a couple of logs should have been placed first. Soft ground caused by thawing of a thinly frozen crust.
Date: 10/22/1952

Compt. 25 after the sawlogs were cut, but before pulp cut. Horses owned by G. Fountain and used for skidding. Log loader and logs in foreground, at landing.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: harvest
log deck
horse skidding
equipment
personnel
Organisms: birch
spruce
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest; Compartment 25
Description: Compt. 25 after the sawlogs were cut, but before pulp cut. Horses owned by G. Fountain and used for skidding. Log loader and logs in foreground, at landing.
Date: 10/1/1952

A team was used for skidding, but a tractor was required for white pine logs exceeding 36" in diameter. The loader was used to load trucks.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: equipment
harvest
horse skidding
road
Organisms: white pine
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest
Description: A team was used for skidding, but a tractor was required for white pine logs exceeding 36" in diameter. The loader was used to load trucks.
Date: 1950

27 cords of pulpwood obtained within convenient skidding distance for one horse.
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Collection: Paul Smith Experimental Forest Historical Photo Archive
Keywords: log deck
pulpwood
horse skidding
Organisms: yellow birch
spruce
Location: Paul Smith Experimental Forest
Description: 27 cords of pulpwood obtained within convenient skidding distance for one horse.
Date: 1950