The action of pulling the logs to the loading landing is called skidding.
Even back when it was done with horses. Ergo --"Skidder". VBG
Paul in Portland OR
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Whitmire" <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] (OT) Mud Season in Maine
> On Mar 24, 2009, at 3:25 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> Doesn't look like it's about to skid on anything. Good thing. The
>> roll
>> cage looks... well, inadequate. :-)
>
>
> It probably ought to be called a dragger, but boats around here
> already have that one. I _think_ it's called a skidder because it
> pulls a bunch of logs behind it, sometimes on a sled-kinda thing, more
> often just bare logs being hauled.
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