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Skyline and grapple yarding, however, require more complex, and expensive equipment. A traditional high lead or gravity system will function with just two cables, a skidding line. As the names imply the skidding line is used to drag the logs in, and the haulback line is used to drag the skidding
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The yarder itself is located on a landing, a flat area on top of the ridge that is being logged. After the trees are retrieved by the yarder, the limbs are bucked (removed) and the logs are then placed in piles awaiting transport.
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While skyline logging requires additional setup, the vertical lift of the skyline allows faster yarding, which can outweigh the additional labor costs, especially on larger harvest units.
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A skyline system will add a third line---the skyline whose function is to hold the skidding line and the haulback line off the ground or 'in the sky'.
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The International Mountain Logging and 11th Pacific Northwest Skyline Symposium 2001
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out through pulley blocks anchored to stumps at the far end of the cut.
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method primarily used on the West Coast of North America with
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There are other varieties of loading systems as well.
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Forest cableways installed on an agricultural tractor
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line back out for the next turn (or group of logs).
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The cables can be rigged in several configurations.
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