"Lobby Dosser" wrote in message
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They often put poles in/on the road to stabilize it as he

http://www.historicphotoarchive.com/caps7/00630.htm

And the current lifting equipment is called a Log Skidder.

Skidding was done when they couldn't get the rails close enough for
highline loading, or pre-railroads.

There are still more than a few "roads" around here that show their corduroy
origin during spring breakup.

Classic method here was wheels in the summer, sledge in winter.
http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/m.../bigwheel.html

Now it's single machines that grip, cut, limb, cut to stick lengths and
deck. Think Earl gave half a million for his last one.