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Skyline logging (or skyline yarding) is a form of
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Skyline logging (or skyline yarding) is a form of cable logging
image:Wiwtl6.jpg, High Lead logging in Western Oregon
Cable logging, also referred to as skyline logging, is a logging method primarily used on the West Coast of North America with yarder, Loader (equipment), loaders, and grapple yarders, but a ...
in which harvested logs are transported on a suspended steel cable (a cableway or "highline") from where the trees are felled to a central processing location.
The skyline's cable loop runs around a drive pulley, generally at the central delivery end, and the return pulley at the collection end; the collection-end pulley may be moved radially to other locations within the constraints of the system and may operate over large areas.
Individual logs are attached to the suspended cable by means of choker cables and carriages. A skyline yarder can pull in 5 to 10 logs at a time, using separate chokers. The pulleys are mounted on towers or cranes, other trees, ridges, or, in rare cases, helium balloons.
See also
*Cable logging
image:Wiwtl6.jpg, High Lead logging in Western Oregon
Cable logging, also referred to as skyline logging, is a logging method primarily used on the West Coast of North America with yarder, Loader (equipment), loaders, and grapple yarders, but a ...
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Riding High: Skyline Logger Committed to Conservation
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