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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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any method of high-line logging; specifically and originally, a system using only one spar tree.
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1930
Slackline gasoline yarders are also being used to advantage as the extra drum of skyline permits the yarding distance to be extended and logs brought in across canyons . . . more efficiently than by high lead methods.
1939
The High-Lead is the most common method of yarding by steam. It is a modification of the old ground method and has a radius of operation from 500 to 800 feet (maximum 1400 feet).
1942
high-lead--system of logging using spar-tree.
1966
The "high lead" system of logging and the "McLean loading boom" combined with an enlarged market to revolutionize the industry.
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