DCHP-3

yarder

Lumbering
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a donkey or other engine rigged to haul logs from the woods to the track, skidroad, or landing.

See: yard ((v.))(def. 2)

Quotations

1919
[There were] Two Ledgerwood skidders, one yarder, one swing, one ground swing and one roader, and not very high ball.
2n.

a vehicle used for hauling logs to a yard (def. 3).

See: yard ((n.))(def. 3)

Quotations

1955
About 1,100 men are involved on the haul plus 450 horses, 125 trucks, 47 tractors, 5 graders, 4 draglines and 4 yarders.
<i>c</i>1963
Cable skidding of logs to the skidway is carried out by self-mobile, A-frame yarders mounted on runner-equipped platforms; or track-mounted, steel-boomed yarders.