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Title
A Fordson tractor mounted on a sled and used as a logging donkey. Has a drum for 500-600 foot of main line, a haulback line and a spool for loading. The crew can average about 8000 board feet per day. The best day they yarded and loaded 17,000 board feet. Trucks haul logs to Magalia, Butte County. Slash is a serious menace at present time
Creator
Metcalf, Woodbridge
Photographer
Date Created and/or Issued
1925
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bioscience & Natural Resources Library
Collection
Fritz-Metcalf Photograph Collection
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Description
Location: average distance
Identification: exact ground location unclear, appears unknowable
Group picture, names unknown
Type
image
Identifier
fritz_metcalf-1536
Subject
Tractors
Log transportation - Tractors
Logging residues - Slash
Logging equipment
Butte County
Place
Butte County

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