During the pre-skidding of short logs, the
short logs are moved from the stand onto the trail (buffer 13 to 23). In
special cases, the short logs can also be skidded directly from the stand to
the forest road (buffer 13 to 33).
Due to the “light” weight of the short logs, there
are a lot of options possible for pre-skidding them. They can either be carried
manual by a person or a mule or dragged by a horse. Another option is to
pre-skid the logs mechanically with a cable skidder.
The cable skidder and horse can also be used
for the direct skidding of logs from the stand to the forest road.
