If the runners get out of the ruts, the whole load, driver and all, is likely to be upset.

It is an extremely hazardous job, Fig.

15.
As each load comes down to the _banking grounds_, Fig.

14, or log dump, it is stopped opposite long parallel skids.

The wrapping chains are unhooked and the lower log on the skid side is worked out with cant-hooks till the whole load flattens out.