This is constructed of trunks of trees ranging from a foot to two feet in diameter.

These are "rossed," that is, stripped of their bark and laid across the road, where they are held in place by pegs driven into the ground, and by strips spiked upon the tops of the logs.

If possible they are laid in swampy places to keep the surface damp and slippery.

At turns in the road, pulleys are hung, thru which the hauling cables pass.

The skidway runs to the railway siding or water's edge.