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  • 1Skidder — A skidder is any type of heavy vehicle used in a logging operation for pulling cut trees out of a forest in a process called skidding , in which the logs are transported from the cutting site to a landing. Here they are loaded onto trucks (or in… …

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  • 2skidder — /skid euhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that skids. 2. Mach. a type of four wheel tractor equipped with a grapple, used to haul logs or timber, esp. over rough terrain. 3. Slang. a. a person who is moving toward or has reached a less desirable… …

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  • 3skidder — skid•der [[t]ˈskɪd ər[/t]] n. 1) cvb a person or thing that skids or employs a skid 2) mac a type of four wheel tractor equipped with a grapple, used to haul logs or timber, esp. over rough terrain • Etymology: 1865–70 …

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  • 4skidder — noun 1. a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction • Syn: ↑slider, ↑slipper • Derivationally related forms: ↑skid • Hypernyms: ↑person, ↑individual, ↑someone, ↑ …

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  • 5Heavy equipment (construction) — Heavy machinery redirects here. For the album by Anders Johansson, Jens Johansson and Allan Holdsworth, see Heavy Machinery (album). Heavy equipment vehicles of various types parking near a highway construction site …

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  • 6Collier Memorial State Park — Collier Memorial State Park …

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  • 7Michigan logging wheels — Logs were suspended from wheel axle Gen …

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  • 8Horse-drawn vehicle — Horse drawn vehicles were once common worldwide, but they have mostly been replaced by automobiles and other forms of self propelled transport.GeneralA two wheeled horse drawn vehicle is a cart (see various types below, both for carrying people… …

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  • 9skid — [skid] n. [Early ModE, prob. < ON skith: see SKI ] ☆ 1. a plank, log, etc., often one of a pair or set, used as a support or as a track upon which to slide or roll a heavy object 2. a low, movable wooden platform for holding loads or stacks 3 …

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  • 10Glossary of wildland fire terms — The following is a glossary of wildland fire terms. Except where noted, terms are taken from a 1998 Fireline Handbook transcribed for a Conflict 21 counter terrorism studies website by the Air National Guard. [… …

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