Definitions for skidder
ˈskɪd ərskid·der

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1. skidder, slider, slippernoun

   a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction

2. skiddernoun

   a worker who uses a skid to move logs

3. skiddernoun

   a tractor used to haul logs over rough terrain

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1. skiddernoun

   Agent noun of skid; one who skids.

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1. Skidder

   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. There they are loaded onto trucks (or in times past, railroad cars or flumes), and sent to the mill. One exception is that in the early days of logging, when distances from the timberline to the mill were shorter, the landing stage was omitted altogether, and the "skidder" would have been used as the main road vehicle, in place of the trucks, railroad, or flume. Modern forms of skidders can pull trees with a cable/winch (cable skidder), just like the old steam donkeys, or with a hydraulic grapple either on boom (grapple skidder) or on the back of the frame (clambunk skidder).

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1. skidder

   A skidder is a type of heavy vehicle used in forestry to drag cut trees out of a forest during logging operations, hence the name, as it can "skid" logs off the ground and onto the machine. It is also often used for pulling tree stumps, clearing land, and assisting in the loading and unloading of trucks or other vehicles used in logging. There are two main types of skidders - cable or grapple skidders. The term is also used more broadly to refer to any vehicle used in logging work to transport felled logs from the forest to the logging landing.

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1. Skidder

   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, and sent to the mill. One exception is that in the early days of logging, when distances to the timberline from the mill were shorter, the landing stage was omitted altogether, and the "skidder" would have been used as the main road vehicle, in place of the trucks, railroad, or flume. Modern forms of skidders can pull trees with a cable/winch, just like the old steam donkeys, or a grapple or a clam-bunk.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of skidder in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of skidder in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=skidder
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Skidder
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skidder
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=skidder