Skidding (forestry)

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Skidding in forestry is the first operation after logging: it consists of transporting felled trees from the felling site to a temporary dumping site, known technically as a "loader", near a road or track suitable for further transport. This name is still applied to the first emptying of stones in quarries or stone heaps and possibly heavy equipment in mines, to heavy transport operations and cumbersome handling.