logging truck 1921, I'm wondering how they got those logs up onto the truck, push? pull? roll?

notice the plank road, necessary to get the heavy truck with the skinny damn tires out of the woods. It's been a while since I posted about plank roads, but what little I learned about them never mentioned them used for logging, and I bet it's due to the ignorance of the logging world by the rest of the driving world that was interested in getting across the sand dunes

http://www.blackdiamondnow.net/black-diamond-now/2013/04/coal-creek-lumber-co-circa-1921.html

1920
http://www.blackdiamondnow.net/black-diamond-now/2013/04/early-log-trucks.html

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The Pacific Coast Highway, 1915, an area near Seattle was a plank road. Made by car clubs, not the local, county, state or federal government

It was the creation, not of government, but of a loose affiliation of auto clubs in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. The group chose an official north-south route and placed signs along the way identifying it as the Pacific Highway. Outside of major cities, the road was rough and unpaved but navigable. Following is a photo taken in 1915 of the route's grand opening along a stretch of highway that was plank paved near Seattle.

http://www.blackdiamondnow.net/black-diamond-now/2015/11/pacific-highway-circa-1915.html

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