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log tack 
an escalator-type moving iron belt that carries the logs from the mill pond into the mill's conveying system or to the mill's slasher where the logs are cut smaller.
See also: jackladder
- 1961 Most of them [sawmills] were equipped with a log tack having an endless chain which took the logs out of the water and raised them to the level of the saws. . . .
- 1961 Most of them [sawmills] were equipped with a log tack having an endless chain which took the logs out of the water and raised them to the level of the saws. . . .