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skitter Lumbering 
n. a powerful vehicle used for drawing or hauling logs from a cutting area.
See also: skidder (def. 3c)
- 1964 Horses are now being replaced by mechanical skitters, four-wheeled machines powered by diesel or gasoline with a winch and cable on the back. The skitters drag the trees to the yards where the timber is sawn into log or pulpwood lengths.
- 1964 Horses are now being replaced by mechanical skitters, four-wheeled machines powered by diesel or gasoline with a winch and cable on the back. The skitters drag the trees to the yards where the timber is sawn into log or pulpwood lengths.