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Ropey and hauled log

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Ropey and hauled log

A Northland ropey accompanies a large kauri log. The ropey had to look after the wire ropes and pulleys as the log was dragged along a muddy rut. The heavy hauling rope is in the foreground and the lighter back rope trails behind.

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Paul Mahoney, Bush trams and other log transport – Skidding and hauling, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/12227/ropey-and-hauled-log (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Paul Mahoney, published 1 March 2009.