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Sunday, May 27, 2007

On the job: Choker setters

<img src="http://apps.oregonnews.com/slideshows/extras/slide.gif"><a href="http://apps.oregonnews.com/slideshows/log/"target=_blank> Click here to view a slideshow and interviews with the Don Whitaker Logging choker-setting crew.</a>

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On the job: Choker setters

<img src="http://apps.oregonnews.com/slideshows/extras/slide.gif"><a href="http://apps.oregonnews.com/slideshows/log/"target=_blank> Click here to view a slideshow and interviews with the Don Whitaker Logging choker-setting crew.</a>

Jay Manka, from left, Sam Tilford, Luis Montoya and Stacy Cheney hook up a load of logs with chokers, cables of 3/4-inch steel that are used to haul the logs to the landing area, where they are prepared for shipping.
Jay Manka, from left, Sam Tilford, Luis Montoya and Stacy Cheney hook up a load of logs with chokers, cables of 3/4-inch steel that are used to haul the logs to the landing area, where they are prepared for shipping.ENLARGE
Jay Manka, from left, Sam Tilford, Luis Montoya and Stacy Cheney hook up a load of logs with chokers, cables of 3/4-inch steel that are used to haul the logs to the landing area, where they are prepared for shipping.
JON AUSTRIA / N-R staff photo
Setting chokers is a punishing way to make a living.

Working in the woods in all kinds of weather, hauling heavy equipment around and hiking up...

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