After the trees are reduced to logs of convenient size, they are transported to the rail head or the newly built road which runs to the top of the mountain, for transfer to Lotung.
他們來到伐木區，由伐木工人用鍊鋸將擇定要砍伐的樹鋸倒，然後去掉枝葉，再依照市場的需要及集材機的能量，鋸成一段段的木材。這叫「造材」。集材機械化而後，集材工人便架設集材柱，再在柱上架線，然後利用柴油的卷筒集材機將木材搬運收集到鐵路旁，而後裝車運下山去。