Main line toggle

Logging apparatus for attachment to a tractor or other pulling means, comprising a main line cable for attachment to said pulling means at a leading end of said main line cable and a retainer at a trailing end of said main line cable, a choker cable slider ring on said main line cable, said slider ring being capable of passing over said retainer and a toggle on said main line cable between said retainer and said slider ring, said toggle comprising an annular member of elongate shape and having a central opening, through which said main line cable is threaded, which central opening is elongate in cross section, said toggle being held captive on said main line cable by said retainer, the toggle being dimensioned so that it permits the passage of said slider ring when the toggle is held in a position in which it is substantially in alignment with the main line cable and prevents the passage of the slider ring when released from said position of alignment, wherein the toggle has a pair of elongate slides and a pair of rounded ends, the rounded ends each having an inside curvature and the main line cable having an outside curvature, and wherein the inside curvature of each of said rounded ends corresponds substantially with the outside curvature of the main line cable.