Primery transportation is currently done at three different types in Turkey's forestry. These are human power. animal power and mechanization. Ground skidding by hand (man and gravitatiorı) is applied in forest areas for extraction of srnall amount of timber and big amount of fuelwood over short distances. Animal skidding. mainly by horses and oxs, is used for preskidding for distance between 20 m and ı00 m. Mechanical skidding is carried out by tractors of all types. Cable systems are used for primary transport and these are Gantner, Koller and URUS cable systems. In this study was explained to work phases of wood and timber productivite in Turkey and the se studies were explained as detailed.