vid of horses packing wood out of forest in balkanian mountain

Very good video. What was the man with the hammer nailing into the cord wood ends? Amazingly well trained horses, driving like oxen without reins, dragging load to the landing by themselves, standing still while that load was being put on and then dumped. Thanks for sharing it.

@Rod 4699 wrote:

Very good video. What was the man with the hammer nailing into the cord wood ends?

An owners/byuers mark, I suppose. If my assumption is correct, there is a kind of stamp on the business end of this hammer.

Here they use spray paint to mark the logs.

Those horses sure are working hard.

It was neat to see that they left the pole between the white team rather than just leaving the pole on the wagon and using just the evener to yard those logs.

I also wondered about the hammer and I believe it is an owners/buyers mark also. Or it could be a grading mark for the larger sticks for the value of the load. Probably like marking the board feet onto the logs.

I was also impressed with them jump-starting the tractor.

Yeah, I saw this last night. (Had to get satellite, costs less, works better)

I am very pleased with Marco’s enthusiastic cultural exchange. I am flabbergasted by this and other incredible footage that has been shared with us.

I really appreciate the way that these animals are obviously used as a significant part of the livelihood of this family, demonstrated by the no nonsense approach to the work, and application of animal power. That is one of the most important part of the learning/teaching relationships that we need to make to become competent working teamsters, a serious commitment to making it work, and it is a commonality that crosses cultural lines.

Thanks Marco, Carl

they DID jump-start a fully laden tractor! this footage shows what incredible strength a horse can exert

it also shows the implicitness of the workers that of course their horses can and will do just that……even if it is the end of a hard labour day
elke

I share your thoughts Jennifer, my favorite non-horsey part is where they are in commute to their work site and singing together. It may have a Disney like quality to it, but I think that shared song like this is one of those things lost in much of today’s fast paced global community. My father is a musician, with the amazing talent of being able to compose his own music and make his own instruments (whistles, drums, guitars, etc.) so music was a big part of my life growing up with him. We sang a lot as kids and listened to him practice everyday. My music talents stopped with 8th grade chorus, but if I am in a group that works together everyday like on the farm harvesting in the morning, I just may share a tune or two. To me it symbolizes comfort with each other in the group and a positive work attitude, I feel that this also part of what is happening in this video.

I long for this type work environment to live in where everyone has their place and knows what is expected and can work rather harmoniously with each other and their environment. I would expect to have a conflict once in a while, it happens, but it would be nice if a rough harmony is the norm.

Erika