bows made a different way

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  • March 4, 2009 at 10:47 am #40264
    sanhestar
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    Hello everybody,

    found this on ebay, Germany. Interesting way of making bows:

    [IMG]http://i17.ebayimg.com/04/i/001/35/b8/7468_1.JPG[/IMG]

    and from the back:

    [IMG]http://i23.ebayimg.com/07/i/001/35/b8/7590_1.JPG[/IMG]

    March 4, 2009 at 1:29 pm #50546
    Vicki
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    Ox hames? Used with padding?

    March 4, 2009 at 1:44 pm #50544
    Rod
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    This has design possibilities for an adjustable yoke. With a modification to the upper width of the bow part, a series of holes for width adjustment, would alllow the yoke to be adjusted as the steer grew. The same design should be adaptable to a double yoke.

    March 4, 2009 at 2:58 pm #50549
    sanhestar
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    @Rod 6623 wrote:

    The same design should be adaptable to a double yoke.

    I thought that, too.

    Vicky: a hame would look differently

    [IMG]http://i18.ebayimg.com/02/i/001/21/e1/f13d_1.JPG[/IMG]

    if that’s what you mean with a hamen (I know it as oxen collar)…

    But maybe padding would be necessary. Someone from the german draft forum already pointed out that the flat bows could cause sores

    March 4, 2009 at 7:21 pm #50548
    fabian
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    it’s a single “wither’s yoke” often used in Austria (f.e.) less common in Germany

    The difference to the bow yoke is that the hames do not push into the shoulders but stand away from them.
    It is complete like it is in the photo. no padding.

    Wolfgang

    March 4, 2009 at 8:39 pm #50547
    bivol
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    hi everyone!

    concerning the first yoke, i think it has a few disadvantages:
    1. the bows have a mechanism in the middle, and it could pinch the animal’s dewlap.
    2. the hitch point it too high, causing the yoke to likely go up the neck and choke. even if you use the hooks on the bows to lower it, chains would still rub against the animal’s shoulders.
    3. it has 3 peaces, and is as complicated to construct as the 3-pad collar, but not nearly as effective.

    March 5, 2009 at 3:27 pm #50545
    Vicki
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    Thank you for the info, Sanhester and Fabian. I’ve seen each of these before in pictures and articles, but never in action. Where on the Austrian yoke does one hitch?

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