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BIGOX
ParticipantNo. They are just a few old pics that I found on the net and I have squirreled away for educational purposes.
ParticipantHere are a few good pics of oxen being used to ride and pack.
ParticipantThat is a great looking cart Rod! I am sure you will get a ton of use out of it.
Here is a pic of a small cart we used all the time when I was a kid. We used it to give rides, pick rocks out of the field, move firewood, and muck out the barn. One summer dad built a patio on the house that is 20 feet by 60 feet. We removed 12 inches of dirt and replaced it with 6 inches of gravel before pouring the pad. 99% of it was move with this cart and my young Dexter steer Black Jack. Dad was real picky about us dumping the dirt exactly on the spot he wanted not just near it. It was a pain at times but Jack and I probably learned more on that project than any other time. We won every contest that year at the fair.
ParticipantI had a single in a headyoke for a bit and taught him to walk behind me rather than beside me. Personally I was not a big fan because is seems like you are leading him more than driving him. Headyokers always have bells on for a reason. With practice you can tell what he is doing or not doing from the sound of the bell. That is fine until you get in a crowded area with a log or something. Then you have a harder time seeing if you are going to get hung up. Also it is difficult to retrain an old ox to walk up beside you like he should. Dad was hired to train a team of highlanders to drive with bits and lines once but I don’t know exactly “Howie” did it.
Andrew
ParticipantThat was just a couple of hours of practicing the art of google fu.
Are you the one putting the shoes on?
I would love to take you up on your offer but I don’t think I could get a passport in time among other problems.
Here are a few more good ones.
Aussie Bullock Team
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1CKlnTnpSI
Tomerong Bullock Team
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv0dXmW5Sbc&feature=related
Bullock Man
Bullocky
Timbertown
ParticipantA video of oxen plowing at a historical farm. Also a great example of peoples willingness to post ridiculous comments about things they obviously know nothing about.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEyO59Okags
As of November last year, the record for the tallest oxen is Fiorino, an Italian chianina ox who measured 6 ft 8 in to the withers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQH72k1t-us&feature=related
Thatsa biga boya!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA4vQyRPwEg&NR=1
I don’t think that was his first furrow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UH5eWIsXKNk&feature=related
Very hansom single plowing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LA3FA26LonM&feature=related
A team of the same.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RICq80uRcFc&feature=channel
4-TEAM HITCH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W39_rtKFGS4&feature=related
How not to use your ox!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlKYmy1GGWk&feature=related
Don’t do this either!
http://www.indiavideo.org/kerala/life/village/anandappalli-maramadi-bull-race-844.php
Italian oxen
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8756987402728943017&ei=c6qHSabyJ4H0-wHugunsCw&q=oxen&hl=en
HAY TEDDING WITH THE OXEN
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miPB8ltvABY
My favorite!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4k5hcndldI
A plug for MODA.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMIwjnahbT8
The future of NASCAR??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BMoVulIfSc
Rare Antique Transport
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puxUMdnwFeU
Shoes
January 30, 2009 at 2:41 pm in reply to: Can anyone tell me anything about this OLD ox photo? #49524ParticipantI am from the mid 70’s so it is old to me. :p
They aren’t even Devons! 😮
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