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I’ve pasted some links below that came up in another group, didn’t look through all the links, but the harlequin farms link does seem to have quite a bit there. Best of luck.

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From: NRCplusgrads@yahoogroups.com [mailto:NRCplusgrads@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Adriane Schaeffer
Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 8:41 PM
To: NRCplusgrads@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [NRCplusgrads] CPL in draft horse

I have a client here in western Washington with a Clyde mare in the middle
stages of CPL. What were you wanting to know?

There is information from Davis where they are doing research into it:

http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/elephantitis/about.html
http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/elephantitis/management.htm
http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/elephantitis/research.html

Also, there is a farm in VA that has funded the research at Davis that has
more:

http://www.ayrshirefarm.com/shires/Shires/C.P.L.html

Other links:
http://www.harlequinfarmsgypsyhorses.com/ChronicProgressiveLymphedema.html
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16536384
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16808668

Hope this helps; I really hope you’re not having this problem and it’s
something else instead.

Adriane

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Great article, thanks for sharing. I am curious why you decided to start another team. Are you planning on running two teams? Selling the older team?

The question of efficiency and how many animals comes up on our farm periodically. A team of two horses is the perfect number for most of the year, but falls short during the haying season. We split the difference by having 3 we can harness.

George

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Hi Ron, I can get grade 8 bolts of any length from a local shop. I used them to secure the receiver and also make hitch pins out of them. I weld 1/2″ round stock to the head of the bolt for a handle and drill out the bottom to accept a cotter pin – very rugged.

Hi Ed, I had to bolt and weld a length of 3″ x 3/16″ square tubing to the bottom of the forecart to accept the pole. I plan on doing that do most of my equipment. Regarding cost, $215 was a little pricey but I came to the same conclusion – should last many years.

George

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Take 3…..

Try this Link

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Take 2 on the pictures:

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Nice looking pair of horses in that first picture. Suffolks?

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You might even consider going a step further and putting a “needle” on the other end of your chain. I take a 2′ piece of 3/8 round stock, heat it with a torch, and bend it around the last link on my chain (opposite end from the choker). You can push the needle under the log and pull the chain through on the other side – very handy. I’ll try to post a picture below. Choker with a needle is on the top right.

George

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I get rubbing from my front side straps as well – all leather. It rubs down to the hide every winter but I have never seen chafing of the skin. I haven’t done this, but you could always increase the length of your jokey yokes to put more distance between the strap and the horse/mule if it continues bother.

George

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Where the front tug attaches to the steel D-ring clip, I use 20d nails. I punch through the tug, grind within a 1/4 inch of the steel plate, and peen them. Very rugged.

George

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Ditto what Carl wrote. Game of Logging has paid off in spades over the years both in harvesting efficacy and safety. Northeast Game of Logging Training

George

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Hi Jared:

Carl has posted this many times and the past and it is a good one to live by: “Go light and go often.”

In terms of signs of overwork and general fitness, I look for recovery time in the horses’ respiration. They can breath heavily, but if it is taking them a long time to slow down their breathing it is a sign that you are pushing too much.

George

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Carl, you are absolutely right on the scoot set-up with that chaining strategy. I overlooked the dynamics with the pole. How do you go about loading the Sweedish wagon? Looks like the bed is fairly high off the ground.

Joel, thanks for sharing those pictures. A beautiful sunny day working in the woods in hard to beat! Nice looking horse.

George

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Carl, thanks for posting that picture. Is that sled at your place now? Using it? It is interesting to see and read about the different permutations in sled designs. The ring welded to the front pipe on my go devil (suggested by Ron on the forum and Tristan Kelley of Nova Scotia) serves much the same purpose of the front scoot ring pictured in Les’s sled – really helps steer the sled. After using mine for a month or so, I brought it back in my shop for some tweaking. Those small changes have made a difference.

Any idea why the he placed the bunk so far back on the runners? On a somewhat related note, I would like your opinion on using Ron’s go-devil chaining set-up (choked load chain passes under the center of the bunk and directly to the evener) on a scoot? I am really liking this method – no binder to keep track of and no rechecking the load after starting. I also flipped the do-devil a couple weeks back and it would have been hard to extract the binder if I had been using one. I haven’t had my scoot out this year, but I am going to give it a try once I do.

Happy logging…

George

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Great piece! Here is the link to the story.

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Tyler, very fine work. Your construction and welding is impeccable. Your curved bracing is a really nice detail and the step is great. I also like that you built on a dash. A lot of the Rutledge carts I have seen have no dash in front. More often than not I am driving with one hand and holding on to the dash with the other (I drive standing).

How are you going to release your logs? Why not build in a trip device? If you still have it in your shop, building a holder for your saw is a nice feature as well as a welded loop for your wedge pounder. I also have welded on lots of extra hooks in various places on my cart for chains, chaps, wedges, pack, etc.

Happy logging.

George

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