[Donn Hewes]

Attaching a horse in the middle will work, but is not ideal. With a western britchen harness, it is not a big deal and only means that when backing or stoping the horse in the middle will do 1/2 the work and the others will do a 1/4 each. With a d ring hitched to carry the tongue as intended ti won’t balance very well; the extra load in the middle makes the broken (ring in the middle) neck yoke not straight. It might be possible to make two yokes that are 16″ on the outside and 32″ on the inside (they would over lap and need to pass each other easily). Then I think you could hook the center horse jockey yoke to one yoke on the left and the other on the right. The hard part will be making them pass each other with out any sticking.

The straight yoke with three attached Jockey yokes is pretty much what Les Barden described to me. I have used it in the field as well as at the Field Days, and it works OK. You do notice the tension coming off and on an individual momentarily, and this would be unavoidable with the straight yoke. That is why I will continue to look for another option. As a side note, my four horse neck yoke works great with a D ring harness.

[Donn Hewes]

They are really handy when you just want a little piece of aluminum. The guys at the city street department were throwing them away. My other cart has traffic arrows in two directions.

[Donn Hewes]

George, I think that helps a lot even with out the perfect resolution. Sometimes, for me the difficulty was where and how my pictures were stored on the computer. File size and type etc. With picasa ( a google thing) my photos are stored with full resolution on my computer. There is and export function which just takes the chosen photo or photos and moves them to a different folder on the computer. This also adjust the size (best size for sharing!) Then when I want to attach one they are easy to find and already to go. I can attach photos to an email the same way.

Again, Thanks for the video. Donn

[Donn Hewes]

I forwarded your message to Gabe, so hopefully he will take a look at it. Donn

[Donn Hewes]

Jelmer, I think that is a great cultivator. I don’t even grow many vegetables and I want one! The article and photos are great. Thanks, Donn

[Donn Hewes]

Hi Jelmer, I don’t think the file is attached. Did you use the attachments “browse” button? I find it when I scroll down. Hopefully we can find out today what happened to our screens – these attachment buttons were at the top. Talk to you soon, Donn

[Donn Hewes]

That was a great video. I was watching one of the tread mills work with a wood splitter this week. The tread mill and splitter worked great, but for a homemade operation a four horse system like this would be easier to build. These can be built with a small car rear end.

[Donn Hewes]

That is a great looking scrapper. The snow version will handle a bigger load of snow and I think the box lifts straight up to dump. There were pictures, but we will need to find them.

[Donn Hewes]

With a new Amish community rising around me I see these things in their work and lives. One of Maryrose’s favorite stories is the young Amish boy galloping up the driveway like an emergency. Small welding job in hand! after I fixed it he hopped on the horse and took off as fast as it would go.

Unfortunately the roads immediately left and right of my house have steep hills with no shoulders and deep ditches. I have traversed these roads a few times with teams, but honestly I am too cautious most days. There are also a string of heavy trucks that supply one local business, and I loath meeting one of these on the steepest part of the narrow road.

One day a couple years ago I had a team of three going down the road to help with a little plowing; a milk truck going about 70 mph almost put all of us in the ditch. The horses handled it pretty well, but I just didn’t like it. (a ditch about 15′ deep with out enough shoulder for one horse, let alone three)

Over time I can make a bigger effort to train my animals to it. That is the hold up, if you avoid it then you are not preparing your animals for it. I can start by picking the best times and animals and watching where I go. Like Brad said, It is fun to go to the neighbors a mile a way; stop in their drive way for a few minutes of talking and then come home.

[Donn Hewes]

Hi Carl, I plan to be down Fri and Sat as well, so I will see you there, Donn

[Donn Hewes]

I think that looks great. Of course I planted my oats too late without enough growth. Then my ground is pretty wet for horses at this time of year. Planted garlic by hand as usual. I am hoping I can plant onions and leeks into the oats in the spring, with some reduced tillage.

[Donn Hewes]

I don’t have any and would love to see more. Post some links. Does anyone have video of the PTO cart pulling the baler? Other cool videos?

[Donn Hewes]

somebody send me a private message please! Thanks, Donn
I see the tool bar now.

[Donn Hewes]

Gabe, Thanks for working on this. Would it be possible to get a notification of a new PM when I log in with out going to my profile. Unfortunately, you have to remember this is a website for a some of the most un tech savvy folks (not to mention a few down right luddites!). Before anyone takes offense; I am talking about my self! Again, thanks for working on this.

[Donn Hewes]

Good question; i will follow up on this. Donn

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