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ParticipantDonn,
Similar to you, I only use gee and haw for turns that require little to no forward movement. I have had good luck training young horses (all of 3 horses at this point in my young career) with starting them single in shafts (helps to limit their desire to bend during completion of the turn, i.e. not side stepping) and a boundary in front of them to limit forward movement. How you use the lines to communicate these turning movements is critical as you indicate above. I have struggled with enough pressure to “hold” them from moving forward but not so much that they are cued to stop. This is where the boundary in front of them has helped both of us. I feel that I can better regulate line pressure and give them direction to move, just not forward.
I do like my horses to work off voice commands, so while I can get my horses to gee and haw using just line pressure at this point. I do like them to also gee and haw by voice as well, this has worked well for me when hooking to logs in the woods.
John
ParticipantJay,
I would be happy to have the company. Looks like with the weather this week I might have a stretch of weather to cut some hay at the beginning of the week. Would Friday (8/9) work with your schedule?
John
ParticipantLike Donn, I am still repairing my tedder and need to put a deck on my wagon gear. Both of which were “winter” projects. Hopefully the weather will start cooperating next week.
John
ParticipantBrad,
I will have to get up to Lilliesville next week to say Hi to you and Bob. I also used my small tractor and a forwarding wagon this winter/spring to start on my first ever logging job. It is a long haul out to a road that is accessible by a log truck. So I used horses in the woods to twitch to several small landings then used the tractor for the final move out to the road. For this job this seems like a good mix of both power types and as Jim indicated above I will be able to improve/fix roads with the tractor as an added benefit to the landowner, which they have been very thankful for.
I have attached a picture of my first load of logs ready to head to the mill.
John
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You must be logged in to view attached files.ParticipantGeorge,
If I remember correctly from the GOL classes this winter, I believe changing to the larger sprocket would be necessary to truly maximize the effectiveness of a semi-skip. I think you will find that with the increase in chain speed you will find less “jumpyness” when sawing.
John
ParticipantNot that it makes it right or wrong but the I&J pto cart I have does not have a clutch, it is direct drive. I will hopefully get more experience with it this year, but I am with Donn I would think you would want the implement to start immediately upon forward motion.
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