[j.l.holt]

drop a chain over the front of the runners..as the chain goes under,,the team will have to pull it down the hill. start with the chain over the top and going outside and under each runner. chain has to be one piece..will be a lot of pull against this chain…. make a test run on the dirt to get the feel.

[j.l.holt]

I have salted my hay a few times when I could not get it as dri as I wanted. They seemed to eat it ok. You tend to forget all about it in the winter when your moveing snow so the next snow has a place to fall to.

[j.l.holt]

Good to see people interested in the sliding tongue idea..I posted about sliding tongues a few months back, on logging bob sled and got no interest. Must of been out of season !

[j.l.holt]

You could by a one horse mower for less work.

[j.l.holt]

I always keep heavy collar around the horses necks..Seen this trick on roping horses out west. then run tie rope through halter and snap to it..Now they are neck tied in the stall.. Does a good job of keeping the neck clear of flies and a tie point as well.

[j.l.holt]

Would of been good to show the face of each collar.

[j.l.holt]

It may not be fit at all. May be work load.

[j.l.holt]

Go through the motions of filing every month and in no time he will think nothing of it.

[j.l.holt]

the problem I had with that hook up was it got caught on the plow shins some. wore the wire down fast You have to hit a happy spot that does not tip the tops to far forward and work like a snow plow. This puts them over on the plowing and a chance they do not cover. Tall corn stocks are the only real problem.

[j.l.holt]

The need to mow down a cover crop is to get it all under the ground. When it does well it gets to tall and is hard to cover. thus cutting first or using a wire,,,
this wire goes from the front of a plow, at the hitch or even the double tree. And the end is pushed into the dead furrow. As you plow it pulls tight from the friction of the new ground laying on it. It will pull tight and ”cloths line” and crop, pushing it forward and to the ground so it rolls under nearly 100%.

[j.l.holt]

I have seen high cutting to aid in garden plot plow down.. then seen the high wire used and would never change the mower for a plow down again.

[j.l.holt]

Most people I know who make any amount of hay,2-3 ac,plus, try to have a tedder. Just the old ”make hay while the sun shines’ thing. When its ready you best get it in. About the only thing on a farm that I know of that needs done when its time. There rest of the plowen and planten
,and picken can wait a week.

[j.l.holt]

Are you speaking of a hay’bind” mower of some sort? most have some sort of rollers to break up the hay stems and aid drying. A tedder just fluffes the hay and lets it get air flow under to speed drying.

[j.l.holt]

Different evener and tongue set up. Split the tongue, make a set up like a buggy shafts. One in the middle ,one on each side. Hitch with a tri-angle plate. all horses pull even. Just makes the hitch about 8-10 in. longer.
Might take more to explain but that’s the way I would do it with three horses, and the need for a tongue.

[j.l.holt]

How about hooking three abreast?

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