[JaredWoodcock]

Thanks for the opinion. I learned a lot from conversations at the field days and it is because of the positive feedback that I bought this team and went for it. I am 5 generations in my town and I have worked in many different trades for a while. Based on the info that I have gotten from this community I am just starting my horselogging by working on an hourly rate. I am starting slow but it is pretty easy to make an extra $400 a week beyond my farm work. It sounds like most of our farm customers that want me to work in their woods share similar ideals which makes it easy to explain the cost benefit as you stated in the beginning. I have a few friends with sawmills and if it came down to it I could make a bridge like you describe pretty easily.

Thanks Again

[JaredWoodcock]

It seems like all of the jobs that have been offered to me are in very hard to reach areas and I have been debating on asking the land owners if the would pay for the cost of a bridge, or make something similar to what you are using.

Carl could you outline some changes that you would make? If you were starting from scratch what would be the most versatile? I am new to heavy work with horses and I feel like I am tending to over build….

[JaredWoodcock]

Im having trouble uploading the photos, it acts like it is working and then sends me back to page one of the conversation?

[JaredWoodcock]

Im having trouble uploading the photos, it acts like it is working and then sends me back to page one of the conversation?

[JaredWoodcock]

I decided to reconfigure an old forcart that I made to accept an arch. I set it up as a three way hybrid between the piggy back arch, a barden cart, and a more typical arch. There are a lot of things that I would already change but I built it with some scrap metal that I had around. I will give it a try and then when I know how I am going to use it I will build a better design later. One issue is that after I had already welded the arch on I realized that the newer tires I was going to use would lift if a little higher than the original. Because of this I put the pole pocket about 2 inches lower than the arch. The top of the pole pocket measures 30 inches off of the ground which seems to fit my team pretty well.

My question is; should I put the double tree on the top or the bottom of the pole? I will try to post some pictures. Keep in mind the cart isnt done and I can cut it apart and reweld if is seems like a bad design?

Thanks

[JaredWoodcock]

Now that I bought a team this wagon is slightly less appealing but I would love to see how it works out for you with a pole. It seems like with a team you could run a bigger wagon and move a lot more wood.

This style seems slick for high volume work with a team,

The trade off is running the engine for hydraulics, kind of like running a PTO cart, a compromise that might be worth it depending on your needs.

Thanks for keeping us posted

[JaredWoodcock]

I am borrowing one of mark’s piggy back arches and I really like being able to back over the end of the log to adjust the chain and to unhook. Because of that I have been thinking about modifying the barden cart plans similar to what josh is talking about. It is also based on what materials I have sitting around.
Keep us posted as you build the cart.

[JaredWoodcock]

I just got the Barden cart plans in the mail, Thanks Carl!!! I will try to remember to take pictures as I build it to post but Im pretty bad at that.

Thanks Again

[JaredWoodcock]

I sent some extra $ with carl to apply to my membership when I bought the barden cart plans. Who should I talk to about giving my info? Sorry for doing it backwards but I figured if I was sending him a check to dapnet I may as well ad some membership fees.

Thanks
Jared

[JaredWoodcock]

Great work, Give your friend Mike a high five from me on his nice welds.

Thanks Carl, Looking forward to checking out those plans.

[JaredWoodcock]

You could probably market the course through the UVM newsletter. We do a lot of that kind of thing over here with the cornell small farms program. I also have a few connections with NOFA and the Greenhorns if you would like to go that route for advertising. My office job is mostly building and promoting workshops for a community college, Let me know if you need a hand with that part.

[JaredWoodcock]

I am very interested.

[JaredWoodcock]

Carl did you ever get my Check?

[JaredWoodcock]

I knew the info was out there somewhere, Thanks guys, I will go with the suggested 1×1 3/16 thickness.

[JaredWoodcock]

Thanks Donn. I did a better search and saw a few posts where you had said you used 36 inch regularly. I just wansnt sure how to delete my original post.

Thanks Again

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