[JaredWoodcock]

Thanks for the info. I tried to read up a bunch but those descriptions help.

[JaredWoodcock]

Thanks guys, I will be insuring the horse logging business. I have been doing tree work informally for a while and I figure it is time to get some insurance and take it a little more seriously. I was figuring I would charge an hourly rate and most of my customers are already customers of our farm so I should be able to explain the cost variables pretty well.
I normally charge between $35 to $60/hour for chainsaw work. What kind of hourly rates are people charging this year?

[JaredWoodcock]

That is great, I am so happy that there is much more info floating around. It wasn’t long ago I posted some questions on this hitching system and there wasn’t a lot of info available on this forum.

I may have a big logging job lined up for this winter (my first) if I think I can handle it. The terrain is very steep but it is chock full of nice maple and almost all downhill skids to the road. It will be a lot of variables to mess with at once but I think using a single horse with the Scandinavian style arch will work well in the tight quarters.

Thanks for all of the help so far.

[JaredWoodcock]

Thanks Carl (sorry I misspelled your name), Can you post a link to that sapling sled that you are referring to?

Thanks for the info so far, and for all of the good conversation at the field days. My gears have been spinning full speed since last weekend.

I will post some updates as I progress.

[JaredWoodcock]

It was great meeting you Kevin and I enjoyed the time we had together. I would not label you as “not a very social person” you sure seemed to fit in.

Jared

[JaredWoodcock]

I have fed corn stover to horses with no Ill effects. It was not a significant portion of their diet though and it is usually only in the fall when we have extra. I also feed who cobs and know of other that do as well. I have never had a horse choke on anything. Sorry this isnt technical but a little never hurts.

[JaredWoodcock]

Do you still have this filly? If so could you post some pictures?

Thanks

[JaredWoodcock]

I for one had a great time. My mission was to talk logging with some folks who are in the know and I learned a ton. Mark you are one of the guys I was hoping to talk with but I guess I will have to add you into a road trip.

Who won the foal raffle?

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[JaredWoodcock]

Im excited, this is the type of equipment that I am drawn to. When will you be demoing it. I can only make one day and I would like to plan accordingly.

[JaredWoodcock]

Well now I cant get the after pictures to work. I will try to figure this out later. Feel free to delete this post Im not sure how.

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• This reply was modified 9 years, 5 months ago by JaredWoodcock.

[JaredWoodcock]

Its too bad you guys dont have mountains out there because there are a lot of great deals on nice farms…. but I need mountains

[JaredWoodcock]

I borrowed a 7 1/2 bow today to see how it fit and it was about two finger widths too wide but the depth was right on the center hole. I think because she is a lean dairy animal she is gonna take a tall narrow bow. Her 3 month old bull calf has about the same width just not the depth.

[JaredWoodcock]

so I must have been measuring too far up the neck? how far ahead of the shoulders do you measure. I thought I was at the spot that Tim’s video shows with Will.

Thanks

[JaredWoodcock]

From My experience some horses work really well this way. It does limit what you can do a bit and can sometimes turn into bad habits, like following you when you want to walk behind them to hitch up…

Nice Video

[JaredWoodcock]

Video didn’t work. I will have to figure that out later.

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