[JaredWoodcock]

I just saw this article this morning, https://www.morningagclips.com/inherent-risk-reform-to-benefit-agritourism/

It is an attempt to mitigate some of the issues… Not sure if it will work or not.

[JaredWoodcock]

That is interesting. I thought there was a bigger reason behind it. I have noticed with our farm that customers responded positively when we started wearing branded clothing. I hope to figure out a uniform for the timber work that is recognizable but simple. I am still not sold on the reflective clothing but I will consider it some more.

[JaredWoodcock]

We use farm family. We were referred to them by someone from Roxbury farm. We do on site poultry processing so they didnt even think twice about the horses. We dont have anything in our policy that covers the horses or equipment, just basic liability. I am not a fan of the insurance industry as a whole so I keep my policy to a bare minimum. It costs us around $1200 per year. If we were going to do sleigh rides or anything like that our agent wants us to add another layer but it wouldnt cost much.

From my impression they prefer that you have tractors solely on the fact that they can charge you for a much larger policy….

[JaredWoodcock]

I have been wondering the same thing. I would like to build a loafing shed off of my chicken coop so that I can toss the manure in for chicken bedding, then have a concrete shelf that I could push the manure mix off into the spreader.

I would like to hear other ideas and see some pictures or drawings.

[JaredWoodcock]

Mud and my wife being out of town have kept me on daddy duty and the horses out to pasture for almost two weeks. I hooked the horses last night to move some brush and debris out of the field. I had this thread on my mind because I knew I was going to have the “heading home prance”. Because I knew it was going to happen it didnt cause any issues. It might have been slightly worse because I was analyzing it in my head and maybe projecting the energy towards the horses. I have been getting in the routine of parking the horses facing into the brush where I am working instead of keeping the lines near by. They know this routine well and when I put them nose first into some of my brush piles they fell into the old habit of chilling out and taking a break. Long story short, after two hours of work and over-analyzing that is all I came up with. figure out what part of your routine is a nice mental break for you both and use it regularly for both of your benefits. AKA you are probably just fine 😉

[JaredWoodcock]

I call it “Barn Sour”. It may be just that she had a long week of work and then she felt the “release’ of that work by being back at home. Now she is seeking the release and wants to hang out on the couch. (that is overly anthropomorphized!)

It shouldnt be a big deal as long as you can maintain a calm steady control and get the work done that you need to. It might be worth working on finding some other forms of release throughout your day so that she can trust that you will give her the breaks she needs “before” she needs them.

If you and her were both beat by the end of the week of logging, you might have been pushing it too hard for the condition/experience you both have.

All that being said it sounds like you will be just fine, the more you both work off farm the easier the return home trips get. I have a very on and off work schedule for logging so I run into this a lot. It never really escalates it just gets better with experience.

[JaredWoodcock]

Awesome, Thanks Carl!

[JaredWoodcock]

I dont have oxen experience, but I have seen this done as simply as running a chain back from the ring like you said. It shouldn’t effect the crop much under draft because the chain is tight. If you look at the video of tom’s oxen that was just posted on here you can see how he uses the same rigging for his logging arch.

I just looked at my crossroads cultivator catalog and I think you may need to build some sort of evener to connect to the two points of draft and one chain. It may make foot steering a little harder but not much.

Crossroad’s phone number is 717-927-1697, I am sure Jonathan would have a simple solution for you.

Keep us posted!

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[JaredWoodcock]

I love Tom’s dog carrying pole wood in his mouth!

[JaredWoodcock]

I dont use facebook, do you think you could get some contact information for me?

[JaredWoodcock]

Thanks Rick! I am not doing as much hourly work lately because I am trying to figure out how I fit into the conventional timber market. I also have a log yard less than a mile from house.

Any other opinions on the topic?

[JaredWoodcock]

Welcome Loretta,
I live a few hours west in Cambridge NY (12816). We don’t do any formal internships, but I would be more than happy if you wanted to join me in the woods on occasion.

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[JaredWoodcock]

I am using an arch now, it has impressed me with reducing damage during these muddy stints. The problem has been on my main trails where I take a lot of trips it gets buggered up. I am working on a timber trailer right now to lessen the hoof traffic on main trails.

I have a few small hourly jobs here and there but lately I have been learning how to market logs, I would love to learn more about how seasonality effects marketing logs?

Other than Mud what other factors play into off season logging?

[JaredWoodcock]

Here is the electric over controller.

http://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Brakes/Hydrastar/HBA-10.html?feed=npn&gclid=CJO8_eOg0dICFcdXDQodoIAHLw

[JaredWoodcock]

Here are the first two parts, I will have to make a bracket and pedal, as well as a temporary fluid reservoir. I like the clutch cylinder because when I have enough money to buy the Electric over controller I can run the clutch cylinder inline so that both the truck brakes and foot pedal will work.

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