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ParticipantIs she still for sale? Please give me a call 802-353-6804. Thanks
ParticipantThe walking plow is a 20.1878 12inch serycuse left hand plow and the sulkey is a leroy that is also 12 inch it is two way and is in nice shape.
ParticipantThe horses and most of the equipment is sold. I still have a walking plow and a sulkey plow left for sale
Participantwith the intrest in minis growing I have been thinking of building some small equipment like scoots and such if people wanted. If there is interest I will figure out a cost and we could go from there. josh
ParticipantGeoff, So sorry to hear of your loss. If you let me know what you need for collars and I will look and see if I have some spares I could send your way I will look at an older set of Bio harness I have and see if it is able to be safely used and if so I would be willing to send it out to you so that you can work your guys. I know it is not much but it is about all I can offer right now. Hope you all are well and congrats on the grand baby in these trying times. Joshua
Participantyes we are in vermont. I am asking 2000, she is 12 registered just a real good horse.
ParticipantI have a nice 14 hand draft type mare that is papered and a heck of a worker for sale, Sunny will work in the woods and down the road. She is a heads up mare that will work all day, Give me a call 802-353-6804
ParticipantJust a reminder that we wil be plowing. The ground is thawed and nice light soil so bring your team and give it a try. I have some old hands that are willing to help people learn and a couple extra plows on hand to boot. I will even have a plow here that could be pulled by a pair of minis or small ponies.
Participantyou can call anytime I prefer calls after 4pm and before 8 am as I am currently working nights so I am up all night. Thanks joshua
Participantgive me a call I have a percheron gelding that would match up to what you want 17 hands and nearing 20. I like working my haflingers and would be willing to talk trade. Thanks Joshua
802-353-6804December 1, 2011 at 3:45 am in reply to: Logging workshop hosted by Draft Animal Power Network and The Farm School Athol MA #70125ParticipantJean, i have some but it is in the older style cans not plastic. let me know if you are interested
joshuaParticipantWhen I was a kid my first draft animal was a standard donkey. I tought him to drive with help from my sister and brother we were all young and ann’s idea was if danny liked a carrot he would drive cause she would give him a bite after following her dragging the cart. well it took us a while but he was good about it. after a while he would drive with no one in front of him and we just started having fun. not knowing any better we would try to hitch him to anything that we thought could move. Pallets hooked to gether to make sides for a fort, logs branches all with a brest collar harness. Danny weighed around 500 pounds and there were times when he pulled more than that i am sure, kids gardentractors stuck in the mud anything you can dream up. i started a pair of holstine steers a couple years ago and when they were 250 each they didn’t do near as much as the donkey but then again im not 10 any more and have a better idea about how and what to start loads with.
joshuaOctober 25, 2011 at 11:05 pm in reply to: looking for volunteers to move an old school house using draft power #69653ParticipantLet me know when you are planning this I have a team of Haflinger mares that my wife drives and I also have several Percherons that I would be willing to bring to help with the move.
ParticipantI have been working haflingers for a while now on our farm. I have a McCorrmic Deering model 100 ground drive spreader and my team of mares in good shape will pull it and spread with it. My mares weigh around 850-900 pounds each. I would reccomend looking for horses from the “M” blood line on the stallion side or “C” on the mare. The “A” line has more modern influence and is more refined and has a later infusion of arab blood. The biggest thing about working horses, mules, ponies or what ever is to get some you like to work and you will do more of it. If you don’t like being around them they won’t get used much. If you love shetland ponies I would rig a forecart for 4 to do the work but it can be done.
With the spreader you have talked about you should be fine with a pto cart and you should be able to load the spreader pretty well barring any long uphill pulls. my spreader is about the same size and the only time I have any issues is when we get too much hay pack and try to spread it and the beaters plug from the hard packed manure, that wouldn’t be as much of an issue with the pto i would imagine.
Best of luck and enjoy what you decide to do.
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