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- November 30, 2009 at 8:27 pm in reply to: Tragedy!!!Includes discussion of dramatic experiences, and blinders vs. open bridles #55734
Joshua Kingsley
ParticipantJohn,
At least your farm person is willing to help with the rehab. It is a great undertaking and it sounds like you should be ok with your plan. Take it slow and I have faith that the two of you will get past this. It is going to take some time and the trust will be hard to regain but it should be somthing that will be worth it in the long run.
JoshuaParticipantR,
Look at this video and try to see the differences.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te3LGOGp2fs&NR=1
To me it would seem that the team in the first video was in need of some SWEAT… Real work and some time hooked to a load.
JoshuaParticipantHave a safe and happy holiday to all.
Joshua, Jess, JonThomas, and JasperParticipantI believe that ground speed is dependant on training. I have seen some teams that work real fast for the first 1/2 hour then when the settle in are steady for the duration. That being said, I logged with one team that was real quick and then I had one that was a bunch older and settled and they would work steady for teh entire day. Think of it like a young kid that is just starting to unload hay and the seasoned farmer. The kid will bull and jam for teh first load or two and then poke the rest of the day and the person with experience will tend to pace themselves.
Just my own $0.02 worth.
JoshuaNovember 26, 2009 at 2:26 am in reply to: My View of Draft Animals and Land Use In The Future… #54971ParticipantI think that you are on the right track jason.
Many of the people in this country are burying thier head about the whole issue and then there are those of us that see the future that is closer to the past. Many people say I was born 100 years to late, My respones is that I am just on the cutting edge.Joshua
ParticipantI’m in about the same boat as John and Benjamin, I am 27 and have been working horses off and on since I was 14. Logging and field work, Mowing and putting in hay for his cattle. I worked my Great uncles farm with belgins for the summer all during highschool and college. I tried to buy suffolks at 15 and have been after them till this fall when I got a GREAT Mare and a good looking filly. I got my first teams of my own in ’05 and have had at least one heavy horse since. I logged for a while till I got banged up. Thought about getting into little guys with the shetlands and decided that what I really want to do is farm with my drafts and am going to do it or die trying.
Hope to hear some others stories from those under 30 and trying to do it all with the horses.
JoshuaParticipantI agree that a factory built log or timber frame is not as econonmical as it could be.
I would like to learn how to build a timber frame myself. My origional dream was to buy a mixed site of 60 to 100 acres and build with timber off my own land using the horses only. I wanted a sawmill and may some day get to fufill the dream though I may end up on a nice little 35 acre farm on the river bottom or on my dad’s 150 acre farm on the creek.
I would still like to figure out how to build a small barn timber frame. Though for the horses.
JoshuaParticipantJason,
That tree looks like what I was tought was honey locoust.I worked for a local saw mill for over a year and then moved on to a tree service for 3 years. I will agree that trees in diffrent areas will have diffrent bark formations. Trees at higher elevations in this state look diffrent to some people than the same tree at a lower elevation might. I would love to be sure what trees were at first look and perhapse a class in denderology and tree Id should be in the future for me…
JoshuaParticipantI was told once that in order for them to plow they need to be hooked to a narrow forecart. I&J’s is made narrower than some like the pioneer or whitehorse. I have often thought of trying to use a 3 point plow then I decided to start looking for a good used plow. I have seen some lately on craigslist for a couple of hundred. That would be cheeper than the cost of the 3 point attachment and the plow.
If you already have the 3 point setup I would try to barrow a single bottom plow from a friend before I invested in one, the exception would be if I had a mixed power opperation and then could justify the plow as being used by the tractor as well. Though there is always a reason for a new “tool” to add to the collection if you have enough justification it is easier to get the other half to nod in agreement 🙂
JoshuaParticipantGood artical!! It is true though that other places are more concerned with agriculture than the US. What a sad state of the country.
JoshuaNovember 15, 2009 at 3:09 pm in reply to: My View of Draft Animals and Land Use In The Future… #54970ParticipantTEOTWAWKI
The End Of The World As We Know ItSupposedly going to be 2012 if you listen to the media and Myan myth?
That is what I get from it all….
JoshuaParticipantI think that the comentary would be much better than the football games I have seen. Besides the event would be way better than any other sport out there.
Besides where else would you find such a great crowd for commentary and judging?Joshua
ParticipantHas anyone ever used one of those reversable plows? I was given one with new handles and have yet to try it though an old timer near here says they are more for decoration than actual use. The plow looks to be in fair shape and could probably be pulled fairly easily but I have been hesitant to put it in the ground. Any advice or should I try to find somthing better? The one that I have is a steel beam plow so that should be good to go.
Thanks JoshuaParticipantThis pic really makes you think about how easy it is for some to overload a wagon or cart and never give it a second thought. Though there is in this instance a real extream overload and balance issue.
JoshuaParticipantI’m cutting a bunch of oak trees down for firewood and could scare up a few suitable bent pieces if it would help. I don’t have a mill but do have one of those Alaskan chain saw attachments.
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