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you go through with buying anything yet? I’m from wi and I’m willing to help you out. let me know if you went through with anything yet and I’ll PM you my offer.

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one guy that has been helping me has a square tank, its like 4x4x4 with a metal cage around it, i dont know what they are meant for i know guys use them for bio diesel. but he fills it with water and then waters the track with it also… i’ll have to find one of them maybe…

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I was thinking some wood or rocks but I dont feel like throwing a bunch of rocks…

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if only he was closer to WI… if only…

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I went to a horse pull a few weeks ago and talked with a guy at the pull and he said he would help me out, I called him last night and was really trying to get me to bring them out but i dont have a trailer to take them over and he offered me his pretty much new alum gooseneck and I was really thankful for it but I said i would pass right now just cause I didnt want anything to happen to it. he said he had a friend that would sell one pretty cheap so I’m waiting to hear back from him and then he said that he had a few stone boat and he said he would help me and show me a few tricks and stuff. He said next time he does field work he invited me out to help and he would help me with that also. thanks for the help you guys.

my question is whats a good way to make a cheap stone boat? is there anything that works good that would be laying around the farm?

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Hey Carl,

thanks for the tips! To be totally honest I’m really green to draft horses, and all this stuff. It all started when my grandma started cleaning out grandpas stuff from the barn ( gramps passed in 06) and I never understood how much my gramps taught me until after he was gone and i couldn’t than him. Horses were always in the family and I ended up to have money and run across this team at just the right time. I got a sort of a buck board wagon from grandma, a bob sled, I got some white rings that im not really sure what they are for and other stuff. I was very emotional for the first month I had them because I felt as if gramps was there helping me and stuff. I think they are a really good starter team for me.. I’m going to make a vid of them some time. I know I still need help with my horsemen skills as far as being a teamster and knowing how to get the most out of them and have them tone in with me.

thanks for the help

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I’m tryin to build a logging arch to use as a forecart also but just havnt had time to build it just yet…

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Hes 12, yeah i guess a Cultivator would be the right name, He is more the hyper of the two horses, he tends to want to take off where my other horse is really mellow and laid back for the most part and my other horse is 14. I got them from two guys that lived by each other, they would team them together cause they both were tall and had close markings and looked really nice together, they will hook both ways and work single, Its also been really really hot out, this was at the start of the hot streak so I dont know if that factored in to it or not…

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I got a guy named Josh Wickum that I’m gonna try out and see how that goes.

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well I paid 150 for the wagon and a cutter that is a little rough… the wagon needs some things changed and I haven’t had time to hook to it yet, It will be done sat. I’ll get some pics up of it also.

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with steel rims that have the hubs mounted to them do they have a special bearing? or is a bushing? the wheels have a lot of play and I think there should be a bearing out but there isnt much room from what I can see for a bearing, I also think the wheel on there isn’t the right one because there are shims about an inch long to keep them some one in place… I’ll have pics of it up over the weekend cause I’m going to be working on it hopefully.

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well whats the going rate for a wagon like this? all tires are like new, It needs a little work on the rear of the running gear, how they have the leafs mounted is wrong so I have to fix that but it isn’t a hard fix, a nice sunny afternoon and it would only take me a few hours.

I did notice all the tires have a good bit of play, like a wore out bearing but I dont think that this style tire would use a ball bearing… so any one know what kind of bearings were used? or was it a bushing that was put on it?

thanks

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that disk doesn’t cut very well I pull it with a farmall H that is TIRED in 3rd up hills

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you are correct, that disk is was meant for a tractor, when I first hooked them too it like i said i took it easy… the main reason I hooked them to it is something to make them really work and buckle down and work together, I shouldn’t say they were totally out of shape but it wasn’t like they were out skidding logs with me as soon as i got them and everything, the disk was the first thing that really made them work.

I’m gonna make a stone boat big enough to put a round bail on it. I’m gonna use 4×4 and then 2×6 for the base

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Ok thanks for the tips

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