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Erika, Ours were registered in Maine for years but some of our friends that travel alot have been pulled over and warned to get NY plates on their trailers. I’m sure your right It’s just a revenue thing but we changed back to NY. I hate being pulled over and or arguing with a trooper!

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Well said Mitch, Thanks.

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Erika, His name is Jeff and he was probably wearing a leather cowboy hat. I think I may know Tom also but no photos yet on NYPA site as of yet.

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Yes 16ft just measured mine yesterday.
Mitch lead and register has nothing to do with tongue height. The optimum height of the end of the tongue which I believe the McD manual has at 31 inches was said to keep the oil level in the gear box level for optimum lubrication of all parts. If it has severely low I guess you may have trouble with your guards being tipped down. An 87 yr old friend clips pastures with a #9 and 14h Haflingers with no trouble though. The 31 inches was the optimum guidline but some variation is acceptable. Severely tall horses may not let much oil to the pitman bearing but would have to be very tall I think.

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I think my friend Jeff was at Altamount with a pair of grey mares probably with spotted colts at their side. We have a young gelding out of Dora the heavier mare that is going to be heavy like her just like they should be!

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Corn binders have adjustment to raise and lower the cutting height with a lever. The angle is not as critical as with a mower and the tongue height on a mower is for lubrication purposes. There is probably more variables between 14 h Haflingers and 18.2 Belgians or Percherons than adding a foot of length on your tongue on a mower. I’ll try and run a tape down the tongue tomorrow if my day isn’t too crazy.

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I’ll have to measure mine to be sure. It would depend on the size of your horses and their stride also. Standard from the tip is 9’6″ from neck yoke stop to evener pin which is roughly 10ft leaving you 5ft from evener pin to frame socket. My evener pin hole falls between the two horizontal bolts from the frame brace but mine is set up for 3 so the evener gives me a few more inches to get them away from the gathering points. We just restored ours a couple yrs ago and everything is fairly fresh except the tongue overall length.I do remember our Amish equipment repair/parts dealer has them sawed out special for corn binders because they can stand to be a little longer than on a reaper/binder. I’ll throw a tape on it in the next couple days and see what Stanley says for sure!

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Three stub guards then rock guards the rest of the way. Any farm equipment dealer should have them. If there is a New Holland dealer near you try them. They may look at you funny when you tell them what it’s for. They may also have them at Tractor Supply if there is one near you.

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No. Our oldest teamster in our group cut corn for us for 12 years with his halflingers with a nice McCormick binder and now his nephew is doing it with his supervision. I guess at 86 sitting on an iron seat alll day is pretty difficult.

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Keeping the bull to use on heifers on problem breeding cows

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Sorry Jason we have some good pictures of you and Rudy from our visit in 06. They are on a disc so it may take me a while but I will email them to you at some point. Great horse! I sent you an email last night hope you got it. Again Sorry , Rudy was one of the great one’s. Dennis

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Hitching too many horses abreast causes side draft on the horses when plowing. The hitch point and the center of draft are too far off on a two bottom to track right. Even 4 abreast is pushing it even with an equalizer evener. Tandem hitches are the way to go. Myself i prefer even numbers as it eliminates alot of leverage concerns that you may have in an odd numbered hitch. I just got finished plowing with six on a two bottom for two days with a straight on rope and pulley hitch. Simple direct and efficient! THe only reason to use seven is if you wanted to use 8 and one came up lame.

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Looking good. Once you get the hang of it a good walking plow is alot of fun! I’ve got a sweet team of mares that do great on it and almost don’t need top drive them. I’ve got asthma to some degree and several years ago Maggie went through a spell where she was short of wind. We were plowing old never plowed sod and it required alot of work on the handles. My Dad was plowing with three on the Pioneer on the longer part and said it was funny to see Maggie and I get winded and stop at the same time all day while Maude waited patiently for us to catch our breath and go on.

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When Merck Forest had her listed on drafts for sale she was 15.1 so must be she grew a bunch for the last owner too. I was almost interested but thought she was too small. I like them around 16 hands. Boy was I wrong. As a rule horses will fill more out by the time they are 6 or 7 but usually done height wise by 3 or 4. I know Suffolks are said to be slow maturing but wow thats gonna be a big mare.

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I thought when she was for sale a couple years back she was small like 15.1. Must be a late bloomer if she’s pushing 18 hands. I didn’t know Suffolks came in that size!!??

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