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ParticipantYou’ve got an excellent way w/ words, Donn! This will help me! Thank you.
ParticipantI know of at least one vet that would give a syringe or some pills to take home for the time; also, many people have phenobarbital in their medicine chest…research the proper dosage and put in it’s ‘last meal’. Not strictly “by the rules”, I suppose, but then, I AM a bit of a pirate…
ParticipantHow has this worked out for you?
ParticipantHere’s today’s email from Pioneer…
Hello Robert…
Thanks for working with us….I appreciate your efforts to help us move forward…
I also wanted you to know that we are now taking advance orders…we will be producing on demand until we get a handle on the number of orders…we will begin shipping in order received on or about February 1st….this item is our largest initial demand item we have had…
Have a Happy New Year…
Blessings to All,
David
ParticipantKevin – Perhaps they could be convinced to send some to the SFJ auction in April in Oregon, to showcase and sell…would save on shipping, methinks. Isn’t there a big equipment showcase (along the lines of the Horse Progress Days in the Midwest) each year somewhere in Callie? Perhaps Pioneer would consider that, too.
I’m looking forward to hearing from them about fitting it to me donks.ParticipantGood to see another drafter in the NorthWest! This keeps up, we’ll hafta consider another try at the playday, folks.
ParticipantGot an email from Pioneer, saying they are now releasing the new toolbar setup – with a price list. It follows:
Hello Robert….
I wanted you to know we have updated the website regarding the horse measurement I mentioned…. I am doing further checking on whether we can fit a tongue to accomodate your donkeys….I forgot that our original design is set up for draft….
Also I wanted to let you in on the prices….just have them as of today and I thought I would send them to you immediately…
Thanks for your interest and patience…I wanted to get these prices to you immediately since they are going to be released.
These are the introductory prices for factory direct….
The Homesteader comes with seat, tongue, singletrees, eyebolt neckyoke …Not equipped for single….
Introductory Price $1395
Attachments are separate:
10” Plow – $508
Cultivator – $330
Harrow- $304
Disc – $550
Hiller $155
Potato Plow – $110We are closed until Monday….
Email us with any questions…we will get back with you as soon as we can…
Be Blessed for this Holiday Season….
ParticipantI’m looking for small singletrees ( maybe 24″ or so) and an evener for a donkey team…maybe just the hardware could be adapted, if none are small enough. Any harness parts that size would be nice, too.
Participant@dylan 31110 wrote:
Hi there good companion, I did a three day course on the Kassine in Devon, England earlier this year. I found it to be an amazing tool and has led me to sell my tractor! The people who organised the course did translate a small booklet of the basics so with their permission I could possibly publish that here if it’s of use to anyone? I will be moving with my wife to Massachusetts this time next year and hope to continue working with horses. The kassine seems like the ideal tool for small scale cultivation and I would hope to use some variant of it over there.
Thanks for your work in translating the textDoes the booklet have schematics or measurements, or just descriptions of the unit? I’d really love to get the design details so I could have my local fabricating wizard do me up one.
ParticipantSweet gift!
ParticipantGeoff: Yeah, that’s the idea. Photos download easier for slower systems, and also allow someone to study details (for instance, I don’t even know if you can ‘freeze-frame’ a youtube video).
Carl: I apologize for not being clearer…I never thought to lay it on the shoulders of the volunteers that already do so much; I meant it as open for all. A step-by-step “how-to” guide on whatever someone feels qualified to share, with the input of others as you said. Basically taking the things already done, only a bit more organized, with the photos added in, and put as a sticky at the top of the list of postings for that appropriate heading {sustainable farming, equipment, etc.}. It would make it easier for people new to the site to find instruction on a particular topic, as opposed to the delightful “fireside discussions”, which are really great in themselves.
A random example of possible topics:
*Braiding hay twine into rope
*Building a proper compost pile
*How to harness & ‘hitch to’ a single (or team) horse
*Adjusting the D-ring (or western, etc.) harness to the horse
*How to adjust and use such-and-such piece of equipment
*Proper cuts to make to safely drop a tree
*Hooking to a log
*Using the Barden (or whatever model) cart
*Field repair of a broken…If its a sticky, then it’s readily available as a reference, and of course, with others’ input and comments, it’s “peer-reviewed” for accuracy. I thought of this, from two fronts: 1) There’s not a mentor handy for all of us – and those new and inexperienced really need a reliable source of answers to “how do I…?” and 2) As Carl and others have mentioned some of THEIR mentors passing on, it led me to realize that many of us have (what we might think of as) small skills, that others just don’t have…and need – which should be preserved.
ParticipantThis, and other comments here are what I’m referring to in my post in “suggestions” for tutorials…a few pictures demonstrating various techniques (even a short video, although on dial-up, that’s not usable) to go along with a word description would sure help a visually-oriented person such as myself. I think I’m getting a basic idea, but not sure.
ParticipantSorry for your loss, Carl. In my spiritual beliefs, we have what is known as the Rainbow Bridge, where all good companion animals cross over to await us when we cross on to the next life.
Kind of a pagan version of a ‘doggy heaven’.Anyways, hopefully it won’t be too long before the next dog finds you…I’ve noticed that most of the good ones I’ve had seemed more to find me, than I to find them.
ParticipantBetter a flat tire than a stabbed hoof, methinks…so, from that perspective, you got lucky, really…
ParticipantBrad – Would changing out to larger tires help the ground clearance?
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