[Ronnie Tucker]

how steep of slope you work is limited even going downhill with the timber.i know that if you have to hold to bushes to pull yourself up that is to steep for safe logging.my experience is with short steep slopes not true mountains. ronnie

[Ronnie Tucker]

you all are way out in left field.keep it as simple as possible.the more high teck the more expense you have to start with and will have all along.if power is the problem use two teams.i have worked with a man who had a majaco loader wagon it worked pretty good.but it was a while getting it payed for.my notion is the outfit that payuer in canada sells appears to be mighty handy.if i was going to buy one that would be my pick.but i want only true horsepower.well i mean mule power.everyone to their on notion ronnie tucker

[Ronnie Tucker]

if you use the feed in a timely manner you will have no problem.i did lose some seed corn in a barrel once.the mice did not bother it but mold did. ronnie tucker

[Ronnie Tucker]

you would have to bring the baled hay to the barn or build a stack of bales there were you baled it then protect it from the weather. ronnie tucker

[Ronnie Tucker]

no. if you built big stacks in the field and baled out of the stack maybe.the baler in the field would be best. ronnie tucker

[Ronnie Tucker]

that is a hillside plow .the latch is gone that holds it in place.it appears to have had a wood beam in it once upon a time.has somebody put pipe in it for handles. could it be a vulcan plow. ronnie tucker

[Ronnie Tucker]

ifailed to answer you yes it all levels out as to the line of draft. ronnie

[Ronnie Tucker]

i use tongue chains there is no neckyoke.the pull is on the tongue there is no extra weight on the tongue when the leadteam is pulling. ronnie tucker

[Ronnie Tucker]

in tn almost all tongues have chains. makes it lower than with a breastyoke with a ring on the tongue you hook your stretchers to it .th ring is not on the end of the tongue. it is located 100 inches from where the double is for the wheel team.it does not affect the wheel team neck.you will not pull a tongue into. ronnie tucker tn logger

[Ronnie Tucker]

those double guards that are being used what is the number for the best one to use to overhaul a bar on a nine. there is a210 a 215 a 218 all look like they would be ok.which one works best . ronnie tucker

[Ronnie Tucker]

that is very southern harness you are using.that is my favorite type.you dont see that style much but in middle tn.it is getting hard to find people who make it anymore.four inch flat breeching is very strong and durable.this style is how the wheel harness was made for the jerkline teams that the army used and the conestoga wagon teams. ronnie tucker tn logger

[Ronnie Tucker]

i use only as much skids as needed.if they aretoo longthe log has is likely to come off from gaining on the big end.if you have a helper it would not be as great a problem to keep it on the skids.i also move the wagon alot.if the skid poles are so long it is mighty unhandy to load them.tie logs can be loaded without skids it is called hubbing them up.i dont do this much.most of the time you reposition the wagon some for each load. if the terrain premits i stop the wagon next to wthere the tree fell and roll the first one right on to the chain for loading.less is sometimes more.when you dont have all of that extra machine power you have to manage to do things smarter. ronnie

[Ronnie Tucker]

i might take you up on that offer .someone who knows logging whould know more what to do .i live west of nashville 55 miles. ronnie tucker

[Ronnie Tucker]

amen to what carl says. most people have to little faith in themselves and their stock.if you fasten your chains in the center they will always go on the bolster.some day i want to make a viedo of logging on a wagon.ronnie tucker

[Ronnie Tucker]

in some pre ww2 farm books there are plans for a wagon frame like the one pictured above. ronnie tucker

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