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I have a set of those, I’ve attached pictures. Haven’t had a chance to clean them up yet, though. They’re about 14″ wide x 47″ long, but they have some taper/curve to them. The new ones I’ve seen look squared off to me. If you like the look of these, I could make you a tracing of the upper and lower parts and mail it to you, or if you’re more tech savvy, I could generate a scaleable vector image and email it to you.

– Sean

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Marshall,

I hear you loud and clear on your initial post. I work an office job 36 hours a week an hour away. Getting up in the morning to do chores, driving an hour to work and back, then doing evening chores doesn’t leave you with much free time. Saturdays and Sundays are always packed with what I can get done but if there’s something else going on like a wedding or party or whatever, I feel like I should’ve stayed home and gotten more done. I’ve got two two year old horses that I need to spend more time training, but there never seems to be enough time! Someday it’ll get better, I hope, for both of us!

– Sean

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Here’s a pic of the stud in Michigan I found online. He’s 100% Brabant and registered.
PM me if you want more info.

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Hey Brian,

I’ve got two 50/50 Brabant/American Belgian crosses, and I love them. I’ll check this year’s ABA stallion parade issue when I get home and see if anyone in the ABA is near you, though I can’t think of anyone offhand that’s very close. You may have to go the AI route. If you did, I believe that the owners of the sire of mine are still doing AI, and pretty reasonably priced for the rarity. Again, I’ll post a picture of him when I’m home. If I can remember!

– Sean

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I’m trying to get the planning going so that I can attend this year!

I was wondering if anyone would be interested in possibly getting together to rent a passenger van to drive out.
I live in the Albany, NY area… anyone interested?

I also saw that there’s a park with tent camping in the closest town that can be reserved for large parties. Would anyone be interested in getting together to commit to that?

– Sean

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@Jean 32645 wrote:

Bill, when you make your beer from sap do you substitute all the water with sap? Hoping to make a batch this year, but I am new to beer making.

Jean,

I’ve been homebrewing for about four years now and it’s been extremely rewarding and an incredible amount of fun! If you have any questions or anything, PM me! Though I haven’t made an ale with maple sap, sounds interesting. I have tried adding maple syrup, but it’s very difficult to get a maple flavor as most of it seems to evaporate during the boil.

– Sean

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Sorry to hear about that, Jon.

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He’s certainly got an unusual coloring, but he was fully registered with the BDHCA. I think his coloring was what made me want to get him in the first place.

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My mother came across an old photo of me and Artaq when we’d just gotten him as a weanling colt.
Just thought I’d share that and a more recent picture of him.

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OldKat,

That’s a sad story, there’s no way to see that kind of thing coming. When I was in high school, one of our Belgian mares was struck and killed by lightning. Luckily, we’ve got a neighbor just down the road with a backhoe who was willing to come out any time.

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@Plowboy 31372 wrote:

Sean 518 easy with the Percheron cracks. We’ve got 6 farm type that we’re pretty proud of. May run into you guys sometime. We deal regularly with Jake and Rudy J at the equipment shop. They are both first class guys. Both were good farmers and horsemen before they retired to their respective trades only.

Sorry Plowboy, I was just ribbing my neighbor, no offense meant.
I honestly think Percherons are very elegant and beautiful horses, and I really appreciate anyone trying to keep the farm type build going.
Are you a member of the Eastern Regional Draft Horse Club?

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Yeay, finally convinced Sean to sign up (after convincing him to get rid of those leggy Percherons and get some real work horses!)

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Just saw my Amish neighbor using one of these yesterday to harvest his potatoes.
I’ll ask around next time I’m over to see where they get theirs and if there’s a make/model number. I suspect they show up once in a while at farm equipment/antique auctions. Here’s one in Canada:

http://owensound.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-heavy-equipment-farming-equipment-horse-drawn-potatoe-garlic-digger-W0QQAdIdZ302179589

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Okay, thanks for the confirmation and the vaccine info!

This morning when I went out she was splayed out on the ground and scared the crap out of me. But she was just sunning herself, it’s been a while since they’ve been able to do that.

And, of course, the beat goes on. One of my mother’s minis that we board got a 1″ long splinter (looked like a piece of a sumac wood) stuck all the way down vertically, just above his hoof. Splinter might not be the right word, it was pretty thick. How do they do these things??

– Sean

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@Donn Hewes 27061 wrote:

Sean, That is a motorized baler in the video (or cart). Don’t pay attention to the title. Pulling that rig with two horses is just over loading. I have made my hay with four on the motorized forecart and it works well. Two would not pull it for very long or fill many wagons. This year I might experiment with five as the baler will move a little faster and I will fill the wagons a little fuller.

I also have seen the ground drive baler at Horse Progress Days. I liked them, but not enough to put my bales on the ground and go back and pick them up later. I will go to loose hay before I do that. Eight horses to pull the baler and the wagon.

I wondered if it was actually motorized, but I didn’t have the sound on, so I couldn’t tell. I’ve certainly got the space in the mow to put loose hay in, but then getting it outside to the sheep and goats seems like a hassle. And I doubt I could get my wife to sign off on another six horses. Donn, do you pull a motorized forecart, baler, and wagon with four?

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