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ParticipantI think I have a friend that has that same plow converted with a pole and she uses it with her Haflingers. It was converted to a riding plow but I think you could just as easy do the same thing to the hitch and use it while working your oxen. If you don’t use a pole with it and you have any type if hills, you would need to have a way to hole it back so it doesn’t come up on them. I have an Oliver #11 riding plow that I use with out a pole but I can pin the rear furrow wheel to keep it from rolling up on them.
Could you use a steel pipe with chain hooked on each end to fasten to the plow and to the yoke? That way it would flex as well as give you some adjustment to length and if done right it would keep the plow from hitting them in the behind. If you would like to see some close up pictures of the way they did the hitch conversion I am sure I could come up with some. She only lives about 10 miles from me and I know she wouldn’t mind a visit from me with my camera. I am going to try to link a page with the best photo of it I found online just for referance. It would be the last picture on the page if this works. 🙂 http://www.drafthorsevillage.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5312Gordon
ParticipantAs I am sitting here this morning getting ready to head to Shipshewanna, Indiana,(annual black friday horse sale) I got to wondering if it would be prudent to also put a pinpoint on the map for other locations. Locations such as Harness makers, large equipment sales, manufacturers, and other things we talk about here on DAP. Just a thought. It sure is nice to have a visual idea of where people are from.
Gordon
ParticipantI think too many people are thinking this will be the “answer” to the horse market/unwanted/neglected horses. It could help. If you think about tome of the drugs that get pumped into horses, do you really want to eat them? I don’t believe that is what this is all about. Even though the opposition is using that as one of thier sticking points. As the article says, we don’t eat horse meat here in the states, (as far as we know anyway). Will this bring the horse market prices back? No. The economy has taken all the free horse/play money out of recreational horse owners pockets. High end breeders still get good (maybe not great) money for good horses. Well broke teams still command a good price as well. And people who use their horses make sure they take good care of them because they are a tool to their business.
What I do think this will help with is horses that have gone past their prime. Ones that are no longer viable. Is this a great way to treat our equines? Not really. Is this the way that most heartless people will go? Yes. Most will not take the time or spend the money to put a horse down proper. They will send it down the road and make it someone elses problem. Around this area all we see are signs and ads for “equine rescue” wanting money from people who don’t have it. They play on good peoples hearts and feelings. Problem is, are they going to take care of these horses till they pass on their own? All the while spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on horses that will do nothing but suck money?
I am not opposed to horse slaughter. I don’t think so. I am sure a couple I had ended up going that way after I had sold them. Out of my hands. Would I rather see a horse put down this way than starve or be abused. Hell yes.
Just some of my rambling thoughts on the subject. Hope to hear from others.
Gordon
ParticipantI have a nylon halter bridle combo the kids use alot when they are riding the Haflingers. It is an open faced with a brow band. It works well because I don’t have to worry about them losing the horse when switching from bridle to halter. I just found this one doing an online search. http://greenrivertack.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=24_57&products_id=229&osCsid=7240576da00bb8851b6b033a86f23933 It is leather and comes in Draft size as well. And the price doesn’t seem to be that bad as well. BUT then again we all know that most times you get what you pay for.
Gordon
ParticipantGot mine to work and post. I also wanted to say that we are just about 2 miles from exit 39 on 80-90 / Ohio Turnpike. If anyone is traveling east/west and needs a place to stop just let us know. I dont have any extra rooms but we do have a camper and we could figure out animal housing as well. I think this is a great tool as I am a visual person and seeing on a map where people are helps put things in perspective.
Gordon
ParticipantI pulled apart the eyebolt that holds the coulter in place and took some measurements for you. It sure looks like a forged piece to me. I would think you may be able to come up with something to use. Got a handy blacksmith in your area? Maybe find a forged eyebolt at the local hardware or TSC? The shaft that holds the coulter here is 1.250″dia. Here is a picture with the measurements on the pic. Let me know how it works out for you!
Gordon
ParticipantMarshall,
After the rain and wind this afternoon I went out and took a couple of pics of the eyebolt and mounting area for the coulter. If you would like more details let me know and I will pull it apart and take some measurments with the digatal calipers to help you come up with one. Happy viewing!!Gordon
ParticipantMarshall, is your plow a 16″ as well? My two haflingers would not want any more to pull with just the two of them. It works better with three of them. I will ask around as I know where there are a couple more of these around. I think you can put the coulter off of one of the 2 bottom tracter plows as well.
Gordon
ParticipantWell it looks like that was a failed attemt! I will try a couple of still shots, maybe I’ll have better luck!
ParticipantUsing Windows 7 Pro. and I have not had any issues. Hmmmm.
Gordon
ParticipantDon’t feel bad John. I live about 20miles south of Adrian, Mi. and we had our share of rain too. It got so bad with work and rain that I gave up and hooked my Oliver #11 sulky plow to the back of my Simplicity garden tractor and plowed the garden just to get ‘r’ done. I guess thats what you call a mixed power operation. Or maybe just a mixed up one. I have 2 garden plots not 100yards apart. One had standing water in it and the other I had to water less than 3 days later because it was so dry. Go figure. Hope we can salvage what growing season we have left!! Take care.
Gordon
ParticipantYes, They have a huge selection of tires. AND, they are very proud of them :eek:. They know there is a limited supply out there and seem to use that to their advantage. No ideas for motorcycle tires or tubes, sorry.
Gordon
ParticipantAs John said M.E.Miller Tire in Wauseon, Oh. may be able to help. They are only about 10 miles from my house and are very much still in business. They do have a website http://www.millertire.com/ . I didn’t see that size right off so I would give them a call. Great people to work with, nothing but good things to say about them.
Gordon
ParticipantI got a sales catalog from Agri-supply a while back and saw a lot of Disc Harrow parts in there. They listed Bushings, spools, hubs, axles, discs, just about anything you could need in many different sizes. I have never ordered anything from them and most of the disks are imports, but the spools and bushings might be just what you need. Here is a link to some of the spools and such. They also sell new disc hillers, cultivator sweeps and things like that. Again, I have NO idea how they are to work with, just happened to see some things that might be useful.
Gordon
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There are five pages of spools and bushings.Participant@Tim Harrigan 26449 wrote:
no benefit at all that I recall.
There does seem to be one benefit, unfotunatly it is in the deep pockets of Monstersanto and others just like them, not the farmer.
Gordon
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