bows made a different way

[sanhestar]

Hello everybody,

found this on ebay, Germany. Interesting way of making bows:

[IMG]http://i17.ebayimg.com/04/i/001/35/b8/7468_1.JPG[/IMG]

and from the back:

[IMG]http://i23.ebayimg.com/07/i/001/35/b8/7590_1.JPG[/IMG]

[Vicki]

Ox hames? Used with padding?

[Rod]

This has design possibilities for an adjustable yoke. With a modification to the upper width of the bow part, a series of holes for width adjustment, would alllow the yoke to be adjusted as the steer grew. The same design should be adaptable to a double yoke.

[sanhestar]

@Rod 6623 wrote:

The same design should be adaptable to a double yoke.

I thought that, too.

Vicky: a hame would look differently

[IMG]http://i18.ebayimg.com/02/i/001/21/e1/f13d_1.JPG[/IMG]

if that’s what you mean with a hamen (I know it as oxen collar)…

But maybe padding would be necessary. Someone from the german draft forum already pointed out that the flat bows could cause sores

[fabian]

it’s a single “wither’s yoke” often used in Austria (f.e.) less common in Germany

The difference to the bow yoke is that the hames do not push into the shoulders but stand away from them.
It is complete like it is in the photo. no padding.

Wolfgang

[bivol]

hi everyone!

concerning the first yoke, i think it has a few disadvantages:
1. the bows have a mechanism in the middle, and it could pinch the animal’s dewlap.
2. the hitch point it too high, causing the yoke to likely go up the neck and choke. even if you use the hooks on the bows to lower it, chains would still rub against the animal’s shoulders.
3. it has 3 peaces, and is as complicated to construct as the 3-pad collar, but not nearly as effective.

[Vicki]

Thank you for the info, Sanhester and Fabian. I’ve seen each of these before in pictures and articles, but never in action. Where on the Austrian yoke does one hitch?

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