Hi From southwestern Wisconsin

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  • April 9, 2009 at 12:37 pm #40438
    Rod44
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    Hi – I am retired and live with my wife on a 120 farm near Viroqua, Wisconsin. We have a team of Haflinger mares and do a little light farm work for myself and some Amish friends. Mainly they just get driven on the road. I enjoy anything on using horses for driving or work. I will try out adding pictures.

    April 9, 2009 at 3:58 pm #51590
    jen judkins
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    Welcome, Rod. Nice pair of halflingers. I rarely see them so fit;)

    Cute mower…how does it work?

    April 9, 2009 at 5:43 pm #51595
    Rod44
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    It belongs to one of my Amish friends. It is a mower off of a gang of mowers from a golf course. They build a seat on them and a set of shafts. Ground driven and pulls harder than you would think. Puts a good sweat on them.

    How do you like this for a log carrier. Takes them from the staging area to the sawmill or where ever.

    PS they are not that fit anymore.

    April 9, 2009 at 7:53 pm #51591
    jen judkins
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    Well, I can see HOW they get fit….that sure is quite a load, amazing.

    April 9, 2009 at 8:41 pm #51593
    OldKat
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    @Rod44 7852 wrote:

    It belongs to one of my Amish friends. It is a mower off of a gang of mowers from a golf course. They build a seat on them and a set of shafts. Ground driven and pulls harder than you would think. Puts a good sweat on them.

    How do you like this for a log carrier. Takes them from the staging area to the sawmill or where ever.

    PS they are not that fit anymore.

    :confused: How do they load those logs into that carrier?

    April 9, 2009 at 10:23 pm #51594
    littlebow
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    nice pics:):):):)

    April 9, 2009 at 11:12 pm #51596
    Rod44
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    You back the carrier over the log. There is a ice tong at each end on a cable. You winch the log up with a hand crank boat winch. When it is up, you run chains under it and chain it up. Then back over another one and lift it and another if there is still room. Works real slick. It is a big heavy homemade thing. I didn’t think the horses could pull it empty let alone with that load on it. Haflingers are tougher than many think.

    April 13, 2009 at 10:49 pm #51592
    gunslinger598
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    Howdy Rod, good to see ya found this place.

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