Looking for a disk in NY state

[Gabe Ayers]

I have a friend that is headed toward NY state and is looking for a
usable team sized disk harrow. Maybe 6-7 disk per side or so.
Anyone with one to sell let me know I will pass the information
on to Chad Vogel. If it needed a seat or maybe even new bearings
he could work with that.

Or if anyone has something they could contact Chad themselves at:
540-270-7610

Thanks DAP.

[Donn Hewes]

Hi Jason, Where in New York is Chad headed? Just curious. I moved to NY IN 1999 and think it is great. A lot of the old timers moan about the weather and the taxes, but they don’t realize these things exist every where. Rain for farming is good and land is still affordable. Tell him I said welcome and am located near Cortland, if I can ever be of help just let me know. Unfortunately no disk here unless he moves really close by! Donn

PS. Is he bringing a good Suffolk stud with him by any chance?

[Gabe Ayers]

Don,
Chad is headed to Canandaygua misspelled I’m sure, but that is the name of his home town. He is checking out some place that he could relocate to and do his work of restorative forestry and maybe a little farming. I will give him your contact info and welcoming words. Thanks man.

He is actually going over the border to check out a stallion for me that is in Ontario. I hope that he will be of acceptable size and disposition to come south and improve our out crossing on our mares that are kin to our current sire Rudy. Of course hopefully we can afford him too.

The horses name he will be looking at is Cygnus of Bathhurst. He looks really good in photos.

It becomes necessary to bring in some new blood after having a stallion stand for a dozen years or so in a particular area. Having bred these horses since 78, leads to a few hundred horses in the area and some attention to the breeding of unrelated horses to keep size and diversity in the herd. Rudy, our current sire, is about the fourth stud horse we have kept for a while. His photo is in the archives here working in the garden last spring. He also won the state fair of Va. pulling contest with his partner Wedge in 05. I have a photo of that effort I should post also.

We have many successful and highly productive cross bred Suffolk horses in our group of Biological Woodsmen. Some day I would like to write stories about all these animals and their contribution to this work. It is quite often the choice of many practitioners to not have registered animals for the obvious reason of lower start up cost. The hybrids can be super animals and prove themselves to the tasks of the heavy work as well as longevity in service.

[Plowboy]

I’ll keep my eyes and ears open and will be in contact with the Gang more as spring gets closer. If I can be of any assistance to him let me know. If I here of any long term opportunities I will let you know. There is some foundation land near here with good timber but may be a hard nut to crack. Getting his foot in may be difficult. With log prices so low many landowners around here are holding tight unless they are broke and need some cash. Alot of conventional mechanized outfits are out of work right now and the local mills are working 3 day weeks. It’s a sad state of affairs we’re in right now. I wish him the best and if I can find him some work or a disc I’ll let you know.

[Gabe Ayers]

I don’t know, give him a call at that number on the previous post and ask him if he did. He is in NY State now and could probably connect up with anyone up there.

Thanks for networking.

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