made a new yoke

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    allison
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    I have a jersey team and they are 15 monthes old weighing around 900lbs. I made an eight inch yoke that is really nice. turned out great. made of white oak. My only concern is it is very heavy about 60 some lbs. I know 60 isn’t a lot. But I was wondering if there is certain weights for certain size yokes? For example, a 5″ should weigh this much, an 8″ should weigh this. Any thoughts? Also I did try the yoke on them yesterday and we walked around. They didn’t seem to mind. chewing their cud and all but I haven’t hooked them to anything yet.

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    Tim Harrigan
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    If the yoke and bows fit correctly the weight will not be a problem. There is no weight/yoke size rule-of-thumb that I am aware of.

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