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  • January 29, 2011 at 2:27 pm #42385
    Oxbow Farm
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    Made a new yoke for Daisy. Am somewhat concerned that I dropped the hitch point too far as she is dropping her head fairly low when under a load. Sorry that I don’t have any pics of her pulling, haven’t had anyone to take a picture when I’ve been working her yet.

    January 29, 2011 at 7:15 pm #65311
    efdgoon
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    I was just looking at a few Videos that I think were from france. They had the yoke lashed right to the back of the horns. it seemed to keep the load inline with the entire spine. Made for some interesting looking yokes. I’m not savy enough to post the links. but I’ll try.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ar-PG6_SOs&NR=1&feature=fvwp
    Has anyone used this type here in the states?

    January 29, 2011 at 7:17 pm #65312
    efdgoon
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    Here is another link:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi4RFWSjxF8&NR=1&feature=fvwp
    Enjoy:)

    January 29, 2011 at 9:41 pm #65304
    Tim Harrigan
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    It does not look like the hitch point is too low to me. If anything, the bow looks like it could be a little too low. What size bow is that?

    January 30, 2011 at 2:14 am #65308
    Oxbow Farm
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    It’s a seven inch.

    January 30, 2011 at 4:47 pm #65302
    Howie
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    Do you have the back side of the neck seat round enough and out around the bow holes? Your side straps may be to tight.:)

    January 30, 2011 at 9:46 pm #65303
    fabian
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    @Howie 24314 wrote:

    Your side straps may be to tight.:)

    That was my first thought.

    January 31, 2011 at 1:35 am #65305
    Tim Harrigan
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    It would help if we could see pictures of her pulling a load.

    February 4, 2011 at 6:56 pm #65309
    Oxbow Farm
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    From today

    February 5, 2011 at 1:42 am #65306
    Tim Harrigan
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    Can you include a few pictures of the yoke when it is not on?

    February 5, 2011 at 2:12 am #65310
    Oxbow Farm
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    Here are a couple of the side I’ve been using towards the rear.

    February 6, 2011 at 12:50 am #65307
    Tim Harrigan
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    There is nothing obvious that I can see with the yoke that would cause her to carry her head low. Sometimes these tendencies are presented as a cause-and-effect relationship, bow is too high or too low, etc and the ox will respond with head up or down. But it is not always that simple. Some animals just seem to prefer to pull that way. One of my steers likes to carry his head low and he does it in a single or double yoke. I have made all kinds of adjustments over the years to see if poor yoke fit was causing a problem but nothing changed his habit. He pulls nice and is a good partner for his team mate so I just quit worrying about it. You can keep experimenting but I don’t think it necessarily indicates a problem, rather a preference.

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