Odd Jobs

[near horse]

As evidenced by the website title – this is an old school vintage project 🙁 but interesting idea to help alleviate the packing/bridging problem. Might be able to adapt to HD?

http://www.vintageprojects.com/farm-construction/lime-spreader.html

[Robert MoonShadow]

Carl – I was just watching the vid (again!) and noticed that the britchen straps on your horses cross; I’ve never seen that before – is that a common thing w/ d-ring harness? Are they sewn together where they cross or what holds them from slipping backwards? Maybe I’m not seeing enough to be able to figure it out..

[Carl Russell]

@Robert MoonShadow 27757 wrote:

Carl – I was just watching the vid (again!) and noticed that the britchen straps on your horses cross; I’ve never seen that before – is that a common thing w/ d-ring harness? Are they sewn together where they cross or what holds them from slipping backwards? Maybe I’m not seeing enough to be able to figure it out..

It is called a “Basket Bitchen”. The cross straps are continuous from hip ring to hip ring. The drop straps have slots stitched into them for the cross straps to slide back and forth through… for adjustment. Fairly common. I like that style. I’m not sure that it has to be used with d-ring exclusively. Some people prefer a “Hip Drop” style, which may be more common.

Carl

[LStone]

Speaking of odd jobs I figure this will cover two subjects. This is the first full load on my coming 4yo gelding. We did a hay run the other day. One hundred bales. He did well, just needs to gain about 500 lbs to help with the brakes on the down hill. Up hill no problems.

[Robert MoonShadow]

LStone; He looks marvelous!

[LStone]

Thanks Robert. He has come a long way from a rack of bones as a weanling. Gaining on his older friend in both size and attitude. I think they are a better team together than the big gelding and my filly. I am proud of him.

[Carl Russell]

Here is another odd job I like to use my single horse Ted for. Cultivating potatoes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHO-PR2zf0M

Carl

[Robert MoonShadow]

What’d you do? Have a mini-cameraman riding on the crossbar? I thought at first you might have it strapped to yer noggin.

[Carl Russell]

@Robert MoonShadow 27894 wrote:

What’d you do? Have a mini-cameraman riding on the crossbar? I thought at first you might have it strapped to yer noggin.

Nope, steady horse, and hand-held video.:D

Carl

[Robert MoonShadow]

@Carl Russell 27901 wrote:

Nope, steady horse, and hand-held video.:D

Carl

Speaks volumes of the man that owns that horse, methinks.

[mitchmaine]

carl, i really like your videos alot. i like the others as well, all the you-tube plowing and logging clips. very interesting watching the horses work. but yours have a teamster-eye view thats pretty neat. you can hear the trace bchains rattle and the creak of the harness, and almost smell the horse. i think i got leaning one way or the other trying to steer your cultivator while i was watching. great job, and thanks.

mitch

[Carl Russell]

@mitchmaine 27908 wrote:

….. yours have a teamster-eye view thats pretty neat. you can hear the trace bchains rattle and the creak of the harness, and almost smell the horse. i think i got leaning one way or the other trying to steer your cultivator while i was watching. great job, and thanks.
mitch

Mitch I was doing the same thing, leaning and trying to steer. Being on the inside of working with animals, I always wish there was a little more from our perspective. I agree some folks with cameras do a great job, but they are typically photographers and not teamsters. I am just getting started, but I think that with this little camera, in the right settings, I can capture some important details about the work we are doing, or are trying to do, with our animals. Oh yeah, and the sense that you are actually driving is pretty cool too.

Carl

[Rod44]

Nice video, Carl!

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