Picking up Trash with Horses

[Ed Thayer]

Cool Video of Pat Palmer doing the weekly trash pick up with his team in Bristol, VT.

http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/video_library/video.html?id=1322491146

Read about it here : http://www.wasterecyclingnews.com/headlines2.html?cat=1&id=1322579103

[Michael Colby]

Pat Palmer is a good man. And a great horseman. Thanks for posting this.

[jen judkins]

@Michael Colby 30817 wrote:

Pat Palmer is a good man. And a great horseman.

Agreed. I’ve learned a lot from that man. Done the trash route with him too….it IS a blast!

[Kevin Cunningham]

That is great to see, It gives me hope for the future. Does anybody know if that wagon of his has a dump bed or is it a manual unload at the end of the route?

[ShireLover]

That story was really interesting. I wish more small communities would start using horse power for things like trash collection.

[gwpoky]

That is awesome. I think more communities should look into that, I wonder about the economics of the system? I would have to think with the money saved more people could be hire hence more jobs for people rather that machines.
I have to agree with him, I would do it if I could use my horses. Thanks for sharing

[jen judkins]

@Kevin Cunningham 30836 wrote:

Does anybody know if that wagon of his has a dump bed or is it a manual unload at the end of the route?

Its a manual un-load deal. I’m pretty sure he built it himself.

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