vid of horses packing wood out of forest in balkanian mountain

[bivol]

hi!

i found this vid while searching for horse logging on my native language.

it is a video portraying a day with a family of loggers who use horses to log and carry wood out of the forest in a mountainous area in balkan, ex-yu.

i don’t know what breed are the white draft horses, but packing horses are probably bosnian mountain horses.

anyway, here’s the video

enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVfo3X4gTuQ&feature=related

[HeeHawHaven]

WoW! They’re working hard!

I’m impressed by the character of these horses – very willing workers! They also stand very still and are undisturbed by the unloading of the logs. The white team are impressive as well – that tree was big!

It’s cool to see also that they will drop the reins and let them find their way back to the tractor…..

Cool video!

Dave

[Rod]

Very good video. What was the man with the hammer nailing into the cord wood ends? Amazingly well trained horses, driving like oxen without reins, dragging load to the landing by themselves, standing still while that load was being put on and then dumped. Thanks for sharing it.

[jen judkins]

WOW…that was incredible, Bivol!! Did they really use those two horses to jump start the tractor?! with a full load?! Unbelieveable!

Carl, you gotta go into town to see this one..its worth the trip!

[sanhestar]

@Rod 4699 wrote:

Very good video. What was the man with the hammer nailing into the cord wood ends?

An owners/byuers mark, I suppose. If my assumption is correct, there is a kind of stamp on the business end of this hammer.

Here they use spray paint to mark the logs.

[416Jonny]

Whoa. That was crazy. I mean, just nuts.

Great video!

The white horses in the video most certainly earned their keep. I’m stunned by how hard they pulled!

I’m also amazed by how the pack horses just sort of moved their hooves out of the way of the bundles dropping of their sides. They didn’t even panic, just sort of picked themselves up like nothing happened.

Absolute lunacy. I hope they keep working and you keep posting!

Jonny B.

[Git-Up-Doc]

Those horses sure are working hard.

It was neat to see that they left the pole between the white team rather than just leaving the pole on the wagon and using just the evener to yard those logs.

I also wondered about the hammer and I believe it is an owners/buyers mark also. Or it could be a grading mark for the larger sticks for the value of the load. Probably like marking the board feet onto the logs.

I was also impressed with them jump-starting the tractor.

[Anonymous]

thanks for sharing. the teamsters voice , and commands got my attention.
bob h.

[Carl Russell]

Yeah, I saw this last night. (Had to get satellite, costs less, works better)

I am very pleased with Marco’s enthusiastic cultural exchange. I am flabbergasted by this and other incredible footage that has been shared with us.

I really appreciate the way that these animals are obviously used as a significant part of the livelihood of this family, demonstrated by the no nonsense approach to the work, and application of animal power. That is one of the most important part of the learning/teaching relationships that we need to make to become competent working teamsters, a serious commitment to making it work, and it is a commonality that crosses cultural lines.

Thanks Marco, Carl

[bivol]

i’m really glad you all liked it!

yes, they DID jump-start a fully laden tractor! this footage shows what incredible strength a horse can exert

i think the strength of these horse can be derived from their level of training, and above all from their conditioning: they are working every day, all year-round!

if i find any other potentially interesting footage, i’ll post it!

[CharlyBonifaz]

they DID jump-start a fully laden tractor! this footage shows what incredible strength a horse can exert

it also shows the implicitness of the workers that of course their horses can and will do just that……even if it is the end of a hard labour day
elke

[jen judkins]

@bivol 4682 wrote:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVfo3X4gTuQ&feature=related

I had to bring this back to the front. I’ve watched this vid sooo many times, I feel like I might be part of this family. To me this is the epidome of draft power..its a way of life that we partake in. I’m just totally impressed with it…

[dominiquer60]

I share your thoughts Jennifer, my favorite non-horsey part is where they are in commute to their work site and singing together. It may have a Disney like quality to it, but I think that shared song like this is one of those things lost in much of today’s fast paced global community. My father is a musician, with the amazing talent of being able to compose his own music and make his own instruments (whistles, drums, guitars, etc.) so music was a big part of my life growing up with him. We sang a lot as kids and listened to him practice everyday. My music talents stopped with 8th grade chorus, but if I am in a group that works together everyday like on the farm harvesting in the morning, I just may share a tune or two. To me it symbolizes comfort with each other in the group and a positive work attitude, I feel that this also part of what is happening in this video.

I long for this type work environment to live in where everyone has their place and knows what is expected and can work rather harmoniously with each other and their environment. I would expect to have a conflict once in a while, it happens, but it would be nice if a rough harmony is the norm.

Erika

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