Winter work with horses, summer too

[sam_forest]

Hello All,

Sam from Wisconsin here. I spent this past summer working on a mostly Amish farm. I did all sorts of things with our horses: harnessing, disking with a four horse team, seeding with a six horse team, and all manner of mowing, plowing, etc.
I love working with horses and I want to continue doing it. I am in Milwaukee right now working as a carpenter and handyman (my trade) and working to save money for an opportunity this next growing season. In the distant future I would like to drive horses, grow food, and be part of an agricultural community.
I would like very much to be a part of some horse logging this winter.
Also, I would like to find a place that is a good enough fit that I could productively stay through the whole growing season.
I’ll appreciate any leads and recommendations you folks can give.

Thank you for helping continue to work with these beautiful and non-mechanized animals.

[Anonymous]

Hi Sam,

I’m in Madison, but used to log with horses in NW WI, where I grew up. I’m working on a Forest Service grant-funded project over in Washington and Ozaukee Counties (north of Milwaukee) on removing ash trees in Wisconsin’s first-discovered Emerald Ash Borer infestation. I sure wish there was a horselogger in the area; its fragmented small parcels with lotsa landowners who are nervous about having conventional loggers do any work on their land. I think there is a real opportunity for horse logging in this part of the state. I would have a couple jobs for a horse logger right now, if there was one in the area or willing to work there.

I know there are a ton of obstacles to getting yourself set up, but its something to think about.

I have a horse logger coming from SW WI (3 hours away) to do a field day as part of removing ash trees in the Riveredge Nature Center. You should at least come up for that. I’m trying to increase the visibility of horse-logging as a solution to the challenges of managing the area’s fragmented forests, but I wish I had more practitioners from the area to work with.

Shoot me an e-mail and we can talk more.

-Luke

[sam_forest]

Luke,

Thank you very much for your response. I hope this message is not too late, I was unable to navigate back to this site for a while. Did the horse logger already come to Riveredge nature center?
I would love to learn about logging if you have any opportunities or ideas.

Thanks for your help Luke.

Sam Hitchcock Tilton

Feel free to call me, 414-213-5337

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