Husky372
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some really great pics. keep'em comming.
Draft mules at work
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John, you happen to know Don Kavelis up in MN? An old bud of mine, a dear friend. (F) Foreign Legionaire. We tried to log Superior while I was a contracting ranger and the district got so excited they authored a hundred pages on benefits.
I don't know how popular being a teamster has become, I know it's a very profitable venture if hooked-up to the selective log market and promises to have uses where many tender sites in Federal lands (or private) have been omitted due to environmental constraints.
Are you busy enough with those blokes?
I don't know how popular being a teamster has become, I know it's a very profitable venture if hooked-up to the selective log market and promises to have uses where many tender sites in Federal lands (or private) have been omitted due to environmental constraints.
Are you busy enough with those blokes?
Oakwilt,no I dont know him. There are a suprising number of people in every state that use horses,mules and even oxen to log with.
I just log on private land. Mostly small jobs. Usually I stay busy and am 1 to 2 mos. behind.
John
I just log on private land. Mostly small jobs. Usually I stay busy and am 1 to 2 mos. behind.
John
Just thought I'd ask about Don - he's busy up in MN too, training and driving. I'm proud you guys are out there doin' it. As a youngster I farmed next to Claussen in Tama County, IA/ He raised a lot of the lead teams for the Budweiser wagon and exclusively tilled with his Clydesdales. Impressive power.
Although I generally stay behind, my wife usually goes up to Arkansas to visit with good friends - Trout Fishing In America dudes. They camp and play together a lot. One of these times I'd like to go with and check-out your operation.
Although I generally stay behind, my wife usually goes up to Arkansas to visit with good friends - Trout Fishing In America dudes. They camp and play together a lot. One of these times I'd like to go with and check-out your operation.
Sure Oakwilt, we're not all that impressive but I like to show off my mules. Gonna put them in a local parade next weekend.
John
John
This is a plea to any other animal loggers to post some pics and or talk on this great Arborist Site. Just saw an elephant on the tube that was decking logs with his trunk. Now that would be usefull! Would need a different hauling trailer for sure
john
john
Glen, I don't know as far as logs per bale go but one 1400 lb mule x 1/2 bale of hay per day compared to 8 tons or 5 to 6 bales.He would need to be a log stacking, truck loading fool.John
arboromega
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john these have been some fascinating pics. do you ever feel like you are practicing a lost art? do you have any young apprentices who are learning the trade?
MasterBlaster
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I know I sure do!
BlackSmith
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thanks for the pix John...great looking pair of blacks
Rusty
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buying horses
I'd love to get a small team. How do you get horses you can use in the woods ?
I'd love to get a small team. How do you get horses you can use in the woods ?
arboromega, the only time I feel like it's a lost art is when I am trying to buy or make some odd tool that I need. Actually there are quite a few people who do this all across the country.
Rusty, If you mean where would you buy a team that is broke for the woods, you might try to locate a Draft horse assoc. or club in your area and ask them if there are any local loggers. You could contact the North American Horse and Mule Loggers Assoc.
John
Rusty, If you mean where would you buy a team that is broke for the woods, you might try to locate a Draft horse assoc. or club in your area and ask them if there are any local loggers. You could contact the North American Horse and Mule Loggers Assoc.
John
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Do a search on "Rural Heritage Magazine"
They have all kinds of ongoing how to on draught animals and lots of for sales, Oxen, horses and mules. I have a video of a school friend who has horse logged in Central British Columbia for the past 15 years. I may have some of his poetry if my wife hasnt got the package back to his sister. He has made a decent living according to his liking. Not much fat on that guy.
They have all kinds of ongoing how to on draught animals and lots of for sales, Oxen, horses and mules. I have a video of a school friend who has horse logged in Central British Columbia for the past 15 years. I may have some of his poetry if my wife hasnt got the package back to his sister. He has made a decent living according to his liking. Not much fat on that guy.
Arkansas Toothpick
I know their not Doug fir or Sitka spruce, but here are some big SYP for these parts. This is a recent job along the Fouche La Fave river. Ten acres surrounded by hundreds of acres of hay fields. The ten ac. were too wet to farm so its still in timber. Mostly nice red oak but there were about 25-30 pine that pine beetles had gotten into and killed several with most of the rest infected.
John
I know their not Doug fir or Sitka spruce, but here are some big SYP for these parts. This is a recent job along the Fouche La Fave river. Ten acres surrounded by hundreds of acres of hay fields. The ten ac. were too wet to farm so its still in timber. Mostly nice red oak but there were about 25-30 pine that pine beetles had gotten into and killed several with most of the rest infected.
John
I fell it parallel to the haul road. The first cut a 16' and 680' was too big to just hook the mules to and go, but only 50' to the road and a clear shot, so it was easy to parbuckle it out.
John
John
1500' total in the three logs. The last two cuts came out with a block on them.
Here is a neat homemade tool called a bullhook, for us winchless folk. I first learned of it from Glen French in a newsletter of the NAHAMLA. For taking a holt of the bight of small diameter wire rope and not kinking it. Chain works good on the larger diameters, but this works better on smaller line.
John
I first learned of it from Glen French in a newsletter of the NAHAMLA. For taking a holt of the bight of small diameter wire rope and not kinking it. Chain works good on the larger diameters, but this works better on smaller line.John
Had to hook the wrong [small] end of this one.400'
John
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