Horse loggging and the job site pics,

[saxono3]

I'm way ahead of Ray (he's the teamster I am cutting with right now) so I took my camera and got a few pics. Here's the team. Percheron gelding's. They are brothers a little more than a year apart.

The mornings work,,,

Rays truck and trailer and the pole pile.

The twitch road,

Putting grabs in an ash log.

 

[saxono3]

A few more pics,
Cant buy grabs much any more, gotta make em,

Bridge over a stream, see the boards sticking out the sides? We just make them on site

 

[twochains]

Nice!

 

[Dog_River]

LOVE IT !!!!!!!

Subscribed ! opcorn:

 

[dooby]

That is awesome ! -out west here, i have cut for two horse loggers. It was real enjoyable. 5000-7000bf per day when everything went well. Except for the hand pilling that went on when i got to far ahead.

 

[slowp]

Thanks for posting. :msp_thumbup:

Now, bring in the elephants to deck the logs!

 

[Dave Boyt]

Thanks for posting. Love photos of the horses. Is the sulky log skidder home-made? I've never seen log grabs on a chain like that. I can see how they could have some advantage over the tongs I use. I'll have to make a pair.

 

[saxono3]

Thanks for posting. Love photos of the horses. Is the sulky log skidder home-made?

Glad you liked it. Yeah, the cart is home made. Odds and ends, some farm implement wheels (I believe those are from a corn picker) and you have a cart.

 

[c5rulz]

I've heard it is amazing what they can pull.

Tomorrow my buddy and I are cutting. A week ago he was cutting/felling for the amish who were horse logging. They get around good on the steep hills here.

 

[flashhole]

Absolutely outstanding pics. Thanks for sharing. I'm a horse owner myself (well my wife is ) and she keeps bugging me to put them to use. I just use my tractor. I like that ride on hauler you built and the pull rigging for the horses is great. I'd like to try a ground driven rig just so I know I can get it done with the horse.

 

[floyd]

Using a self loader to haul or you deck with something else?

 

[056kid]

Very cool!

 

[Dog_River]

More Please !!

I would love it if you posted more detailed photos and some measurements of the arch so I can build one just like for my mules.

Thanks, Dog_River

 

[802climber]

I would love it if you posted more detailed photos and some measurements of the arch so I can build one just like for my mules.

Thanks, Dog_River

By the way, I think they have a ton of information on this over at the Draft Animal Power forum, and probably others as well.

 

[Dave Boyt]

Small Farmer's Journal is another great source of info on draft animals & equipment. Latest issue has an article on sawmills.

 

[Dog_River]

I am activly cruising those sites and really don't see any plans or specs per se'.

Thanks, Dog_River

By the way, I think they have a ton of information on this over at the Draft Animal Power forum, and probably others as well.

 

[Dog_River]

Upon futher review...... I have never seen this forum before and joined up today !! Looks like some good threads on there.

Thanks for the tip !

Dog_River

By the way, I think they have a ton of information on this over at the Draft Animal Power forum, and probably others as well.

 

[floyd]

Make the arch as wide that whatever you pull it with. Then you know it will not hang up.

Think chain with a ring on one end for a choker. Quicker than setting grabs.

Yup, hard to push chain under some logs . Put a needle on the end.

 

[avason]

nice gig...thanks for the pics

 

[Dog_River]

ths is cool

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