I thought some of you might enjoy this....

[KenJax Tree]

On our vacation i saw this little logging monument and thought you guy might enjoy this. That's my daughter in there.

 

[KenJax Tree]

The horse picture is hard to see but its pulling 3 logs.

 

[derwoodii]

big logs moved easily over icy ground.

 

[HuskStihl]

Luddites

 

[hanniedog]

Wonder how many lives were lost doing that work.

 

[Rookie1]

Cool

 

[2dogs]

Thanks for sharing.

 

[huskihl]

My uncle still logs with horses, as well as mechanical means. He's won horse pulls all over the midwest. He's got a room full of trophies.

Pretty powerful creatures if you think about it. I have a Polaris 500 ho. It's maybe 30hp? It'll only drag a 20" maple about 8' long lol