Some horse logging and job site pics,

[saxon0364]

NICE TEAM DID U BUILD THE CART AND WERE R U IN PA

No, I did not build that cart.   Thats Rays, he built that one.     Im near the Venango Crawford County line in north west Pa.

[hdranch]

I'd love to get the set up to use my horses for logging here. I just have some forest that needs thinned, but I don't want to make the rest of my property ugly by trying to get a truck or tractor back there. Has anyone found a simple set up for a single horse or set of horse to move some logs short distances? 

[thecfarm]

Don't write off a tractor. We hauled out alot of big pine with a 40hp tractor and a 3pt winch. We worked on the roads and kept them clean. Really the ugly comes from the trees themself. Or I should say the guy with the chainsaw. Anything we left in the woods was cut not much longer than 2 feet. We even would run the saw up and down the limbs. This was all on my Father's land. We could take the time,because we got all the money. Now I have a OWB and I can burn the pine limbs. We would go in with a load of rocks for any wet holes or uneven places. I live on this land and I am still doing the same thing. One reason we was so fussy with the limbs,at times we would have to drive over them. This land is a challenge to get across it. Rocks,leave trees,uneven places,wet holes all need be driven around.

[John Mc]

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[Ron Scott]

Any Amish in your area? They have some good set-ups for horse logging.