Post by dragon on Aug 12, 2010 12:33:31 GMT -5
So! Today I went logging with my horse. ^_^ I dunno if anyone is interested in seeing, but ... here are pics anyway. I kinda couldn't take pics while it was actively happening cause I was the one with the lines, and running for all I was worth to keep up with my horse...
This is her walking behind the tractor to the site. Yes, we had a tractor with a loader bucket, and all that ... the reason we're using the horse is the tractor can't get where the logs are. Uneven ground, too much forest, etc, all that. Just not safe. So, here horsey!
This is her with the first log (there were three), the smallest of the lot. That square looking thingy at the front is our ... um ... log sled. Obviously, it didn't work. We didn't bother to use it the other times.
On the way home I tied her to the end of the 16 ft trailer that we had the logs on, hauling with the tractor. She ... not to sure about this idea, here.
On the way home, though, she's cool. She walked most of the way with her snout resting on one of the logs. It only took her a few steps to get comfortable with the idea, and we didn't have a single incident on the way home. I dunno if you can see, but she didn't even keep at rope length.
One more on the way home pic.
This is her walking behind the tractor to the site. Yes, we had a tractor with a loader bucket, and all that ... the reason we're using the horse is the tractor can't get where the logs are. Uneven ground, too much forest, etc, all that. Just not safe. So, here horsey!
This is her with the first log (there were three), the smallest of the lot. That square looking thingy at the front is our ... um ... log sled. Obviously, it didn't work. We didn't bother to use it the other times.
On the way home I tied her to the end of the 16 ft trailer that we had the logs on, hauling with the tractor. She ... not to sure about this idea, here.
On the way home, though, she's cool. She walked most of the way with her snout resting on one of the logs. It only took her a few steps to get comfortable with the idea, and we didn't have a single incident on the way home. I dunno if you can see, but she didn't even keep at rope length.
One more on the way home pic.
