[JaredWoodcock]

Please let me know if you havent met your minimum I can shake some bushes.

[JaredWoodcock]

Im still in for one. Thanks for doing all of this Cindy!

Jared

[JaredWoodcock]

Nope, I ended up buying a team. They will be here friday.

[JaredWoodcock]

If these are Karl Pfister’s horses then I just bought them. They are getting delivered this week.

[JaredWoodcock]

Awesome, Thanks Jelmer.
I will try to get ahold of you with some questions after I see to tool carriers in person.

[JaredWoodcock]

Hi Jelmer, Off Topic
I talked to a friend of yours from the roxbury farm and she said you were familiar with the one horse multi row cultivators. Could you do a write up about the use of those tools sometime? Im hoping to drive down and take a look at the roxbury farm tool carrier so that I can weld one up.

Thanks for showing us the raised bed systems!

[JaredWoodcock]

I just met Karl Pfister yesterday and it sounds like I am going to be buying a team from him. He showed me the piggy back arch that you had made for him and he will let me try it out for a little while to see if it might work for my needs. He says he really like the way it works!

[JaredWoodcock]

Great Thanks Carl, The check is in the mail.

[JaredWoodcock]

Great, Thanks Carl, should I send the check to the Macintosh Hill address from your website?

Thanks Again

[JaredWoodcock]

I just found this video when I was looking for Barden cart info. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34dH53R0eqI
It shows someone pulling a decent sized log with Mark’s Piggyback. it is hard to tell from the video but it doesn’t seem to be levering on the tongue as much as I thought it would with the hitch point being set back.
Is it just not obvious or is there really not that much leverage lifting the tongue?

I don’t know how I missed this thread in my searches up until this point.

Barden Cart

Is there any news on being able to purchase some of these plans?

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[JaredWoodcock]

I am leaning towards a seating and platform location layout similar to what the piggy back arch accomplishes, but moving the axles back so that they are slightly behind the chain hitching point like a john plowden arch.

I can’t seem to find any pictures of the barden cart now that I am looking for them, does anyone have any pictures they can post?

I have been reading the old posts about this same topic but I can’t seem to get any of the pictures to pop up. Sorry if this topic has already been covered.

Erica, Can you post some pictures of sam’s chain drop mechanism?

Thanks for all of the help so far….

[JaredWoodcock]

Thanks Erica, I know you didnt mean for me to make one like sams, I was just making a joke, when I was at the field days I asked whose it was and when the told me it was sams, I thought “ohh it is built like sam” 😉

I have seen pictures of carls barden cart. I will see if I can find some more pictures of that one too.

Thanks

[JaredWoodcock]

I will be using the arch this winter as I learn to log with horses. The woodlots I am starting with will be mostly firewood and a few sawlogs. I am going to make an “all purpose” arch. I looked at sams pretty close at the field days and I dont plan on building something as beefy as his. If Sams arch is built like him, a hard working tank, then mine will have to be skinny and light….

I am very comfortable with metal fabrication, I’m hoping to get a better grasp on the engineering and design from those who are using them. Specifically the relationship to the chain hitch points and the axle stubs, wheel base, and tongue socket height.

Any pros and Cons of the arch designs that people are using on a regular basis?

Thanks

[JaredWoodcock]

I had a mare that was aggressive towards other horses and she was on a “public” farm so we had to fix it. Once I dealt with any leadership doubts she had with me she was easier to work with around other horses. She knew she didnt need to pay attention to anyone but me. She was never perfect but not a problem after the pecking order was established with me at the top.

I have friends who dont work mares anymore because of a few bad experiences.

You will be fine. taking time off to not over think things is always good on a farm.

[JaredWoodcock]

Great leads. My Farm Family Insurance agent found a carrier but the price was a bit high, being that we have a long term relationship I am sure we can bring it down a bit, but I wouldnt mind going with a forestry specific company.

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