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ParticipantYeah that sounds like the best bet. As far as species, I don’t know. It’s mainly a couple (million) clusters of thorn bushes between the gate and the logs. I’ll probably just go in a week ahead of time and clear the thorns out the hard way. One shrub at a time! lol
ParticipantAppears to be up and down only. Still a nice little sled to have! Good find.
ParticipantDefinitely get a punch. You can find them in misc. piles at auctions or online or at TSC for pretty cheap. They’ll hold up for years if you’re just doing an extra hole or two in your harness a couple times a year. We’ve had the same old punch for 40 years or so and never had a problem.
ParticipantLookin’ good!
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Simon- if I goofed on the format of the address or phone number let me know. I can’t read Swedish so I had a little bit of a hard time translating the website information.
ParticipantWelcome to the club. How tall is that mini-clyde of yours? Couldn’t really get a height comparison from the pictures.
ParticipantI will. Definitely gonna be alot of pictures.
ParticipantThe firewood market is alot better where you guys are than here. Out here I can get a cord of split wood delivered for $55. One of the drawbacks (or advantages depending on whether you’re buying or selling) of being in a state that seems to have more people selling firewood than gasoline.
We’re gonna skid some logs out of the back woods with the horses and cut and split it up for some friends who are down on their luck hopefully this month. Make a day of it with barbeque, chainsaws, splitters and horses. No money changing hands, just some old friendss having fun.
ParticipantI second (or third) all advice above and would HIGHLY recommend Lynn Miller’s books (Training Workhorses/ Training Teamsters and The Workhorse Handbook). Above all else, find experienced teamsters to help guide you through. If you find a good harness you will be more than able to train and contnue working in it. Also, PATIENCE PATIENCE PATIENCE. You’ll need to learn how to communicate with only two lines and voice as opposed to lines, neck reign, leg pressure and body position.
Good luck and check back with any other questions.
ParticipantU-bolts are a good idea Carl. I hadn’t even thought about the wood splitting.
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ParticipantI thought about that, just bolting the wooden tongue to the wagon tongue. Provides extra support. I guess it wouldn’t be too bad. Two bolts holding it to the tongue. One hole drilled for the pin to extend through. I could still just unbolt the wooden tongue and use the wagon tongue to get to and from my venues…. Not as simple as unbolt one tongue and bolt the other one in but still good enough. Not like I’ll be in a hurry where I’m at. 😀
ParticipantEverybody’s fine.
Plow doesn’t have a tongue. Never has since it was new in the 19 teens. Personally, I like a tongue in my plow but I’m the minority in my group since we’ve had more wrecks due to young horses backing up with a tongued plow than we have with un tongued plows running up on the horses during transport.
ParticipantWelcome to the club! Make sure to take lots of pictures so we can all share in your fun.
ParticipantI Google’d “bobsled plans” and it brough up a couple but I don’t know exactly what type you’re looking for. Get yourself a cup of coffee, slide over to Google and settle in for a day of sorting through the 578,000 results for the one that fits your needs.
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