Logging with Draft Animals
Logging with Draft Animals
Draft horses, oxen, and donkeys will demonstrate skidding logs from Tiller's woodlot. Safe, and efficient low-impact techniques will be taught for felling trees and skidding timber. Students will get hands on instruction in all areas of draft animal logging. Marketing logs, and profitable will be emphasized throughout. The course is taught by experienced loggers who can work on specific areas that students would like addressed.
Please be prepared for any type of weather!
Nov 17-19 2023
Feb 23 24 25 2024
Nov 15-17 2024
9 - 5 pm
Brandt Ainsworth
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Rough Outline of Logging with Draft Animals
Saturday
Quick history of horses logging
Modern use of logging horses
Handling a team basics
Quick history of ox logging
Modern use of ox logging
Handling a team basics
Implements
Sleds and its uses
Cart and its uses
Scoot and its uses
Ground skidding and when to use it
Harnessing basics
Yoke basics
Go into woods and get a sled load of wood before lunch; One for oxen one for horses
Lunch
Basic tree felling
Basic log bucking
Bunching logs with oxen
Skidding with horses on cart
Loading scoot or cart with oxen
Advanced techniques
Hooking to lift tree for ease of pulling
Slowing down teams
When to rest
Sunday
Advanced harnessing
Advanced yoking
Advanced skidding
Lunch
Overview of feeding & shoeing working teams
Skidding loading implements
Heavy pull techniques
Care of horses and oxen at the end of day
