Re: O/T great story Hugh MacKay

Posted by Hugh MacKay on January 13, 2006 at 06:52:29 from (209.226.106.37):

In Reply to: Re: O/T great story Hugh MacKay posted by SGT K on January 13, 2006 at 06:24:52:

Paul: What got me about my dad, he grew up with horses. I always thought we would have one team of horses around just so dad could entertain himself much like we do with these old tractors.

1952 that last team of horses complete with all the harness and equipment when down the drivway. Couple of times in the 50s dad borrowed a single horse for use in the farm woodlot. He just used that single horse to pull logs to a skidway where they were loaded on sleds or trailers behind 300. In 1959 we fabricated a winch for back of 300 and that was the end of horses.

I have a friend with a modern dairy farm, computers, 100+ hp tractors, all the bells and whistles. His 80 year old dad still keeps 6 to 10 horses. My friend has to admit, maybe his dad is right. During the bale thrower days, there wasn't much use for the horses. Today however his dad and a friend haul in most of the round bales with the horses. He claims they each have a team trained to follow the loader tractor for loading. One team is actually good enough they pull up in front of every bale, thus you only drive forward 6' with bale. Sure beats climbing on and off tractor. Some things just never perminantly go beyond use.

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• Re: O/T great story Hugh MacKay David Kronwall 03:38:43 01/14/06 (0)
• Re: O/T great story Hugh MacKay SGT K 07:38:44 01/13/06 (0)

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