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Re: The Tractor Will Never Replace the Horse (long
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Posted by Big Jim on November 03, 2003 at 13:33:57 from (199.141.125.33):
In Reply to: The Tractor Will Never Replace the Horse (long pos posted by DRL on November 03, 2003 at 11:58:58:
DRL, Your post is quite interesting. We really have come a long ways. One man today can do the same work it took many men to do in the past. I found a catalog in the wall of my house when we were doing some remodeling. The house was originaaly built in 1908. The catalog was from the Hercules Stump Pulling Company (somewhere in New York, I can't remember the town). Apparently, this is a large ratcheting device that you hook by either ropes or chains to a stump. Then you put a mule on each end and drive the mules around the stump and the device ratchets tighter and tighter, eventually pulling the stump out. Sounds pretty good....now if I could only find a couple of good mules!
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