YOU'VE GOTTA SEE THESE COLORS! 🍁🍂🍁 Hitching up a Single Draft Horse to Rake Hay with Fall Foliage
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
- What a beautiful Autumn day in Northern New York! You've gotta see these amazing colors of fall foliage! Today we are hitching up our single draft horse, Ken, to rake some hay. I explain how to hitch up a single horse to a cart and how to use single shafts with a D-Ring Harness. My daughters came over to help film and drone while Ken and I rake and help set me up with a new wireless microphone!
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0:00 Intro
0:09 How to Hitch up a Single Horse
16:52 Time to Rake Hay
18:50 The View from Above
24:00 Abby Takes a Turn
27:27 Unhitching Ken
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When I was a kid, we trimmed the chestnuts that way, too. The books all said that the chestnut was where the top end of the last bone remaining of their ancestral last toe to be lost; originally, they had five. Never heard the sweat gland theory; I need to google that. But I do wonder if the belief came about because of the way sweat will run down TO the chestnuts, and gather there momentarily before heading down the cannon, etc.? Either, way, great video. Thanks for taking us along on your day!
Thanks for taking the time to explain "every little thing" for us. I'm 75 enjoying my first draft team. Not many like you to go to with question so all your videos are school for me. Am slow to understand adjusting proper draft especially with plowing. Love using my horses. Glad to trade noisy, stinky tractor for slow and quiet living natural creatures.
75 wow, you go Jo 👌💕
Ken did a very good job on his own there, I am constantly amazed as to how well behaved and gentle your horses are , its testimony to great handling and training. Have a great week,
Thanks for watching and you have a great week as well!
A lot of the gentleness is due to using them regularly.
This was so fun...glad your daughter can be with you after being under the weather,,,sooo glad you're better, wonderful day and your colored trees are ahead of ours..Mr.jim you're a born teacher ,,good explaining too on the new mic.also the farm sure looks tidy ...
Thanks so much
What a beautiful October day. God keeps blessing us each and every day. Ken did a great job by his self. Nice to still get hay this time of year. Thank you for sharing your videos with us.
Yes, we sure have been blessed with a beautiful fall! Thanks for watching!
Ken looked at that drone like "Dang! That's the biggest horsefly I've ever seen!"
It’s just amazing that your wife and daughters even show an interest and they are so good at it your a lucky man jim
Thank you Jim. I really feel bad about Luke but thank the lord no one was hurt or injured. God bless
That would make a prety picture trudy, and with your dad and his horse. Lovely colours that make up the land scape. 👍😊
The new audio is really a nice idea. Definitely improves the video. 1+ to drone skills too! Thanks👌
Glad you liked it!
Who flies the drone......? It certainly enhances your video presentation, Jim !! More, please !!
Very nice. We used to live in Wisconsin where we had nice fall colors like you do. Now for the last 15 years we are in south central Missouri where the fall colors are mainly brown. So I had to have my wife watch this video with me so she could see you Ken and Abby work. And also see the beautiful fall colors. Thank you very much. This was indeed a special treat.
Thanks for watching. Fall is such a beautiful time of year here
Great video I really enjoyed it, the trees are turning a beautiful golden colour at the moment I think fall (we call it Autumn) is a stunning time of year. I think Ken enjoyed himself today on his own he did really well.
If you have neighbor that has a welder, you could cut the cross bar that the shaves mount into for the pipe that slips into the cart and weld a 10 - 12 " long piece of channel vertically to get the offset you need on the shafts. A winter project maybe.
Since most people have tractors now I like old ways thank u for this information.
another awesome video! new mic works great, Ken did well on the rake, and the fall colors were spectacular! I'm glad to see it looks like you are on the mend also! (you were looking a little tuckered on the last video.) Thanks for taking us along..
Really enjoyed this one, thank you. Gosh, working the fields with Ken is so much quieter and peaceful, as opposed to diesel tractors.
I read that the chestnuts are what was one of the toes that prehistoric horses had.
Interesting, never heard that before
Yes that is right ☺️
Yep. That is what they are. I used to peel my horse's when loose
@@sailorgabbiecorrect 😂
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My grandpa told me that it was the remains of an ancient toe. then when I went to med school my instructor confirmed it. the vet always called them chestnuts. they are not sweat glands they are made of the same material as the hoof.
Thanks for sharing
so cool......that was cute the other horses looking to see what was going on
Wow what a difference in the sound quality I noticed it straight away before you had evan mentioned it. Thank you and best wishes from the North Norfolk coast UK
Hi Carol, thanks for the input on the audio. Thanks for watching
My Grandfather always used a strap around the back strap , right at the top of the breaching to hold the lines up on the horses back. I still do the same.
Hope you are all feeling better! Always love the colors of fall! Thanks for sharing!
We are, thanks. Hope all is well with you
I just love your horses! They have a great personalities! Thank you for explaining all the steps of harnessing!
Great job raking Jim and Abby
A really nice video! Good explanation of the harness, especially of what I call the "holdbacks" that keep the pulled vehicle from hitting the horse in the back of the legs when going downhill. When I was 12, I hitched my riding horse to an old hay wagon not knowing if the horse had ever been driven. Of course I knew nothing about "holdbacks" then and I will just say that everything went fine until we headed downhill on the dirt road. At the bottom there stood my horse in the shafts with nothing left of the hay wagon, pieces of it scattered alongside the road all the way down. Luckily no serious injuries to my horse but a lesson quickly and thoroughly learned!! Again,a great video with instruction, nice scenery and music and showing that horses can work well with various drivers when well trained. I did wonder about one thing though-Ken's throat latch appeared a little tight but maybe it was just the camera angle.
A great work of art with drone the trees where beautiful as well good job Abbey
Great job with ken abbey and jim
I guess they have no feeling in their chestnuts. I never knew. Great video!! Love the new wireless body mic!!
Ho! Yes
Love the music, on this void
Great show Jim.
I'm a city boy, enjoy your horses
I sometimes go to catch up with older video. Loved this one. Great drone view.
Thanks
Sound is fine Jim
The foliage colors outstanding along with your instruction outstanding!
Awesome drone footage Abby
Very interesting Jim
Thanks Jim and Abbie for sharing the video. The new mic is great! Thanks for sharing Darrel
Glad to see you still take Sunday off from haying, also
Thank's for sharing Jim that was a awesome video can't wait till you get back to logging keep the videos coming stay safe and God bless you and your family
Thanks, you too!
Wieder ein tolles Video Jim 👍
I lived in Lansing NY for 30 years. Only miss the summer. Hated the winter
Enjoy seeing them fall colors
Was going to this way at 18. Life takes you on different paths sometimes. I love working with horses
Jim, I have an idea for your seat and the grab bar in front of you.....If you would cut the pipe that supports the seat at an angle, at the appropriate (guess-estimate where it would be most appropriate location, and at what degree the cut should be made) and then take another pipe to get the appropriate angle to cut so that they can be joined and re-welded, that should correct your seating position to being level and much more confortable for you, as your back. As far as the grab bar, I believe that it could be heated with the use of a torch and bent forward at the base and that would give you enough space between you and the grab bar. I always enjoy your videos.
I cut a few lawns, I don’t cut on Sunday either. Got a piece of #9 wire in my leg cutting moms lawn on a Sunday 50 years ago and learned my lesso!
Hi Jim
Awesome set up. love watching u working with only one horse. i think another way to level your cart is to change the pipe that comes into the cart the one that has holes drilled in. your friend could ve welded it in an angle so you don t have to bend anything. all the best
I love your videos! 💜 And I'm obsessed with Ken. He's my favorite 🥰
Colors are beautiful there... Thanks for sharing
Chestnuts n Ergots are so interesting n seems no one really knows!
Our farrier always trim those chestnuts with his knife when he was trimming their feet. I don't know their purpose either exactly but I had heard that it one time they thought they might have been a spur for fighting. I always questioned that theory because I felt the horse would cut himself if it was stiffer like a Hoof. I've never heard your theory but that makes sense to me. Thank you for sharing your stories with us I love to watch driving horses in action!
the spurs are remnants from when the horse had three toes and are thus reborn toes.
Interesting idea
Wonderful video, Ken is so lovable ❤
Great camera job Trudy
God bless your farm my great grandfather farmed 200 acres in lancaster County Pennsylvania from 1877 to 1930 he only used horses
Wow! Great history in your family
I was wondering what time does your day get started and what time do you shut it down and as always the horses just simply amaze me how they just do their job
Prays the Lord.!! The Farmer got audio, makes for a much better videos thank you love watching your horses at work
What a pleasant surprise! I always enjoy your videos, but never knew they could be improved. Well done on the recording and editing! Love those gorgeous fall colors! 🍂🍁🐎
Thanks for watching!
Good one.There’s lots of work that can be done with one horse.Ken did a good job.
Great video, enjoyed the scenery .got my calendar nice job. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
Every day I look out my windows, and there is more and more color.
Great video Jim
Jim, You could have your "Hitchmaster/maker" make a "Crane neck" of the attachment of the shafts to the cart to change the angle of the cart. I like the system you use for "Shaft loops" (lot easier than trying to get both shafts in the shaft loops) and you may want to use a belly band to keep the shafts from coming up if the cart should tip backwards. Safety first. Stay safe while you're "having too much fun."
If you notice, I run my strap through the D ring and my belly girth is hitched to the bottom of the D-ring so that stops it from going too high.
Well once again I have learned something, never paid much attention to the chestnuts and didn’t realize they needed to be trimmed always through it was some type of protection for the joint bones. 🤔🇺🇸❤️
It is a fingernail of a long since disappeared finger
@@samgould9930 or toe! ;)
Very nice video I enjoy watching your videos thank you for posting them God Bless you all .
Love every video you make Jim ❤ keep it up 👍 Sydney Australia ❤
I enjoyed watching this, Ken and have a nice safe day!!!
Good job with the video Abbey.
I'll have to watch the previous episode again, and pay attention to the tugs. Thanks for Sharing 🇺🇲
Such great videos love them. I know it is hard work to talk and do the task correctly but you make it look so easy. Thank you
It's so awesome to watch you work those horses.
October hay.hope it drys good.82 in central Ohio today.Skeeter's and stink bugs are thick.deer have a similar hock scent gland.
Never really noticed stink bugs before here in SE Wisconsin but they have definitely arrived this year.
Yes, we have had very warm weather for this time of year here too
I love the autumn colours of the trees.
Ken is more maneuverable than a tractor!! He is such a great horse!!!
I am always amazed at how GOD paints HIS canvas Thanks Jim and family for bringing us along and sharing your day and time. GOD Bless always.
Thanks Timothy, God bless you as well!
Awesome Jim as always
Thanks for all the information, Jim. Well done, sir.
Great job Abbs!!! Jim you did ok!! He he
Haha, thanks Virgle!
Very informative and loved having Abby helping with the video
It is amazing that you can still make hay. Here in NW Missouri we got the first beneficial rains last night ever since Sept 4. There was almost no growth, except in my clover patch, but I'll let it go since I first want it to re-seed itself. It may serve as winter pasture after a few freezes.
Sounds like you need rain there!
Your new mic works great.
What beautiful fields.,,your farm is perfect for working horses,,,
My experience with chestnuts differ slightly. But no big deal. Been around riding breeds my whole life and dont remember ever being called sweat glands. Yhey were what they are...chestnuts. Again...no big deal
I do however have a suggestion for you. Keep the chestnuts short and fresh. Do not let them grow out. It can lead to infection. If properly maintained the chestnut can easily be "trimmed" by simply taking your thumbnail and pull off the outer layer. Similar to pulling off a bandaid. I would check the chestnuts everytime i got the horse ready for riding. Usually while i was brushing the horse. So no tools are required and the chestnuts look like they really belong where they are. Good luck Jim. 👍👍😊😊
Interesting! Thanks for sharing, didn't know overgrown ones would make them prone to infection, but it's not actually surprising
@@WorkingHorsesWithJim just to clarify myself. I have seen infected chestnuts. Not common but can happen. Think of chestnuts like finger nails. Just keep them trimmed. Just peel off the outer layer as the chestnut grows. Time and nature and a little experience will tell you when to peel. 😊😊👍
Experience with long chestnut getting snagged by shoe on other foot....bled....A LOT. Then of course required antibiotics. Agree to check often.
Big shoutout to Abby…… always love when she is in the video in her flip flops 😂
The chestnuts are to do with former toes as others have commented. Have not heard of the sweat aspect before.
Also saw on another horse channel I watch that dogs like to eat those chestnuts…… and the trimmings from horses hooves too …. Yummy 🤣
Jim seemed in much happier mood today……. I am sure he was glad to have Abby’s company and help with the video
Thanks for sharing!!
Beautiful! Thanks!
Ken is so placid and obedient, really nice video
Sunset and fall colors; 2 of God's most beautiful creations.
Jim n Brenda, thanks for the new audio mic. It's a rich enhancement to your channel, I can now hear all of what you are saying Jim instead of guessing. Thanks again.
Charlie
Good to know!
Very interesting and loved the drone footage
cool with the sound - flying drone up high while still being able to hear the horse and machinery working while Jim explain it all
seems Mrs. Jim is both a nurse a camera lady and a sound technician 😁😁😁😁will be great when Jim is out in the woods working by himself too
Beautiful, love it!
Great video , well explained thank you , stay safe , enjoy !
am suppose to take the Wife to PT, I think I have time to watch this!! Nice jack! an old car bumper jack!
Enjoy! Yes it is an old jack for sure
Thanks for sharing.
Awesome video enjoyed watching we have a rake just like yours same color always used the tractor on that rake but raked a lot with the old horse rake first one was a lever rake then dad got a trip rake that made things easier for a small kid Ken did very well beautiful horse thanks for sharing take care
That was excellent
love the video and also the music. well done
Beautyful country you all live in.
We love it here
Good Evening from South Africa.
Good leadership and thanks
Praying all of your family have a blessed evening. Jim from Eastern, Oregon
Thanks Jim!
You could have your friend that welled and cut the round pipe with 3 holes in it, cut the pipe at an angle before welling it ; which would level the riding cart and make it a lot easier on the driver.