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Nathan this is an...OUTSTANDING video....Thank you so very much......When l was a boy back in the late 1950's l went with my Dad for him to buy logs for his sawmill and seeing horse's pulling logs.....What a great big deal it was for me....!
I absolutely loved the video, Nathan! My late granddad was a sawyer in Northeast Ohio and Northwest Pennsylvania from 1936 to 1984. Even though they had automobiles, they were still using horse teams into the 60s. He had a reputation for leaving an area better than he found it. (He had definite views about people tearing up the woods with no care for the future.)
This is definitely worth an in-depth video! I would imagine the loggers have been using horses for many generations and that’s a cool history to explore and those are stories worth telling. :)
Thanks for this one Nathan, it really took me back. When my dad was alive and working his homestead, this is how we did our logging. We didn't have that cool skidding cart though. I used to have to walk all the loads out to the landing with the horses. Sometimes I would cheat and hop on the logs and drive the horses from there. It was a great way to log, the horses didn't tear up the bush the way mechanized equipment did.
Hi Nathan, this is Jim from Working Horses With Jim. I liked this video and your sawmill videos, of course, since I have horses and a sawmill I'm naturally drawn to this content. Tell Chad and Frank they are doing a great job in the woods.
Hi Jim you are getting plenty of mentions for "Working horses with Jim " I love watching Nathan's vlogs as well Stay safe and well, best wishes from the North Norfolk coast UK
Enjoyed this, Nathan. I’ve been watching “Working horses with Jim” for a long while. He is up in New York state and does farming, logging with horses, has a sawmill, and uses a lot of old machinery. Check him out when you have time. Stay safe and keep up the good videos. 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Nathan, please add my vote to the “yes” list for more videos like this. I love watching a draft hitch working, and I really enjoyed the gentle way this gent handled his team. Thanks for the great video!
All I can say is I trust your judgement regarding what you show. You've never let us down! The contrast of old and new here is brilliant -- great episode.
Watching a good well trained and worked team of horse is like watching art being made. Being from NE Ohio and having a large Amish community I've been blessed to have being able to watch several good working horse teams that have harvested timber in this area. Absolutely id like to see more of this type of timber harvest.
Ashtabula County here. I was blessed to grow up in the very end of horse farming in the 80s. Happily, more Yankees are doing small farming and using horses as well. It's nice to see simple "old fashioned" practices combined with modern knowledge. My dad used cob type ponies, especially useful for fertilizing the garden as you plow it.
Fantastic video. My grandfather farmed with "John" and "Joe", two draft horses. It was in the late 40's but I still have memories of riding the horses back to the barn after field work. I was about 5 or 6 years old. My grandfather who was probably my age now sold the horses and bought his first powered farm machine, a Ford tractor. I still remember him running through a gate with the tractor forgetting how to engage the clutch. He did figure it out but a little late.
That logger has it all together. The horses know and love their job. And the old Mac claw lift. Really the best way to get the logs out of the woods. Great video!!!
Memories ... When in school at Paul Smith's College in upstate NY (in the late '60s) we had occasion to skid with horses. This reminded me of what 1 or 2 horse power really is. Especially with a well trained and behaved team. Love your videos... keep 'em coming. Stu
My grandfather and Daddy used to log with Draft horses. Daddy told stories of their time in the woods, hard work and little pay, but his eyes would light up when he recounted those times with his father.
Brought back memories of going up the mountain with my grandpa and uncles in swain county, nc, with a team of mules and snaking out logs. They did. I was just a kid. This video...What a great idea. I owe you on this one.
Nathan excellent video of working draft horses . My father use to tell me stories of him and grandpa using draft horses on the farm when he was in his younger days. I lost my father in November this year. And watching your video made me smile and think of Dad on the old farm. Thankyou 👍👍👍👍👍👍😊
Loved watching this. Seeing things done in. Much simpler way has a special place in my heart and is the type of thing I try to instill in my children as well. Would love to have seen how their circular mill compares to my uncle’s mill.
There's an old steam sawmill in Northern California. There's a group that keeps the whole site in working order. They're not open all year, but they do have working tours and such. It's called Sturgeon's Mill.
I absolutely loved seeing those magnificent animals doing their job. Without horses, "Man" would still be living n the Stone Age. They (along with dogs) have been our best partners for millennia now. Thank you for sharing this video.
My Dad and Grampa used to log in E. Canada with a huge mare. She knew her job so well you could hook her up and she would bring them where they were going alone. Only needed an unhook at delivery. The horse would also jump on to the back of a flatbed in the morning without needing loading/unloading!
My sister and BIL have two Belgians that are retired from pulling competitions. They are magnificent creatures and able do a lot of great work on their farm (these days mostly hauling maple syrup bins out of the woods and showing off for the occasional wagon ride). Thank you for sharing this. I hope you and yours are well after the wicked storms that rolled through Friday.
Logging the forest with horses sure doesn’t make a big mess like modern log skidders do. I grew up in south central Missouri and there’s a guy that used to log with horses down there. He said the horses would decide when quitting time was. They would stop working and then he knew it was time to go home. The guy that owned them said the horses were smarter than him when it came to working in the forest. 😀
A good accomplished team of horse like this know what there doing. And this gentleman knows how to not over load them. Something that I've watched younger Amish men do here. This definitely is a treat to the channel, its not something you'll see very often, thats for sure.
My father is 83, he grew up on the end of a cross cut saw with his brothers. At 8-year old my father would drive the loaded truck off the mountain. They logged with a mule, the stories my dad can tell are incredible. I loved watching the horses work, made me understand the stories a little better.
Brings back memories of seeing horse logging near Machias, in eastern Maine in the 1980s. It was amazing to see how agile the horses were, and also the power they had - it was almost as if they enjoyed the hard work.
My Grandfather (born in 1917) shared stories of his love of horses in the timber in Benton county MO. He described a wooden sled to skid the logs and to drag hand hewn cross ties. I sure miss Grandpa, now I have so many more questions I wish I had asked when he was around.
My grand-father and his family use to earn a living at their farm more than 80 years ago by felling trees and pulling them out of the wood by a team of horses. Only later came a tractor with tracks. Thank you for keeping thoses memories alive.
Fascinating blast from the past, Nathan. Thank you! I love the way the horses do basically no damage to the forest floor, compared to the way machinery just tears it up. 👍
I have been around horses all of my life...How ever. Watching horses do this. New to me , Horses here pull plows or chase cattle...not so many trees in Nebraska..Thanks for sharing. Jim
Thank you so much for this one. Makes me happy and sad, I miss my dad (Pop) and my grandfather very much after watching. Love seeing people doing it my grandfather did. Thank you again.
Perfect Day for overalls or bib overalls... and a toboggan hat.....Great Horse Handling!!! Reminds me of the younger days when I worked with my Grandfather. He and I used a push/ pull saw, a large cross buck, to cut logs for uncles later to fetch out the woods with a tractor that had to be cranked started!!!!
Nathan, Rance here, I really enjoyed seeing horse logging an old time art very, very nice! Thank the good lord he has blessed you with a modern WoodMizer super 70 to make short work of these classic American logs. Your beard goes right along with this video
Had a friend in College ( we went to SUNY MORRISVILLE) in Hamilton County NY who logged with horses - brought back some great memories- I also helped start SUNY MORRISVILLE'S draft team -they are such neat animals to work with - truly gentle giants
Awesome! My maternal grandfather logged with horses in the 1950s. I spent many days in the woods riding the horses as they skidded logs “out of the woods .” Dan & Molly were two I remember.
I grew up skidding logs with mules. Started when I was about 10 years old in the 1960s. I really miss those days. Never met a mule I did not enjoy working with. Worked a draft mare named Bird one summer. She was a joy to skid logs with. Great to see someone skidding logs today with horses. We used skidding tongs connected to a single tree; no log cart.
What a beautiful pair he has there. They are good listeners too. I’ve never seen horses working the woods before, just in pulling competitions along with oxen. They are a whole bunch easier on the forest floor than tractors. Thank you for bringing this video to us.
Great video - my grandfather used mules and trucks to get big yellow pine timber to market in Texas. My Dad is 84 years old and tells me stories of the mules pulling logs out of the forest. Thanks for showing a task that the old timers used.
I bet that log Crain could change a baby's diaper, as gently as it is, dang, that was smooth. Tell Hass, who was running the team, Wow what a fanatic job. Loved it all thanks for sharing.
A man with an experienced team of horses can get a lot of work done in a day. My grandfather had a team which he worked logging in upper Michigan and Northern Ontario. Its good to see that not all of the old skills have disappeared.
Wow. That was amazing. Really enjoyed watching this glimpse back in time to see these fine animals working together. I was looking for the log cabin that was in the process of being built to show up any second. Would love to see more of this kind of video. Thanks Nathan for the real treat.
THANK YOU! What an absolute delight to see those beautiful horses working together, a perfect team. My Father's Farther had four city blocks of stables in Prospect, Sth Australia when I was a lad 70+ years ago, those gentle giants brought memories flooding back. Kind regards, Malcolm.
I enjoyed this Nathan! Seeing the Draft team working makes me think back to my Great Grandparents and Grandparents days! They knew their job and did excellent. They are so gentle on the woods and dont tear it up. My friend Roy still uses his team to get logs and firewood, still does all his farm work. They are out in Sullivan Missouri! Looking forward to more of the Drafts getting a work in. Beautiful team!
How awesome! It shows the old ways still work well. I live in a logging/gold mining town up in the mountains and horses were essential to get supplies in over the mountain pass of 5575 feet. Often think about those times as I'm making that 45 minute drive on a paved road at 50 mph, which would have taken folks weeks by horse. They were still using this logging method when I was growing up but never had a chance to see it in person. Keeping you and your neighbors in my thoughts after the tragic storm. Hoping all is well with you and yours. ❤
Absolutely fabulous! To see a team working together is inspiring. As I sat and watched many things ran thru my mind... from the element of danger; like life threatening, to the hours all have put in to reach this level of teamwork and trust. This does not come overnight. A pure pleasure to watch!
Pat Byron A great video, my brother was a horse logger. About 25 years ago he was killed in a logging accident, but, doing what he loved, especially the horses. Thank you for this. We are in Southern BC, Canada.
I love watching you run the sawmill, but I could watch horse logging all day long. Reminds me of my time at Paul Smith's College and their horse logging team.
Thanks Nathan, just took me back to the woods 70 years ago. Didn’t have all their equipment but the horses and axes were working then. Really enjoyed your video, Fred.🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻✋🏻✋🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I live in Scott County and remember Chad and his brother Horse Logging my Father's property several years back. They did some select cutting of some Big Oaks that were well past their prime for being harvested. Was a sight to see for sure! I think I saw them working off Rt. 72 outside of Gate City last week.
Enjoyed the horse logging. For all the benefit that comes from the horse logging, it's undone many times over using that antiquated loader that appear to burn quarts of oil and hour.
That was a beautiful video. My uncle in Keysville Va. had two teams of Belgians and he worked them cutting logs for years. I always remember that even though he cut logs you could never really tell it. That was definitely some nice straight logs. Take care.
Those horses were so beautiful and majestic as they made their way back and forth through the timber...that old Mack with the Prentice log crane on it even though not the prettiest thing I have seen is still out there earning a living for them ol boys... awesome video as always Nathan.
Wow, this was totally awesome and so conservative . More like forest maintenance than destroy and clear cut everything . This is a treasure to see . Thank you guys . I love the horses , strong , smart and hardworking . I would say you have it all figured out . The rest of us can't make it without the internet , Walmart etc . You have horses , land , forest , wildlife , creeks , streams and a sawmill , what else is there for self sustainability . Also , the video quality , shots and editing was excellent , , I'm subscribed .
Those logs are from...Out of the Woods. My dad had his property logged my Amish guys about 10 years ago and this is how they did it. It was cool to watch
Thank you for the trip down memory lane. As a young teen I worked on a farm in upstate ny where we used the horses for logging as well as multiple other chores. In the winter we did sleigh rides and even an ice harvest. great video, now I am waiting to see this wood on the mill.
Thanks for this Nathan. Lovely video of a working practice that my wife’s step brother employed on the Wales England border, before his passing in 2014. Very happy to see any further recordings you make of this gentle art. Take care, stay safe and compliments of the season to yourself and your family. Stan
I was around working horses as a kid and always admired how well they worked together. They knew what was going to be told to them before it was said. lol They didn't like being ridden though and didn't want to take the bit because they knew what was coming. Good vid, Lee
It’s always nice to see those big old draft horses at work. Here where I live in Amish country in south east Pennsylvania most farms around here are Amish. So they have work horses and mules in the fields and horse for their buggies. I’ve seen them use their draft horses pulling logs over the years. I love seeing them in the spring preparing their fields for planting. There’s something about seeing fields after planting worked by horses or mules that has a special beauty. Thanks Kindly Nathan! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
Always enjoy watching your video's, This IS about as good as I have seen, Getting More Rare all the time to see Men and Animals working together to get Jobs done, Thanks so Much for Showing this Film, The Horses are the Star of the Show, Many have never seen Working Animals in the Flesh, and that is the way things go.
Nathan it is to bad you didn't come see our working Belgians in Batesville when you came to pick up your new Weed Mizer mill back in the summer. We have a total of 12 Belgians and 2 Percherons all broke to work.
Very much enjoyed this one Nathan. The audio alone was an awesome treat. My family is from the Virginia mountains in the George Washington National Forest so seeing this took me back to my visits there as a child. Beautiful country!
It's great to see those magnificent trees being used purpose rather than firewood. I mean too many times these giants fall and either rot or end up in the fireplace. I am happy to see you use this renewable resource. Great job Nathan.
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They were chomping at the bit waiting for the sound of the chain giddy up and go. They know what to listen for.
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Nathan this is an...OUTSTANDING video....Thank you so very much......When l was a boy back in the late 1950's l went with my Dad for him to buy logs for his sawmill and seeing horse's pulling logs.....What a great big deal it was for me....!
I absolutely loved the video, Nathan! My late granddad was a sawyer in Northeast Ohio and Northwest Pennsylvania from 1936 to 1984. Even though they had automobiles, they were still using horse teams into the 60s. He had a reputation for leaving an area better than he found it. (He had definite views about people tearing up the woods with no care for the future.)
This is definitely worth an in-depth video! I would imagine the loggers have been using horses for many generations and that’s a cool history to explore and those are stories worth telling. :)
It's something to watch people work horses." Working horses with Jim" use his horses round his farm is something. Thanks for sharing
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Thanks for this one Nathan, it really took me back. When my dad was alive and working his homestead, this is how we did our logging. We didn't have that cool skidding cart though. I used to have to walk all the loads out to the landing with the horses. Sometimes I would cheat and hop on the logs and drive the horses from there. It was a great way to log, the horses didn't tear up the bush the way mechanized equipment did.
thanks Barry
Frank, Chad! Good work from good people. Worked with these boys at Berea a few years back. Hello from mule man in Tennessee
Hi Nathan, this is Jim from Working Horses With Jim. I liked this video and your sawmill videos, of course, since I have horses and a sawmill I'm naturally drawn to this content. Tell Chad and Frank they are doing a great job in the woods.
Hi Jim you are getting plenty of mentions for "Working horses with Jim " I love watching Nathan's vlogs as well Stay safe and well, best wishes from the North Norfolk coast UK
hey Jim will do, thanks for watching sir,
Awesome to see people still do things the old way
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Enjoyed this, Nathan. I’ve been watching “Working horses with Jim” for a long while. He is up in New York state and does farming, logging with horses, has a sawmill, and uses a lot of old machinery. Check him out when you have time. Stay safe and keep up the good videos. 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for the info!
Same here!
Per your recommendation, watched a vid of Working Horses With Jim.. Loved it. Thank you. Wonder where in NY his farm is?
@@donbrutcher4501 his mailing address is in Moira, NY, its listed on his channel.
I like Eustace on Turtle Island. Seen him on tv and his old school...
Nathan, please add my vote to the “yes” list for more videos like this. I love watching a draft hitch working, and I really enjoyed the gentle way this gent handled his team. Thanks for the great video!
Will do!
All I can say is I trust your judgement regarding what you show. You've never let us down!
The contrast of old and new here is brilliant -- great episode.
thanks Clinton
Watching a good well trained and worked team of horse is like watching art being made. Being from NE Ohio and having a large Amish community I've been blessed to have being able to watch several good working horse teams that have harvested timber in this area. Absolutely id like to see more of this type of timber harvest.
thank you
Ashtabula County here. I was blessed to grow up in the very end of horse farming in the 80s. Happily, more Yankees are doing small farming and using horses as well. It's nice to see simple "old fashioned" practices combined with modern knowledge. My dad used cob type ponies, especially useful for fertilizing the garden as you plow it.
Fantastic video. My grandfather farmed with "John" and "Joe", two draft horses. It was in the late 40's but I still have memories of riding the horses back to the barn after field work. I was about 5 or 6 years old. My grandfather who was probably my age now sold the horses and bought his first powered farm machine, a Ford tractor. I still remember him running through a gate with the tractor forgetting how to engage the clutch. He did figure it out but a little late.
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That logger has it all together. The horses know and love their job. And the old Mac claw lift. Really the best way to get the logs out of the woods. Great video!!!
Thanks 👍
Memories ... When in school at Paul Smith's College in upstate NY (in the late '60s) we had occasion to skid with horses. This reminded me of what 1 or 2 horse power really is. Especially with a well trained and behaved team.
Love your videos... keep 'em coming.
Stu
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What a tear jerker this drug me all the way back to 1957 watching my grandfathers Morgans working in his saw mill for the last time.
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My grandfather and Daddy used to log with Draft horses. Daddy told stories of their time in the woods, hard work and little pay, but his eyes would light up when he recounted those times with his father.
thanks for watching
Brought back memories of going up the mountain with my grandpa and uncles in swain county, nc, with a team of mules and snaking out logs. They did. I was just a kid. This video...What a great idea. I owe you on this one.
Nathan excellent video of working draft horses . My father use to tell me stories of him and grandpa using draft horses on the farm when he was in his younger days. I lost my father in November this year. And watching your video made me smile and think of Dad on the old farm. Thankyou 👍👍👍👍👍👍😊
Loved watching this. Seeing things done in. Much simpler way has a special place in my heart and is the type of thing I try to instill in my children as well. Would love to have seen how their circular mill compares to my uncle’s mill.
Glad you enjoyed it!
There's an old steam sawmill in Northern California. There's a group that keeps the whole site in working order. They're not open all year, but they do have working tours and such. It's called Sturgeon's Mill.
I absolutely loved seeing those magnificent animals doing their job. Without horses, "Man" would still be living n the Stone Age. They (along with dogs) have been our best partners for millennia now. Thank you for sharing this video.
Absolutely
My Dad and Grampa used to log in E. Canada with a huge mare. She knew her job so well you could hook her up and she would bring them where they were going alone. Only needed an unhook at delivery. The horse would also jump on to the back of a flatbed in the morning without needing loading/unloading!
My sister and BIL have two Belgians that are retired from pulling competitions. They are magnificent creatures and able do a lot of great work on their farm (these days mostly hauling maple syrup bins out of the woods and showing off for the occasional wagon ride). Thank you for sharing this. I hope you and yours are well after the wicked storms that rolled through Friday.
thanks for watching
Logging the forest with horses sure doesn’t make a big mess like modern log skidders do. I grew up in south central Missouri and there’s a guy that used to log with horses down there. He said the horses would decide when quitting time was. They would stop working and then he knew it was time to go home. The guy that owned them said the horses were smarter than him when it came to working in the forest. 😀
Agreed
A good accomplished team of horse like this know what there doing. And this gentleman knows how to not over load them. Something that I've watched younger Amish men do here. This definitely is a treat to the channel, its not something you'll see very often, thats for sure.
thanks for watching
My father is 83, he grew up on the end of a cross cut saw with his brothers. At 8-year old my father would drive the loaded truck off the mountain. They logged with a mule, the stories my dad can tell are incredible. I loved watching the horses work, made me understand the stories a little better.
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Brings back memories of seeing horse logging near Machias, in eastern Maine in the 1980s. It was amazing to see how agile the horses were, and also the power they had - it was almost as if they enjoyed the hard work.
thanks for watching
My Grandfather (born in 1917) shared stories of his love of horses in the timber in Benton county MO.
He described a wooden sled to skid the logs and to drag hand hewn cross ties.
I sure miss Grandpa, now I have so many more questions I wish I had asked when he was around.
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My grand-father and his family use to earn a living at their farm more than 80 years ago by felling trees and pulling them out of the wood by a team of horses. Only later came a tractor with tracks. Thank you for keeping thoses memories alive.
Its very peaceful when working with Horses
Fascinating blast from the past, Nathan. Thank you! I love the way the horses do basically no damage to the forest floor, compared to the way machinery just tears it up. 👍
Many thanks!
I have been around horses all of my life...How ever. Watching horses do this. New to me , Horses here pull plows or chase cattle...not so many trees in Nebraska..Thanks for sharing. Jim
Thank you so much for this one. Makes me happy and sad, I miss my dad (Pop) and my grandfather very much after watching. Love seeing people doing it my grandfather did. Thank you again.
Glad you enjoyed it
Watching a good team of draft horses work is a joy.
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Those horses deserve a great deal of credit. They work hard and are great at their job.
Agreed
Perfect Day for overalls or bib overalls... and a toboggan hat.....Great Horse Handling!!! Reminds me of the younger days when I worked with my Grandfather. He and I used a push/ pull saw, a large cross buck, to cut logs for uncles later to fetch out the woods with a tractor that had to be cranked started!!!!
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I can watch draft horses working all day. They are such beautiful animals.
agreed.
That was some real horse power at work. Enjoyed watching! Thanks for sharing!!
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You bet
Nathan, Rance here, I really enjoyed seeing horse logging an old time art very, very nice! Thank the good lord he has blessed you with a modern WoodMizer super 70 to make short work of these classic American logs. Your beard goes right along with this video
Thanks 👍👍
Excellent horsemanship, a joy to watch.
Many thanks!
Had a friend in College ( we went to SUNY MORRISVILLE) in Hamilton County NY who logged with horses - brought back some great memories- I also helped start SUNY MORRISVILLE'S draft team -they are such neat animals to work with - truly gentle giants
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Awesome! My maternal grandfather logged with horses in the 1950s. I spent many days in the woods riding the horses as they skidded logs “out of the woods .” Dan & Molly were two I remember.
nice Danny, appreciate you watching
I grew up skidding logs with mules. Started when I was about 10 years old in the 1960s. I really miss those days. Never met a mule I did not enjoy working with. Worked a draft mare named Bird one summer. She was a joy to skid logs with. Great to see someone skidding logs today with horses. We used skidding tongs connected to a single tree; no log cart.
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Nathan. Fantastic. Hard work for sure. I've never seen anything like those powerful and majestic beasts. It's an eyeopener.
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What a beautiful pair he has there. They are good listeners too. I’ve never seen horses working the woods before, just in pulling competitions along with oxen. They are a whole bunch easier on the forest floor than tractors. Thank you for bringing this video to us.
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Great video - my grandfather used mules and trucks to get big yellow pine timber to market in Texas. My Dad is 84 years old and tells me stories of the mules pulling logs out of the forest. Thanks for showing a task that the old timers used.
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That was just plain Neat!
Ol' rickety picker and he placed them in the trailer as if they were toothpicks - smooth & easy.
I bet that log Crain could change a baby's diaper, as gently as it is, dang, that was smooth. Tell Hass, who was running the team, Wow what a fanatic job. Loved it all thanks for sharing.
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A man with an experienced team of horses can get a lot of work done in a day. My grandfather had a team which he worked logging in upper Michigan and Northern Ontario. Its good to see that not all of the old skills have disappeared.
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Big sturdy looking 🐎
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Wow. That was amazing. Really enjoyed watching this glimpse back in time to see these fine animals working together. I was looking for the log cabin that was in the process of being built to show up any second. Would love to see more of this kind of video. Thanks Nathan for the real treat.
Glad you enjoyed it
THANK YOU! What an absolute delight to see those beautiful horses working together, a perfect team. My Father's Farther had four city blocks of stables in Prospect, Sth Australia when I was a lad 70+ years ago, those gentle giants brought memories flooding back. Kind regards, Malcolm.
Our pleasure!
I enjoyed this Nathan! Seeing the Draft team working makes me think back to my Great Grandparents and Grandparents days! They knew their job and did excellent. They are so gentle on the woods and dont tear it up. My friend Roy still uses his team to get logs and firewood, still does all his farm work. They are out in Sullivan Missouri! Looking forward to more of the Drafts getting a work in. Beautiful team!
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Never saw horse logging before. Interesting to watch.fun. Thanks
How awesome! It shows the old ways still work well. I live in a logging/gold mining town up in the mountains and horses were essential to get supplies in over the mountain pass of 5575 feet. Often think about those times as I'm making that 45 minute drive on a paved road at 50 mph, which would have taken folks weeks by horse. They were still using this logging method when I was growing up but never had a chance to see it in person.
Keeping you and your neighbors in my thoughts after the tragic storm. Hoping all is well with you and yours. ❤
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Absolutely fabulous!
To see a team working together is inspiring. As I sat and watched many things ran thru my mind... from the element of danger; like life threatening, to the hours all have put in to reach this level of teamwork and trust. This does not come overnight. A pure pleasure to watch!
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The power and agility of draft horses is amazing!
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Pat Byron
A great video, my brother was a horse logger. About 25 years ago he was killed in a logging accident, but, doing what he loved, especially the horses. Thank you for this. We are in Southern BC, Canada.
Thanks buddy
Sorry to hear that about your brother
Fascinating video. Didn't know that this type of logging was still done. Thanks for sharing.
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I love watching you run the sawmill, but I could watch horse logging all day long. Reminds me of my time at Paul Smith's College and their horse logging team.
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not sure what's the best part of these videos. the sound track, the wood, or the process.
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Thanks Nathan, just took me back to the woods 70 years ago. Didn’t have all their equipment but the horses and axes were working then. Really enjoyed your video, Fred.🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻✋🏻✋🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thanks buddy
I live in Scott County and remember Chad and his brother Horse Logging my Father's property several years back. They did some select cutting of some Big Oaks that were well past their prime for being harvested. Was a sight to see for sure!
I think I saw them working off Rt. 72 outside of Gate City last week.
that's the place we filmed this,
Enjoyed the horse logging. For all the benefit that comes from the horse logging, it's undone many times over using that antiquated loader that appear to burn quarts of oil and hour.
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Horses = peaceful
Green logging truck= vintage
A day at the office in the bush = priceless
So you spent your day horsing around in the woods and came home with some nice logs. Good video.
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Great video! I could almost smell the exhaust from the truck as they were loading the logs.
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That was a beautiful video.
My uncle in Keysville Va. had two teams of Belgians and he worked them cutting logs for years. I always remember that even though he cut logs you could never really tell it.
That was definitely some nice straight logs.
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So awesome they allowed you to film and take us along with you to Scott County Virginia and see the old ways of logging still being practiced today.
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Get with Jason for more Suffolk Punch work. One of the most knowledgeable woods men around. Thankz for sharing those hard workin horses.
That’s some old school cool right there. Skidding with draft horses, and loading with an old B Mack. Awesome upload.
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Those horses were so beautiful and majestic as they made their way back and forth through the timber...that old Mack with the Prentice log crane on it even though not the prettiest thing I have seen is still out there earning a living for them ol boys... awesome video as always Nathan.
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Some impressive work with hay burners there!!!
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I must admit your look today will fit right in with loggers, said with a humorous tone
Wow, this was totally awesome and so conservative . More like forest maintenance than destroy and clear cut everything . This is a treasure to see . Thank you guys . I love the horses , strong , smart and hardworking . I would say you have it all figured out . The rest of us can't make it without the internet , Walmart etc . You have horses , land , forest , wildlife , creeks , streams and a sawmill , what else is there for self sustainability . Also , the video quality , shots and editing was excellent , , I'm subscribed .
Really enjoy watching people still logging and working with horses. 👍
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Those logs are from...Out of the Woods. My dad had his property logged my Amish guys about 10 years ago and this is how they did it. It was cool to watch
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Thank you for the trip down memory lane. As a young teen I worked on a farm in upstate ny where we used the horses for logging as well as multiple other chores. In the winter we did sleigh rides and even an ice harvest. great video, now I am waiting to see this wood on the mill.
sawing it up today
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Thanks for this Nathan. Lovely video of a working practice that my wife’s step brother employed on the Wales England border, before his passing in 2014. Very happy to see any further recordings you make of this gentle art. Take care, stay safe and compliments of the season to yourself and your family. Stan
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No mosquitoes 'round that picker!
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I hope you and your family have not been affected by the storms yesterday. 🙏🏻❤️
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Beautiful team and someone who obviously knows what to do with them. The was great to watch. Thanks
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This is a future to live into, not just a relic of the past.
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I was around working horses as a kid and always admired how well they worked together. They knew what was going to be told to them before it was said. lol
They didn't like being ridden though and didn't want to take the bit because they knew what was coming.
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Lee
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Beautiful horses. Lovely to see them working. Just as was intended.
Yes they are!
I could watch that all day. That's a nice little setup they got, between the horses and that ole truck them boys don't have much overhead.
Agreed. A good operation
Love the old mack. Nice team. The power of horses is amazing.
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Yes Nathan more horse logging videos please. Those are magnificent animals.
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Majestic animals making it look easy! Well trained for their work and incredibly obedient. Thanks for sharing this with us.
They are!
Hi Nathan, that was interesting, really enjoyed seeing the horses, it felt very peaceful, cheers
Thank you for doing this video it is absolutely beautiful how these horses worked so nicely and pulling these logs out of the forest
That's a nice team of Suffolks. Being a refugee from Wise co , this struck a cord with me. Thanks for sharing, Nathan.
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Really cool to watch the horse in action. I’m close to an Amish family and I see them in the fields working the horses all summer. Amazing 🤩
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Yes. Every since you shared this on instagram I have been waiting for the video, It didn’t disappoint either.
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It’s always nice to see those big old draft horses at work. Here where I live in Amish country in south east Pennsylvania most farms around here are Amish. So they have work horses and mules in the fields and horse for their buggies. I’ve seen them use their draft horses pulling logs over the years. I love seeing them in the spring preparing their fields for planting. There’s something about seeing fields after planting worked by horses or mules that has a special beauty. Thanks Kindly Nathan! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
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Excellent, just excellent. Great hub filming this Nathan. Love seeing this been doing a little horse logging with my friends Shires
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Always enjoy watching your video's, This IS about as good as I have seen, Getting More Rare all the time to see Men and Animals working together to get Jobs done, Thanks so Much for Showing this Film, The Horses are the Star of the Show, Many have never seen Working Animals in the Flesh, and that is the way things go.
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I love the music you choose to accompany your videos.
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Nathan it is to bad you didn't come see our working Belgians in Batesville when you came to pick up your new Weed Mizer mill back in the summer. We have a total of 12 Belgians and 2 Percherons all broke to work.
maybe next time sir,
Interesting harvesting with draft horses. Powerful team.
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Very much enjoyed this one Nathan. The audio alone was an awesome treat. My family is from the Virginia mountains in the George Washington National Forest so seeing this took me back to my visits there as a child. Beautiful country!
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I'm thinkin' you're going to have lots of requests to see more of this type of work being done. LOTS. Imo, fun watching them pull logs. Thanks!
That's the plan!
@@OutoftheWoods0623 Nothing more powerful than a man with a plan! Good luck!
It's great to see those magnificent trees being used purpose rather than firewood. I mean too many times these giants fall and either rot or end up in the fireplace. I am happy to see you use this renewable resource. Great job Nathan.
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