When I was a kid, I used to spend time in the "log woods" with my grandfather. He had a team of mules and used to skid logs for folks that wanted to thin out their plot without tearing up the ground. I always appreciate those times and sure do miss him.
and that's how it's done. good mules or horses will just about do everything on their own. We use to have one guy falling and hooking up the tongs and another guy on the header unhooking them. They'd go right back to where the next tree was ready to skid. The Horse not only knew the way, but also what to do if she was going to get hung up on a stump or how to navigate new obstacles. It's been my experience they seem to like the work. they like having someone thing to do rather than stand around all day being someone's pet. Of course a good skid horse or mule is not only a loggers pet, but also his working buddy and valued companion. Logging today with feller bunchers is out of control. Sure it can be safer for inexperienced workers, but the overhead and the destruction... you'd never see me owning one of them. A regular cable skidder and a grapple loader is plenty of heavy equipment to cut all the wood a man needs
People like this usually 6 months behind. People with 20-200 acre tracks will call crews like this because they can go in and clean up downed trees from a storm and not tear up the property. We had a guy like these loggers we would give the trees to them if they would get the broke trees. When he died his daughter said he had 20 jobs waiting. She said most people gave him the trees because he was good. He would even drag the tops together in a pile. Hated to loose his services.
@@roypilgrim3122good videos. Keep up the good work!! Are you in the woods anymore? I'm up in New Brunswick Canada. We use horses and a skidder depending on terrain and forest. Cheers
When I was a kid, I used to spend time in the "log woods" with my grandfather. He had a team of mules and used to skid logs for folks that wanted to thin out their plot without tearing up the ground. I always appreciate those times and sure do miss him.
Grew up loggin with horses an mules.. over here in west Arkansas..
Logging with mules our horses always intrigues me... But I love that lift on that old truck!! That's impressive!
my grandfather taught me to harness and work a mule when I was a kid in the '60's.
and that's how it's done. good mules or horses will just about do everything on their own. We use to have one guy falling and hooking up the tongs and another guy on the header unhooking them. They'd go right back to where the next tree was ready to skid. The Horse not only knew the way, but also what to do if she was going to get hung up on a stump or how to navigate new obstacles. It's been my experience they seem to like the work. they like having someone thing to do rather than stand around all day being someone's pet. Of course a good skid horse or mule is not only a loggers pet, but also his working buddy and valued companion. Logging today with feller bunchers is out of control. Sure it can be safer for inexperienced workers, but the overhead and the destruction... you'd never see me owning one of them. A regular cable skidder and a grapple loader is plenty of heavy equipment to cut all the wood a man needs
Im putting together a truck with an old kennedy cable loader, and Im in Arkansas too.
People like this usually 6 months behind. People with 20-200 acre tracks will call crews like this because they can go in and clean up downed trees from a storm and not tear up the property.
We had a guy like these loggers we would give the trees to them if they would get the broke trees.
When he died his daughter said he had 20 jobs waiting.
She said most people gave him the trees because he was good. He would even drag the tops together in a pile. Hated to loose his services.
Do you know what breed of horses he used?
Arkansas is a little behind the times. :)
Hey Roy, are those Suffolk mules? How old are they?
no they were out of a stout quarter mare. i think they were maybe 12 or 13 yrs at the time. they were good, but a little too light in the britches
@@roypilgrim3122good videos. Keep up the good work!! Are you in the woods anymore? I'm up in New Brunswick Canada. We use horses and a skidder depending on terrain and forest. Cheers
I had rather be stomped in the bag as to log with mules
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I work in the log woods for 45 years I know how to harness up the team of mules. G is right and Hall is left
wheres robert runion
Are you interested in selling that truck?
Don't worry about the mule just load the wagon !
I want to see the first log go on the truck not the last.
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