Cross-Haul Log Loading Demonstrated

Jeff Ferge of Somerville, Tenn., demonstrates cross-haul logging at the 2020 Brush Creek Plow Day held at the Carrey Burnett farm in Melber, Kentucky. You can tell Jeff has done this just about every day with this team. They make it look easy but its the result of a lot of training and repetition. The full video plus another we shot in Jackson, Tenn., where Jeff was loggin in the woods with this team, are available on our youtube channel, / ruralheritage

[@gerry343]

Jeff and his horses work so well together as a team, he commands them quietly and can get them to move just a matter of inches at a time. Hauling the logs up onto the wagon looked effortless for this beautiful pair.

[@rhondaskipper64]

Thanks for sharing this with us very interesting and I enjoyed it very much ❤

[@jimsteele7108]

So much fun to watch that operation in action.

[@MarkWYoung-ky4uc]

Now that's old school technology at it's best!

[@drdraws9597]

I Cut logs in the 90's with a one ton truck and it was just as tempermental as a horse sometimes, lol!

[@barkartist5122]

Amazing

[@drdraws9597]

Two horsepower! Lol
Leverage!

[@jasondaubenspeck9758]

I wonder why he uses horses instead of mules

[@krissteele2661]

Most enjoyable to watch and if I had a chance to help it wood be memorable 🪓🛶