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  • 16-12-2013 12:21am
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    Kevhog1988
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    Guys,

    Just wondering would anyone here ever use a horse to collect logs, plough etc etc. Reared with horses all my life, hunters etc etc and would love to use a horse for all the little jobs wed usually use a tractor for.


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    The Glass Key
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    Would love to see them used for extracting timber, but I wouldn't be one for spending the time needed for looking after horses. Loads of info about timber extraction with horses online good example http://www.sylvanenvironmental.com/traction.htm .


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    laoch na mona
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    check out http://www.horsepowerinireland.com/ its defiantly something that I am interested in

    http://trojanheavyhorses.blogspot.ie/ this lad logs with horses


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    Kevhog1988
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    going to bump this. handing in my notice tomorrow in the uk and moving home :) was working the horse a small bit over xmas. Will push on with training them better when i get back.


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    The Glass Key
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    theemigrant wrote: »
    going to bump this. handing in my notice tomorrow in the uk and moving home :) was working the horse a small bit over xmas. Will push on with training them better when i get back.

    Good luck.


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    Kevhog1988
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    laoch na mona wrote: »
    check out http://www.horsepowerinireland.com/ its defiantly something that I am interested in

    http://trojanheavyhorses.blogspot.ie/ this lad logs with horses

    Do you drive or work horses at the moment?


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    laoch na mona
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    I'm a student at the moment so that and lack of land access ( I only have the money/time/space for one horse) has me limited to a small bit of riding for at least two more years


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    Kevhog1988
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    laoch na mona wrote: »
    I'm a student at the moment so that and lack of land access ( I only have the money/time/space for one horse) has me limited to a small bit of riding for at least two more years

    Much the same, trying to buy some land beside home at the moment but we have two horses. My own rides and drives (a nice heavy cob) and is very much the slow and steady type so I'm going to be using her at the start. Going to build a 4 wheel cart/dray that i could move our turf and collect hay etc with.


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