Horse Logging 101

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Horse Logging 101

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Filmed back in 2008 one fine October morning in Deadwood, Oregon, to document the felling of a large Douglas fir tree with a pair of draft horses. Horse logging is practiced not only for its low environmental impact but also to access rugged terrain normally impenetrable with heavy logging machinery.
This was my very first film, shot in SD with a handheld camcorder with in-camera sound. I hope its low-tech quality serves to accentuate the pure, primitive nature of horse logging itself. Enjoy!

Пікірлер: 18

@specterman2000 2 жыл бұрын

That's a beautiful team of Percherons! I'm just glad someone had the sense not to dock their tails, since it's their natural defense flies and other annoying pests.

@jarlwolf3939 3 жыл бұрын

That was very enjoyable thank you.

@Veikra 2 жыл бұрын

We've got Shires and it's just insane how much traction they have. One 2000lbs mare beat the small 5000lbs excavator in tractive force, pulling stumps. And that's without any shoes, natural hooves.

@specterman2000 2 жыл бұрын

I bet you love to ride them bareback when you have the time!

@roberthowse6337 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video

@PercheronAppLVR 10 жыл бұрын

beautiful perchies :) The world would be a very different place without these awesome animals ! Love your video

@jorgeluiscolunna2721 9 жыл бұрын

Jij

@jorgeluiscolunna2721 9 жыл бұрын

Jide

@Camboge 3 жыл бұрын

If you employed a log arch trailer that would hold the weight of the log on wheels I bet your horses could pull huge logs out

@TealCheetah 10 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the vid. Dem mares are such good girls. :3

@alb5489 3 жыл бұрын

Good job, especially for "very first film"...l was going to ask why you didn't cut the tree when you explained why you kept the root ball. Also see comment about "perchies" and think because of amount of feather they might be Shire?? Are they x-cross??

@Veikra 2 жыл бұрын

I think those are percherons as they look short for shires. But horses do look small on camera. Look at 5:47 . The gray shire on my channel is 5ft 8 at the butt so that man would have to be at least 6ft8 for those to be Shire mares. 17hh at the shoulder is basically minimum size for a mare of that breed.

@Veikra 2 жыл бұрын

He keep the roots because 6:49 he explains

@nxgodin 2 жыл бұрын

Those “perchies” are , from a French breed called “Boulonnais”. And they are beautiful.

@Veikra 2 жыл бұрын

@@nxgodin We have a lot of percherons in Quebec. Shire popularity is increase though, and that's what I play with currently

@alb5489 2 жыл бұрын

@@nxgodin Are they Boulonnais and not Percheron?? Percherons were the predominant breed for many years and most folks don't know about the Boulonnais at all. Interesting that years ago the two breeds were lumped together and only counted as Percheron.