Horse logging in a splendid but difficult forest

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Horse logging in a splendid but difficult forest

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Horse logging on the Wijngaardberg in Wezemaal (Belgium)
Belgian draft horses
Boomslepen door "de Voermannen van nu" op de Wijngaardberg in Wezemaal, na selectieve kapping van Amerikaanse eiken door Natuurpunt
23 november 2020

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@biddydibdab9180 3 жыл бұрын

It’s so wonderful (especially in these times where the future of the world is being threatened by psychopaths), to see men and animals doing honest work. Thank you Robert for this dose of sanity and reality!

@mk6945 3 жыл бұрын

Bless their hearts, these horses are so willing to please. They are beautiful and gentle souls. I hate that while the gentlemen working with them don't appear to be super harsh in working them, they do treat them like they are just a machine. The way the driver directs the black horse over the logs each time, you know that horse has bruised pasterns. They are living creatures. Treat them as such.

@sandycee89 3 жыл бұрын

Aren't thes horses fantastic? Who else but they who enjoy working and getting a project done well. So effective and reliable.

@1lesa242 3 жыл бұрын

My grandpa did this in the 1940-50 in Hackney Ohio. Very cool to see. I always imagined huge logs.. and steep hills.. lol like stright up a holla . Thanks for posting

@fallblossom5 3 жыл бұрын

Stunning collection of heavy built thick maned beauties.

@raymondo162 3 жыл бұрын

and the horses are lovely, too........................ boom boom

@susanharlow6432 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful animals

@lizcox8379 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful clever gentle giants. Pleasure to watch man and horse working together. 💕💕💕

@chetiada862 3 жыл бұрын

Big and beautiful horses 😯❤️

@rachelanne5751 3 жыл бұрын

absolutely stunning 🐎

@petertherock5070 3 жыл бұрын

beautiful happy horses working with pepole in peace , what not to like !?

@sseeback6754 3 жыл бұрын

Love the power they have!

@teemorris5757 3 жыл бұрын

These horses look like women .....bad beauties. Beautiful.

@legolisp 2 жыл бұрын

Saved to favourites, beautiful horses. Good work

@myshadowrealm4u 2 жыл бұрын

Such beautiful horses. Although I would not call this a difficult forest. In North america we call this a nicely manicured park.

@jonathancalton6304 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video Pretty horses well mannered

@randolphbutler1832 3 жыл бұрын

Such quiet workers, some without blinkers. All well fed and cared for.🐴🐴🐴🐴😷👍

@Do.not.judge. 3 жыл бұрын

My Mum would say that... flash back

@mignonheuvelmann7941 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@ericlakota1847 Жыл бұрын

5:00look at the muscular power of that old boy he is riped

@brittlanders351 2 жыл бұрын

Great job guys.

@lynnehuff9659 Жыл бұрын

The collars are so different than the collars that are used in the US. When I'm looking at old pictures of working horses, I know immediately when I'm looking at horses from the UK. because of the collars. In Australia, a lot less leather is used in the harness. It woud be interesting for a Belgian horseman to discuss the attributes of the collars. Then, I guess it would be interesting for horsemen from all over the world to share their viewpoints on traditional harness.

@christophemoisson8224 3 жыл бұрын

très beaux chevaux beau travail

@pietjepuk7910 3 жыл бұрын

First minut like matches fire sticks

@user-hu5pg1ix8d 3 жыл бұрын

Какие красавцы !

@Goldarr1900 2 жыл бұрын

I wish I had the lugs, heart, thighs, legs and hooves of a horse like that.

@klauskarbaumer6302 3 жыл бұрын

Great horses and very willing. In the future I hope to see that their replacements will be allowed to have long tails. The handlers are good, too.

@horatiohornblower868 3 жыл бұрын

Klaus Karbaumer Cutting tails is forbidden in Belgium since 2001, but because horse growers massively got around that rule, the Constitutional Court reaffirmed the law in 2018. As a result horses with a so called "block" tail may not be inspected and cannot participate in competitions and exhibitions.

@klauskarbaumer6302 3 жыл бұрын

@@horatiohornblower868 Thank you for this information. I live in Missouri, USA, and unfortunately here in the States many draft horses are docked, too, albeit not quite so short. I have had horses for 57 seven years, in Germany and here, but never found it necessary to have them docked. But it is not easy to find drafts with long tails here.

@horatiohornblower868 3 жыл бұрын

Klaus Karbaumer Most Belgium draft horses live in the USA. In fact the breed would have long been extinct if it was not bred massively by American farmers.

@klauskarbaumer6302 3 жыл бұрын

@@horatiohornblower868 I know, I had four Belgians. Now I have Percherons. I farm with horses.

@louisecassidy5991 3 жыл бұрын

Handlers are really dumb! Anyone knows you get on and ride back up for the next load! Those great tough horses would hardly notice the weight.

@pocketchange1951 3 жыл бұрын

👍👌🇨🇦❤, new sub, gr8 video content

@user-yf9zk4vc1c 7 ай бұрын

ici dans mon village il y avait un très bon éleveur qui a gagné à plusieurs reprise des lauriers avec ses chevaux

@lynnehuff9659 Жыл бұрын

Is the black horse a Belgian, too? they are both stunning, and such well trained logging horses.

@RobertPiessens Жыл бұрын

Yes, it is a Belgian horse. 30 years ago, yje black coat color was rare in the Belgian breed, but now it is common. Look at my horse Gloria on KZfaq. She is also black.

@lynnehuff9659 Жыл бұрын

@@RobertPiessens Thank you Robert, I will. Black is so beautiful, but we know "any color is good on a good horse" hahha

@harveyotoole2029 3 жыл бұрын

I can't believe how much they can pull !! joke.

@user-yf9zk4vc1c 7 ай бұрын

cheval de trait ardennais les préféré de Napoléon qui les as utilisés jusque en Russie

@johnc6339 3 жыл бұрын

Great to see this. 👍😁 Is that hornbeam or oak? What will the timber be used for?

@56Seeker 5 ай бұрын

I have no idea how they steer with a single pull rope and no body contact

@RobertPiessens 5 ай бұрын

For explanation of driving with a single line, look at kzfaq.info/get/bejne/et6Fkq5_mNzOmY0.html

@ariflanga795 3 жыл бұрын

Which country

@yoseflaurent3376 3 жыл бұрын

Très beau cheval, bien dressé, très gentil. Hij gaat zonder hoefijzers?

@user-yf9zk4vc1c 7 ай бұрын

la maison du cheval de trait Ardennais se trouvait ici a 100 mètres

@jefferyschirm4103 3 жыл бұрын

A lot of that look like dog wood , meaning a dog could pull it .

@bolski-uitlaatstore9130 3 жыл бұрын

Wie werkt met paarden, heeft een hemel op aarde.

@bonniekeller9739 3 жыл бұрын

Not very smart or thoughtful of the horse to have them trying to pull up onto a pile of logs like that way. Good way to injure the horse

@mattlevine2583 3 жыл бұрын

Is it dangerous to stand behind the horse cuz it can kick? I feel when your un chaining the horse can kick you your like right there

@youngarboristuk5158 3 жыл бұрын

It depends on how the horse trusts ya

@rodmackinnon8497 3 жыл бұрын

Logging? . . . looks more like gathering firewood . . . very strange video.

@SinoSene 3 жыл бұрын

*snap* and walk away .... just enjoy the video, rod!

@donaldvanvliet9039 Жыл бұрын

No it’s getting rid of exotic tree species from a nature reserve. English is not the makers native language but if you feel you have to be a dick because he used the wrong word then so be it.

@evanherrera5948 3 жыл бұрын

Do u think horses know they are helping?

@abigray8585 3 жыл бұрын

Probably, but with animals you never know, their emotions aren’t easy to read.

@elenamigdaleva8001 3 жыл бұрын

😍🤗💋💋💋

@willad1872 3 жыл бұрын

Gee where is your cart. What will you do with that oak over there, girdle it?

@ibrolugonic2761 3 жыл бұрын

1.45 kod nas ljudi na ramenu nose 🤣

@robertmintz63 3 жыл бұрын

This really angers me , some geek cut the tail off the brown & white horse , now in the summer it has nothing to swat the flies with ! In fact all the horses have their tail hair cut clear off ! The hair of the tail should only be cut short enough to keep it out of the snow ! I know these things cause l logged with horses, in the 1950s in Canada summer & winter

@raymondo162 3 жыл бұрын

irony: the final sequence shows a horse with no tail - while the lady wears her hair in a ponytail...........

@donaldvanvliet9039 Жыл бұрын

You did? Well people over here have logged with these horses and chopped tails for centuries, what do they know eh?

@steliannistor1878 3 жыл бұрын

Those loads are very much embarrassing.

@donaldvanvliet9039 Жыл бұрын

It’s not a competition, just a job that needed done.

@steliannistor1878 Жыл бұрын

@@donaldvanvliet9039then hook 2-3 logs then and stop walking around with a embarrassing load when you have a8-900 kg horse..I can pull that log myself…But what do I know I only have 16 draft pulling horses.