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Kelly in tx

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I had to adjust harness to fit my draft horse team this morning. Lifted the britchin, shortened the quarter straps, found the lines were backward in the Conway buckles, had to put
collar pads in, etc. Took about an hour and a half. Hopefully now ready to cut hay tomorrow. Geez tractors are quick by comparison. kelly
 
Tractors are quicker, but working a team of horses or mules is hard but fun work. Years ago I went down to Grand Saline Texas. We cut and picked up hay and baled it. We then went back in the fall and plowed and re seeded. There was a guy that drove a Chuck wagon out there to serve supper one night. Good times!
 
I had plans of hosting a hay day with horses this year. Long story short, I had to have my left hand horse put down yesterday. Had him at Kansas State with an eye issue and things went South. Long story short the college had to put him down. Sad day for us. Hope to find another mate, but 18 hand grey Percherons are not on every corner. Please try to post pictures for us. Thanks - Bob

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Bob, tough time to lose a good experienced horse. Hope you will be able to find a suitable replacement. Good draft horses are sometimes hard to come by and then get them accustomed to your equipment and way of doing things. Seems to take longer than you would like. Good luck to you.
 
One team is black Percherons. Another team is a Belgian and a Clydesdale/Thoroughbred cross. I also have a white Percheron often teamed with one of the blacks.
 
(quoted from post at 15:19:38 05/08/21) One team is black Percherons. Another team is a Belgian and a Clydesdale/Thoroughbred cross. I also have a white Percheron often teamed with one of the blacks.
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I don't know much if anything about driving horses. Would your team cooperate with a driver they didn't know, provided he knew what he was doing?

Sounds like a peaceful way to spend some time, cutting hay with your team,

Gerrit
 
Bob1958, sorry about the loss of your horse. My white is smaller - 17,2??? but . . .
Did you say you're in Kansas?
We cut the hay with two teams today. It was fun, but makes a 77 year old tired. kelly
 
RedMF40 (Gerrit), yes my team would cooperate with a driver they didn't know. Most all well broke teams would. BUT, the driver does need to know a bit about driving horses. Today a friend drove my old team and got along fine. They (the team) mostly go (often with a kiss sound) and stop by voice, but of course the driver must keep the horse nearest the standing grass/hay in the swath/furrow.
Fire ant mounds were our biggest bane today. Grrr!
 
(quoted from post at 20:15:13 05/08/21) RedMF40 (Gerrit), yes my team would cooperate with a driver they didn't know. Most all well broke teams would. BUT, the driver does need to know a bit about driving horses. Today a friend drove my old team and got along fine. They (the team) mostly go (often with a kiss sound) and stop by voice, but of course the driver must keep the horse nearest the standing grass/hay in the swath/furrow.
Fire ant mounds were our biggest bane today. Grrr!
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Kelly, thanks for the explanation. I'm always interested in anything animal-related and especially where it concerns their interactions with people. I understand when the Fordson tractors first became available, many farmers used to working with horses didn't like them. I'm sure the horses weren't happy about it, either. Thanks again, sounds like you have a great relationship with your animals.

Gerrit
 
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