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Nah, he just needs to shift to a lower gear to drop his ground speed. ;)

I bet that air filter is older than I am.
 
Nah, he just needs to shift to a lower gear to drop his ground speed. ;)



I bet that air filter is older than I am.



Cant belive that this is still done with all the machinery that we have these day's. I have been taking my boy's to school down in the flat land near here. They stand proud among all the other students. Hitch them up and they want to do their best. The instructor asked why did you enroll in the class they are fine just the way they are. They are some pullin dude's started the plow just deep enough to break ground then dropped it to the max depth no problem with them.
 
Change the type of hay he feeds the MULES



:-laf:-laf:-laf I was thinking the same thing. I hope my boy's dont smoke like that im just a bit closer to them. When I first looked at this across the field I thought what the H*** it was from a different angle.
 
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That's actually pretty typical around here. Plenty of Amish and Mennonite still doing it the old way. I envy them.
 
That's actually pretty typical around here. Plenty of Amish and Mennonite still doing it the old way. I envy them.



Sometimes I think that the world is moving WAY to fast. I like to go out and work the gang get dirty, sweaty, hungry. Sit back on the back deck and look at what was done that day with a beer and the wife. AND THEN THE DAM CELL PHONE RINGS. :-laf
 
I'm a city boy, never spent time with teams, but I sure have enjoyed watching teams work at festivals, plowing competition, log pulling for accuracy, and sled pulling. I have seen teams working the fields in and around Holmes County Ohio Amish country, gives a real meaning to horse power.
 
Hey BIG! Them "boys" looks like there runnin' HOT! That Farmer needs to back off on the Grain:-laf! A few apples and carrots will clean out the Carbon buildup:DOo. ! GregH
 
Hey BIG! Them "boys" looks like there runnin' HOT! That Farmer needs to back off on the Grain:-laf! A few apples and carrots will clean out the Carbon buildup:DOo. ! GregH



I always give the gang a good helpin of goodies for the work they do. When we were running to camp and back just about everyday. The hunters said that you think more of those MULE'S Than you do most of the people. The family got a weird look on their face as they looked up over their coffee cups :confused:you unpack them brush them put their stable coat's on them water them feed them and before you even sit down to eat. The wife said that's ware your wrong he think's MORE of them than ANY of us , ya just have to except that from BIG. She's got me figured I guess. :D
 
I'm a city boy, never spent time with teams, but I sure have enjoyed watching teams work at festivals, plowing competition, log pulling for accuracy, and sled pulling. I have seen teams working the fields in and around Holmes County Ohio Amish country, gives a real meaning to horse power.



Gary



I never got to see much of this either just at the L. A. county fair they had sled pulls. And at Mule Day's in Bishop Ca. Until people get close to the action you dont really understand HORSE POWER like you said. They are some pretty beefy guy's. Mine are actually small for what they are (Draft Mules) any bigger and they would not be good on the trail's. Sometimes I leave them on trail of a clearing and take another to retrieve game. They are just to big to get in and around all the dead falls. But when we transfer the cargo from one to them that's were they SHINE. On most of the mule's we dont put more than about 100 to 150 lbs. But the boy's can take that all day everyday and not blink an eye. Dead weight is different than a live rider.
 
Hey BIG! I used to give my Mollie Mule a massage! On either side of their spine where their tenderloin is located. Those muscles really carry the load for the spine. I got in there with my fingers and worked them both, down one side, from the withers to the sacroiliac and up the other. She would just lean into me when I did that massage! I MISS MY MULE:-laf:{!

Now If yours stops yer foot, dont say I didnt tell ya:-laf!



GregH
 
They have stepped on my foot thank God it was my left one and I just had to have the foot replaced no big deal it's fiberglass anyway.



Earl has a foot problem that corrective shoeing takes care of but when he's used allot you can tell it's hurting by the way he walk's. My Niece is the gang's Vet. She has me mix a quart of Asorbine JR and just a couple of spoon fulls of Henrys Roofing patch ( roofing tar) mix it up real good and it starts to get hot. Rub that on his foot/ ankle and rap it with a protective pad. In the mooring he's good to go. When I pull the rap off he nibbles on the back of my neck like saying thank you. They are just like a GIANT dog they do have a personality. Most people (myself included) could take a lesson from them about getting along.
 
BIGNASTY,



I kinda like that idea of some folks taking a lesson from a mule, just hope the mule don't get offended.



I got a kick out of watching the personality of the team at a sled pull as they were put to work. How difficult or easy they hooked up, how they waited for the boss or heard the iron clank and off to the races usually with somebody hanging on for dear life to the reins. I remember a dappled (horse) pair that hooked up with one hand and stood at ready waiting for the signal to pull, mighty fine work.



Last pull we were at you could really see it when their rear haunches got pulled down as they leaned into the heavier and heavier loads. Gotta respect the teams and their drivers.



Sounds like watching grass grow, but an accuracy log pull is good fun too, its a series of hook and pull hook and pull measuring how far off you were from the pull to target, didn't have to be big to win, just in control.
 
I like to watch the pull's but those mule's and Draft horse's are born for that. And actually that is real hard on them. Like you noticed they are just like an athlete they are so JACKED UP and they drop the ring on the yoke. They are all about pullin. If they get hurt it's not pretty what happens to most.



Just like the drags if the car/truck breaks oh well. They can be fixed the animals cant most of the time and suffer or are put down because of it.



We care about our gang as they are more to us than just livestock. They helped me get thru a very troubled time in life. (yes even more than now) and in turn I treat them as my bud's. With my problems they take me where I would NEVER get to go without their help.



QUOTE Sounds like watching grass grow, but an accuracy log pull is good fun too, its a series of hook and pull hook and pull measuring how far off you were from the pull to target, didn't have to be big to win, just in control.



Never seen anything like that
 
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BIGNASTY,



I think your stock is pretty lucky, caring owner and a great place to work. Never saw an incident at a horse pull, wouldn't want to. Closeset we came was some pretty wild chuck wagon races when we were in Oklahoma, team got loose ran like heck and one got put down.



Picture log pulling for harvesting timber, tongs hook onto a log that is the start, pull to a line and release, hook to next log and pull to line I think 3 hooks was the game. Then they measure how far away fom target line you are for each pull. Finds out who is in control, funny to watch a team try for 2 more feet, sometimes turned into 8 feet, oops. Gotta know when to hold em and when to ask for a card.
 
Picture log pulling for harvesting timber, tongs hook onto a log that is the start, pull to a line and release, hook to next log and pull to line I think 3 hooks was the game. Then they measure how far away fom target line you are for each pull. Finds out who is in control, funny to watch a team try for 2 more feet, sometimes turned into 8 feet, oops. Gotta know when to hold em and when to ask for a card.





Sounds like fun more of a control type thing.



The chuckwagon race at Calgary was wild, just to ride on the wagon would be an A** tweaker. Most of those were actually race horse's. Ya that's a wild ride for sure.



Im not into the cowboy rodeo thing jumping off a running horse onto a running steer AHHHHHHHHHHH I DONT THINK SO. And bull riding NFW simple as that. Roping Id hang myself winging ropes around in the air and I dont mix. I use them to tie down and that's enough for me. But all fun to watch. My idea of chuckwagon racein is when someone said dinner is ready
 
BIGNASTY,



Log pulling, yup I think it was control, weight or time didn't matter it was all accuracy and control.



We need some guys from OK to chime in, but our family go to go to the Lazy E in Guthrie for the OK Cattlemens Assn Range Roundup. A fun based charity rodeo as I remember. Competing teams were from area ranches and short of seeing a US Army basic training graduation I have never seen or felt pride in the air as much as those Cowboy's displayed. Wild cow milking, wild horse racing, doctoring and a few others. I still remember the Cowboy that ran the length of the arena in 6" deep soft dirt with his real boots and jeans on to catch a run away wild horse and FINISH their event well after time expired, not pretty, but pretty inspiring.



Consider this an invitation to SC, we'll fire up the campfire, I'll offer up some vittles and try to make sure to include some real SC shrimp in the fixin's. You pay for your meal with your case (real) tales that are tall, and I'll try to offer something. Bring the mules or whatever, we've got some public land we could ride on, just gotta get used to sand underfoot. And get a travel buddy, swing by and get Greg, that would be one heck of a trip and tales to be told.



We might even find a spot to snap a couple of caps.



Gary
 
Gary I would like to come to SC but this coming spring/summer we have been invited to help in a study that my Nephew is in. He's in college now trying to become a Wildlife Biologist.



He and I did allot of packing when he was growing up as his dad my BIL is an outfitter. We have always been enamored with the Grizzly bear. His group is to find Grizzly bears that have been radio collard back in 07 with the help of aircraft. And gather data like size, weight,and a bunch of other way's that I just am not capable of understanding even on my best year.



We the wife and I and his Dad have been asked to be the transportation for the group for equipment and camping gear. Basically making a home for them for about a month and a half maybe longer.



The wife/BIL and I have been in the area that they are going. Its very remote and we did it when we were all allot younger (and dumber) It was an adventure then Im wondering if Im able to do it without craping my pants now that I know how stupid I was for going back then.



We have been to a few meetings and the bad part is that some green peace folks want to do it and with no FIREARMS the USFS even said are you nut's. So that is a big topic of safety. Most of these people have wilderness experience and said that it's stupid to think it would be safe.



For once I didnt say to much as ALL of these people were talking in words that I would have to look up the meaning to before I could make a comment. I just said that I remember watching a NAT GEO show many years ago when a tranquilized Grizzly bear woke up sooner than what was expected and the Craigheads (big time wildlife Biologist in MT) ran for their lives to a 1955 Ford station wagon. They got in just in time because the bear was HOT on their trail. They shut the doors and the bear crashed into the side of the car where the 2 doors meet It's a real strong structure of the car. At it caved in like it was cardboard. And you want to go without any weapons?



after the meeting the wife/BIL and I were outside and the Ranger from the USFS came by and said excuse me Mam , but some of those people are F***ing nut's. We have seen this Ranger in the mountains many times before.



So Maybe ya I mite take you up on SC. Because im not going naked into the mountains even for just a ride.
 
The bear project sounds interesting, quite an oppourtunity, but if your pocket only has a good knife and the bear is armed like a bear is and IT CLIMBS trees too, that don't sound too safe. The team would I assume be using their skills and experience to not have to squeeze a round off, but going unarmed? Yes, I remember seeing those home movie type presentations from the Craigheads.



Believe it or not, were hearing more TV reports about bear sightings here. Some guy near hear showed us trail cam shots of a bear at a deer stand.
 
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