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Posted : 5/25/2009 11:31:04 AM

Been getting the horses out a little more lately. On Friday I double disked an acre or so of garden. Saturday we did a 15 mile round trip to an Amish breakfast and auction. On Sunday we did a 10 mile round trip to a friends place for a cookout. Good to be able to "put some sweat under the collars" as it make for a good horse.

Here is the rig we went in. It belongs to a friend of mine. He is leaving it here a week or two as we are having a Haflinger Club drive here at the farm the first part of June and it will save him hauling it back.

hunterseat

Posted : 5/25/2009 12:39:30 PM

Rod you're my absolute driving hero! Again, I bet your Amish neighbors really like you. I bet they think you should convert! [ ':D'

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Rod44

Posted : 5/25/2009 2:13:51 PM

They like me but I don't think my converting ever crossed their mind!!! Nor mine (they aren't big on a glass of "Jack" in the evenings and they don't have ice cubes)!!!!!!!

Rod44

Posted : 6/9/2009 3:18:21 PM

Since this original post I've put over 100 miles on them.

gunslinger598

Posted : 6/14/2009 5:39:25 PM

You are sure doing more driving than I am this year.

I have drove the wagon about 3 times a week for the past few weeks.

My little cart horse come up lame so he got a rest. I think he is fine now. I'll have to nail some shoes back on him and get him going again.

They wont make a team one is way big the other is way small. [X(]

hunterseat

Posted : 6/14/2009 7:52:21 PM

*sigh... one day I'll be driving. I like the sound of those shoes PaintedLady was talking about.... the no-slip rubber shoes or something like that?

Rod44

Posted : 6/15/2009 2:03:13 AM

I'll have to check into those shoes. I wonder where she gets them and how much they cost??

gunslinger598

Posted : 6/15/2009 5:08:05 PM

I got in a little more driving today, Only about 3 miles.

Woody is doing real well and progressing fast. It's been so hot I am just keeping him tuned without risking myself or him to the heat.

Rod44

Posted : 6/15/2009 8:49:07 PM

Watch that heat. I had mind out disking in the garden this morning but I went before it got too hot. I leave it wide enough between the vine crop rows that I can run the disk between them untill they start to widen out too much. More fun than running the rotiller.