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Logging with Horses
Adam Farnham, Owner, Flowing Waters FarmSummer, 2004
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Why use this method?
• Small acreage ~5
• Soft ground limited access
• High value timber, widely dispersed– An old pasture for a dairy farm– Had not been used as pasture for 40 years– Random, good quality alder
• Short skid distances (in theory)
• Really neat to watch.
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Our Objectives
1. Forest health. Swap out old alder for new diverse seedlings. Thinning.
• Hemlock • Doug Fir• Cedar
2. No intent to profit on this acreage.
3. Minimal modification to existing trails.
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Wes Gustafson and his Belgian team.
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Tong pull. Timber felled & cleaned. Team backed, tongs set. Extreme care given to lie and direction.
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Pull started. More manpower here than what is usually needed.
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This is how it looks after they’re done.
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Arch pull. Used for longer distances.
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Nearing the end of the pull at staging.
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A few things to consider…
• Very labor intensive. Not speedy.
• Logger cut only trees he could move each day.
• We provided pasture for the horses.
• Logger worked long days. Commuting with the horses too time consuming and expensive.
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The End Result
• I did more soils damage collecting firewood with my tractor.
• Two weeks later, it was difficult to tell where he’d been.
• Two truckloads of alder removed in two weeks.
• No profit, but income used to offset losses for tax purposes.
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I still have the firewood. A $600 value!