Horse Logging | National Geographic

One environmentally friendly way to log forests is the old-fashioned way - with horses.
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[@m8s4lif]

I love to see folks using horses whenever possible. Thanks for showing this.

[@Nickzilla22]

"And you don't haft to smell that diesel smoke."
Truer words, never spoken.

[@bowakowa]

My grandpa drove a logging team for a living. Loved horses. Got the job when a he saw a driver strike a horse. The horse balked at a steep grade. Grandpa stepped in and told him he'd hit him if he hit that horse again. The boss told grandpa if he could get em down, he could have a job. Needless to say, he did it. He pulled a homebuilt log sled with his horse, and fed his family year round from his garden. Happiest man I ever met.

[@WobblingHobGoblin]

nice horses!

[@GoreTorn16]

its sad to see these old tyme traditions fade away. I hope they can still exist into the 21st century despite technology.

[@MoeDaMoe88]

we need more peoplel like this!

[@kotk05]

I wonder how many cats it would take to pull that log.

[@Dewdaahman]

very well done and a great message..

[@Witness615187154]

I love that!

[@kewlgal44]

thats true there is nothing enviormentally friendly about logging but in the country (some) thats what they use to heat there house and at least he is trying to make a good thing out of a bad ting ....you know what i mean?.........great video !!!

[@tatukulonen394]

I want that horses log <3

[@greendragons87]

now that is awesome! my grandpa, each we would go out and cut trees down, but we would never use a horse. he had a rench one the back of the truck. the trees were only for the wood burning stove, but it was still fun, but using horses or ox is a great way for going green lol!

[@FurWiGi]

I like this, they feel good about what they are doing with their lives and don't mind getting modest income doing hard work. This practice is sustainable because they are limited to the amount of harvest by the work they can do with man/animal power and the horses produce fertilizers as a by product, not pollution.

[@Magical_turtle]

aw that's a sweet story

[@glemmstengal]

sad story about him having to retire, but interesting video

[@kyle7412]

ahh well that's good for them!

[@MrFeliks1965]

К сожалению в России в настоящее время нет производства такой упряжи для лошадей.

[@pitchwest]

I wish!!!

[@sewallm60]

most logging done today is on private property kind like a farmer growing corn. 50 thousand acres you are using big equipment or a family with woodlot and maybe ahorse or a small tractor

[@m8s4lif]

Did they say a piece of heavy equipment can weigh up to ten thousand lbs. That is a very small piece of heavy equipment. Some of the Cats used in the woods around where I grew up weigh a lot more than that.