JIM IS TELLING STORIES AGAIN!!! // Students are Helping at Paul Smith College
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- Today Jim is telling stories again!! He & the horses are back to work logging at Paul Smith's College in the Adirondacks. Today, some of the students are helping, and learning more about logging with draft horses!
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Hi Jim;
I'm 87 years old, so, my interest is purely for entertainment purposes, and a bit of sentimental journey, remembering my time spent on my grandparents' farm. Can't seem tp get enough! Keep it up, please!
I don’t mind the longer videos. I know it’s more work for you, so don’t feel obligated to make a long video every single time but I don’t get bored. I’m retired, I don’t have any former knowledge of any of this stuff, so I am not reminiscing, but I just love watching the horses work and learning about what you do. You guys feel like family now :-)
I'm retired and never get tired of Jim,u-tube.And you should watch his daughter refurbishment of 150 year old house.
Drill and a Dream
I could watch a two hr. vidio. I'm retired and love watching working horses
I’m retired nurse. Lived on a farm as a child. Dad farmed with mules. I love to watch Jim work with the draft horses. I admire his expertise.😊
So nice to watch Baron more than able to carry the work load.
loved it never too long. 79 yrs old and no longer to do do it but love watching it being done. Thanks, Grant
Jim: you seemed to wonder why people watch your videos. I am not reminiscing nor a young person starting out. I just simply love the relationship you have with your horses and how you all seem to love doing your work. I very much admire your dedication and commitment their care and training. You and your horses work so hard but seem to be so immersed in the process that it seems like a labor of pure love and joy. I do have a small hobby farm and I do have horses. I am working on riding western dressage and work with my horses and ride almost daily. I find that the magic and charm of watching you with the working horses brings me encouragement with all of my horses and what I do with them. Thank you for putting out such excellent videos.!!
I'm not complaining at all about the long videos Jim! I wish all of them were this long because you have a lot of knowledge to share with the viewers. But I know that would be impossible for you to do. Keep up the good work and we will keep watching!
I have never worked horses or logged. I watch because I want to learn what is involved. Jim's real-world example makes me aware of what is involved in both fields.
I'm retired, worked horses on the farm when I was a boy and love to what them work.
Thank you Jim, never been a logger but always enjoy your videos either at the farm or at Paul Smith College.
I’m 74 and I’ve done some of the same many years back just love to reminisce of the memories really enjoy watching you work love to have a pair like the colts
It's never too long, when I'm remembering and looking back at another time.
It's really nice getting a foresters' perspective.
It's good to see you passing on some "tricks" of the trade to the students.
🤔just a retired truck driver, like horses, farming, logging, Working with horses, it’s my cup of tea 🤭👍👀
Thank you for your service Andrew.
God Bless the Trucker
Your the best jim!
Hi Jim, Retired these days from working in the petrochemical industry, but very interested in watching the working life of someone who’s method of logging goes back to its origins, great stuff. Mike from the UK
What? Who said that? Jim? I want the videos longer!!!!😂
I don’t mind the longer videos. I don’t get bored. I’m retired, I don’t have any former knowledge of any of this stuff, so I am not reminiscing, but I just love watching the horses work and learning about what you do. I make quilts and longarm, my quilts are made while I watch and it feels like I am getting like I am getting outside, so glad to see a young man getting involved
Jim I was a lineman for many decades in vtfor a power company, I seen so many deals like this go wrong Big time should have called the power company! Most power company’s will help take it down when near power lines For Safteys Sake 🙈 I’m hear to tell you, YOU made the right decision 😁
bill and baron are a beautiful team.
Great video. Bill and Baron are such a great team .
Quick-sand. Terrified me as a child. TV in the 50's. Heart goes out to the man who loved his horse and didn't allow it to suffer in it.❤ Empathy is a desirable quality in mankind..
Yep, Truth is stranger than fiction, I grew up on a marsh below a hardwoods, and on our marsh there were spots of quick sand, its more like muck, serious liquid mud, a bog used to be a pond or lake filling in so why would it be so hard to imagine this happening, a horse is very heavy and will sink down to the bottom.
I do not have a problem believing the gas station fella. I have seen enough rare occurrences to know it can happen. Yes, a man doing what's best for his horse. These crazy things happen.
me too watching old movies that used it as part of their scenes like old Tarzan movies
Hi Jim!!😀😀
I just love the long videos.
I'm about the same age as you and logged all my life. My dad and I started out using horses way back in the 70s also. We usually used a tractor for doing the heavy pulling. But we always loved taking a horse with us to pull down the limb tied trees in the plantation pine we selectively thinned in the winter time. In the winter it was always hard to get the trees to fall that we were cutting within the rows and a horse made all the difference when it came to getting them down.
I had covid 2 years ago and ended up with major heart and lung damage and have been unable to work since.
So now I have to live my life vicariously through your videos. I also had to sell my last team a couple years ago because of not being able to take care of them anymore. I really miss them.
I just love your horses and look forward to seeing your videos!!
Take care my friend and work safe !! 😀😀💚💚
Logger Al
God bless you Al, be strong...😊
I don’t mind the longer videos. I watch them because of your beautiful draft horses and watching your different and interesting skills, Jim. I did miss Brenda today. And I still miss Buck. That tree seemed to have a mind of its own and did NOT want to leave the forest. 😊
Jim, you have nothing to worry about. You are a fine example of a great teamster and teacher You can make the videos as long as you like as long as I can get some sleep. When I start watching your videos I can't stop. Tell Brenda she does a mighty fine job with videos. Keep up good work and be safe Coming from an old fellow that has had a few lines in his hands
Loved ur history lesson of ur area. As oregon is a little far away from u. Barron is getting to know his job, and works great with Bill. Keep up the great videos. I learn something new always.
Yes good for retirement viewing. Hope it will encourage younger folks into utilizing horses for various purposes. The horse is more than just a hay burner.
An excellent logging video!
A nice history lesson from John, too! Thanks, Jim. Chris
My hats off to the team tolerance of the cur dog.
That dog made me feel like it was me out there, I’ve got a border collie that loves to bark and hype the horses up in the woods lol
Thanks for the stories Jim. I always enjoy your logging videos with your beautiful horses.
Hi Jim, I also worked logging with my father in the winter. We cut mostly Maple into 4ft lengths for firewood using hand saws and axes. I remember digging down 3ft in the snow so that we did not leave a tall stump. The farmer would bring in a team of horses with a bobsled in the spring while the ground was still frozen and twitch out the wood. We cut 20 cords and received 5 cords cut to 1ft length for payment. So much for the good old days. Then I had to split it and stack in the woodshed. Seems like I have spent all of my life cutting and splitting wood! I am 82yo and still doing it. I started using a chainsaw 10 years ago. I must be getting old or something. ha ha
..........G'day Jim,
I watch you because my family name is Latin Meaning High, and they used horses for centuries in Stone Masonry.
My Father's Father was a grain and chaff merchant who had over 800 standing stalls and boarded horses. Yes, I am 82 years old.
Cheers, and kind regards,
Malcolm.
Great stories
I enjoy all your videos!! I do prefer the long ones more though. If it's to long for one sitting I can always pause it and come back later.
You offer a good variety of videos (long, short, with commentary, without, around the farm, in the woods, up in the air!). Don't change what you're doing! Folks can always fast forward through the video if they think it's too long.
Love any video short or long love even the ones where no one speaks
Yes, I really like when Jim gets in a Rhythm and is logging away being productive. I only wish I could be there to help him pull brush and pick sticks, ah ha. Love the big logs being pulled by the big horses, just awesome.
(Always nice to see your kind comments).
I enjoy your videos because I was cutting down trees in the 1950s & 1960s but I climbed them and cut them down in pieces, Bowmanville, Ontario
Retired, love to watch these, learn a lot from these videos. Was a naturalist and horticulture major. Have mature trees in my home yard....Love to see Baron with energy and learning so much and patience...Kudos....Tough, awkward tree! Temp issue a new one for me!!!
I am 73. Was a Dairy Farmer. Now a church Pastor. Though I did not work with horses I am reminiscing. You do a great job Jim. And Brenda is like my wife. Beauty and skill. Hard working go getter. You are a terrific duo. God bless you full measure.
My Dad told me that when he was a kid, back in the early 30's, there was a brick factory just 3 miles down from where we live, the whole creek for a few miles both ways was clay bank, he said, and showed me the place where there was quicksand and a guy lost a team of horses there. He said they tried to hook other teams on to try to get them out but couldn't. And my Dad took out the R.R.'s communication lines, the tree he cut didn't fall as planed, the wind caught it and swayed it the wrong way! I was a meat cutter for 40 years, same thing, different cutters cut different ways,but same result!
Jim, I’m retired and enjoy the simple entertainment you provide. I grew up on a farm and appreciate the hard work and discipline it takes to train horses to work as a team. My father in law also grew up logging with horses and his grandfather was a wheelwright, so I’ve heard some amazing stories and lived a few. My wife grew up in northern New York and I’m a Vermont boy. I enjoy the field work, too. Thanks.
Bill and Baron look pretty good together as well
The answer to your question is complicated. It started out as just me, a semi-retired, then homeschooling mom watching you. I believe I'm a year younger than you, and there you are out in the woods working. Then my young'n, born to me in old age, started getting interested and watching with me. Now my husband, who is ten years older than me and retired, has started watching too. Now the whole family is watching you like we once watched television. Hubby and I may be reliving our days working with horses, but young'n would like to have horses of her own. One of my horses lived long enough that young'n got to ride her for a few years before she died. She'd like some Kentucky Mountain Saddle Horses like mine were, but now she has fallen in love with your Suffolks, and that is the only topic of conversation around here right now, other than her chickens. So yes, she is learning from watching you. She knows I admire your horsemanship, and she is safe learning from you. And she is reading over my shoulder as I type this, and giggling, and punching my arm, and giggling more...
Jim, I really appreciate the stories from past experiences because they make you think in certain precarious situations . Also John's history of the war of 1812 to 1814 was terrific.
Whether your working in agriculture or forestry . The practice is similar planting and harvesting only the growing time and sometime takes years versus a single year. Silver Culture and select cutting is the key to a long term generational operation.
More reminiscing, when I was young my Dad logged with horses. His horses where twitch horses, they would pull the logs out on there own and some one would unhitch them and they would go back on there own.
I watch for the peace and education.
I didn't find this video too long. A lot of interesting things to learn along with some history. Works for me.
I enjoyed this video, I didn't care how long it was since it was so interesting. Thanks to John for the education and the history of the Old Military Road.
Iam 73 year's old can home from hospital in 1951 in a team and sled been with horses all my life really enjoy watching horses worked
For a long as I can remember, I have always been a lover of horses! When I was a child, my uncle actually had a "pony ride" that he traveled with a carnival. He had 8 ponies & I think that is where my love for horses began.
I love your videos, no matter how short or long! DON'T STOP!!!!
I love you & Brenda! Happy I found you 2. ❤❤❤❤
It always impresses me of how sharp your saw is 👍👍
Longer videos are not a problem for me. So much education takes place whether planned or not, about trees, horses, climate you name it. Bring it on Jim - especially like these forestry college videos and working with the students.
I follow your channel for the education and entertainment and the wholesome quality. And I just love watching your majestic horses. There is something new every time, even if it is just spreading manure. Thank you for sharing your life and farm with us viewers.
This is a keeper! LOTS of great info. I was a breeder of Hanovarians and Oldenburg dressage horses in the 80's, 90's early 2000's. We always started the 2-3 year olds with driving, pulling and desensitising with another horse. Now I have more time than horses so your experiences are a great refresher of horse knowledge and training. This video was especially interesting with the input from the forester and the student. Thanks. I especially appreciate that you don't pamper your horses, which makes them beggers not partners, in my experience.
Loved the video, learned much and enjoyed the stories too.
Glad to see the foresters working with you I worked in managed forests they never marked skids trail or thought of how to get materials out. You still need to use rolls and tricks to slip by other trees, rocks, or stumps with cable skidders❤
Very Very educational in so many area's. Blessings sent
love watching how well your horses behave My grandfather logged with horses
Super Video Jim!!! I love how you take care of your horses, and I like the stories too. You are a Master Logger!!!!!!!
We love your videos!!
Hi mr jim you do a good job with the horses
I love watching you work with the horses and, all the workings that go on the farm. I still live rural and lost my last horse about 3 yrs ago. He lived a long life of 28 years. I get to enjoy the experiences of your life!!! Blessings for sharing it with us!!!
dont mind a longer videos female retired and love watching the bush work reminds me of my father back in the day
Iove watching wish I was younger
I have never seen this done live so I am just enjoying learning about logging and farming with horses.
I’m a retired lady I love ❤️ watching your videos long or short, I understand better all the hard work you do. Anyway I grew up around horses till I was twelve I guess that’s why I love ❤️ horses 🐎,plus you take great care of your horse’s 🐎🐎. Love ❤️ from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 I was born in Saskatchewan 🇨🇦🇨🇦
I have a neighbor that cut a big sycamore a few years back, the tree was leaning away from the main power lines, and it was limb heavy on the lean side. He got his notch cut and started his back cut and got about 3/4 cut when the wind started. The wind pushed the tree backwards and it fell across the main power. It happened so fast there wasn’t time to jack the tree back. Anything and everything can happen when cutting trees!
I'm retired and have never done logging of any sort, but I find it hugely interesting and entertaining, I have plenty of time to sit in the air conditioning and watch your videos. Thank you.
My life from birth through teenager was helping my grandfather on his farm in Wirt Township, Ny where my mother was raised. He farmed solely with draft horses. My mother rode them to school through out her days 4 miles one way. and I loved to be around them when I and my brother would stay and help him during summertime. Rode them some myself. Thank you for presenting all the different facets of working horses.
My maternal grandfather farmed with horses into the 1960s. When my Mom was in high school and into her early 20s she helped with the haying, driving the buck rake with Doc and Baldy. She says they were, "the best horses." The buck rake she drove did not have a seat, it had a plank that she stood on. My paternal great grandparents homesteaded in the Bothell Washington area in the early 1900s. We have photographs of my great grandfather with the logging crew. I appreciate being able to see every part of the farming and logging processes. I am learning so much about my ancestor's lives, the animals, the equipment, and how it all worked, from what you share in your videos. It is very meaningful to me. I appreciated every part of this video. Thank you so much.
I always enjoy your videos. I am 70 years enjoy the videos.
Im retired Jim and i love watching your videos. I worked in the woods with horses, tractors and skidders. Iloved it all, keep them ciming!
I love long videos!!! I enjoy so much watching the draft horses. My Papaw was a logger, but had retired by the time I was born, so watching you helps me envision how my Papaw worked in the timbers with his draft horses. Hope you and Brenda have a great weekend!
I've been fortunate to have had a large number of regional employees throughout that whole area from NY City to Montreal to Boston and back. I have traveled the area extensively and am familiar with all of the sites he mentioned and the travel down from Montreal to Boston. It is a beautiful area filled with historic sites and history making events. I remember the first time I saw "Fort Ticonderoga" and subsequently visited Montpelier, Vermont and saw the golden dome through the distant woodland. It is a trip everyone should make. There is so much to learn about the peoples who first inhabited the land and all of those who came after. Nice.
The Old Military Road in your video reminds me that at the back of my property here in Towaliga, GA, there's the remaining roadies of the 1887 Georgia Midland and Gulf Railroad. It is historically known as the Roosevelt Railroad. FDR used the line to travel to Warm Springs, GA, for treatments of polio. Also, the route was taken by his funeral train after his passing, when the line was owned by Southern Railway. The line ceased regular operations in the mid 70's. Even though the railroad trestle over the Towaliga still exists, it probably won't be around much longer due to disrepair.
the power company should be willing to drop the trees for you
Hi Jim I am older but I still can learn stuff so keep doing what you do
I like the longer videos I'm retaired now so it's always interesting no matter what your upto. I've never worked with horses but enjoy learning about them
"I am not reminiscing nor a young person starting out. I just simply love the relationship you have with your horses and how you all seem to love doing your work." copied from a previous commenter but sums it up exactly for me too
I love watching these long videos. They're kind of mesmerising. Not reminiscing. Althiough I once had a horse.. a long while ago.
Plenty of information, learning more about the horses, working with trees and all sorts.
Just good to watch. Thank you.
Quite frankly I don’t know why I watch your videos. I just like them for some reason. I watch Abby as well.
Another great video. You know I grew up on a farm here in Iowa and none of the older men in my family ever talked very much farming with horses. You know when you're a kid and tack is hanging on the wall of the barn, you've got questions. By watching your videos, a lot of questions have been answered. Thanks, Jim!
I'm retired but have horselogged quite a lot in the past. Enjoy seeing others do it and learn a few tips along the way. Really enjoy the longer videos. They certainly aren't boring.PS enjoy the calendar and hat.😢
I grew up 🔝 with grandfather with working with horses 🐎, my father and I took logs 🪵 out with forestry equipments. Them I branch off into a lineman now retired watch you Jim take me to my childhood days . I’ll still love dropping big cedar ,fir and pine yet today in Life . 😊
Brother I personally enjoy your video because it is are was the way that my grandfather and father log at one point in their life before mechanical logging was made available for them. I remember the story about logging with horse when I was a child. I was raised up on a sawmill that my dad worked for in the 60 .I had so much fun with him out and about the mill and woods miss the days gone by. But keep up the good work and best of luck in years to come. God bless you and your family.
what a super hour in the woods with you guys..this
was one of the best detail iled,fun watching video.we didnt jump ahead to peek either,the wedges were of
great learning value.wow.
this was a perfect timber
fall. my grandparents had a small military road on our property . the camera work as well as the horses
moves were perfect.we got to see it all,and this is why our favorite. we do think you and Brenda should put in a nice jacuzzi
on the farm for all you do.
Happy Valentine's to you both and all the horses.❤
Always enjoy your videos.The longer the better!
I remember all stories my Grandpa had and enjoy watching you work with the horses and wish he was here watching them with me. Baron is really turning into a good logging horse and looks to be holding his own with Bill.
A person is never to old to lern stuff and hitory keep up the good work
I enjoy videos 20 min and longer! What you make is good for me.
Ehen i was in school 50+ years ago we had a chore horse for hauling bales, cleaning barn etc. He was kind of a knot head but i gained some experience with him.
Keep up the good videos!
Its not too long, its good. Another great video.
I'm a city dweller and enjoy learning about draft horses.
Always love watching you and the horses 🐎 thanks for the video
ve the long videos.. It makes me feel good to see there is some of the old ways still alive and doing well. My paw plowed with a mule I wish I had that on film. The old mule would get tired and just stop. Just do whatever makes you happy.
Jim, did you notice how the student had a system to keep 2 wedges with him? He won't get caught without them.
I'm retired now, but I like watching almost anything that is horse related. I did have to come back and finish watching this at a later time, but I don't mind the longer videos. My background in horses is that I used to own and breed Thoroughbreds. However, I like your channel because I like to watch draft horses work, and both you and Brenda do a great job with your videos.
I'm not quite retired yet I grew up on the farm been around horses and mules even pony's most of my life we did it all growing up cutting fence post and fire wood and logs sometimes we weren't pro's just farm boys! so I enjoy the video's the horses the family life working together I like the fact there is no drama just honest hard working family, like a lot of farm family's with a load of skills to survive in this big ole world I appreciate that you aren't afraid to share your Faith! I Pray God Bless you and yours you're a long way from the foot hills of eastern Ky but who knows we might meet some day until then we desire your Prays as well
Been watching for years, Sydney Aust. Watch cause it gives me time out to relax I’m an office worker that’s lives in the city. Just love what you do
I love watching your videos Jim,you are a inspiration to many people how you do your work and farming,you have a wonderful family and I am so grateful I found your channel,I look forward to watching your progress with your beautiful horses and wish you all the success and happiness for the future cheers buddy Peter McFarlane Adelaide Australia xxxxxxxx
Hi Jim. The video is not too long. I am older. I am retired. I enjoy your videos a lot and the way you and Brenda present them. What a great teacher John is. He is very articulate and willing to share his knowledge, as a teacher should. If John sees this post, thank you John. My only experience logging is cutting firewood for many years to heat our house in the winter. I can fell a tree, or I once could, and get it to fall where I wanted. I have no teamster experience. I love horses though and have ridden them most of my life. Thanks for sharing.