Horse Power X 1, but its a big horse.
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bluedogz
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Ram 1500 with an axe...
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What? Using a horse for manual labor.... I live in Lancaster PA, Amish everywhere. They treat their animals like we treat tools, some use care and get alot of good use and others neglect and their animals expire early. I dont believe animal abuse is ever ok but domestic horse were bred to do work and most of them actually seem to enjoy it. Just watch a team of draught horse team chomp at the bit and carry on......Until they are allowed to work ZOOOOMMMM
Ram 1500 with an axe...
Minister of Fire
Relax....
I said probably which could also mean probably not......
I said some states, meaning not all, especially in PA......
And I was also referring to the way things are these days......
P.S. I was actually thinking it was walking too slow.........
I said probably which could also mean probably not......
I said some states, meaning not all, especially in PA......
And I was also referring to the way things are these days......
P.S. I was actually thinking it was walking too slow.........
its cool, I was just exxxxplaining. I was talking to a buddy's GF from Cali one time, she hadnt EVER seen a horse in person till she moved to central PA. She was griping about the poor horses............. Took her out to the country to watch a draught team, AMAZING power and first thing in the morning they a re downright hyper and anxious to do work......
jeffesonm
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osagebow
Minister of Fire
Had a kid towing a haycart smack into me in Shippensburg. The horse spooked at a stop sign and this 14 year old or so kid did a great job regaining control. All I got was a noseprint on my drivers side window. Big belgian blond draught, similar to the one in the video, but lighter. Could've stomped my little dodge shadow.
Yup, I'm avid motorcyclist and one of my biggest fear is a spooked horse running in front of me. I've been on a few group rides where the lead bike spooked a horse and it bolted. As much as i think its OK and Natural for horses to do work i think it should be illegal for them to be on public roads. If it was proposed right now, without it being a grandfathered tradition, there would be no way something that can think for itself, other than a human, would be permitted to wander around in the roadway.
That was Sooooo...amazing!! What a smart horse!! He wasnt even tied. Well you probably couldnt tie him. That was truly amazing.
It probably costs more to feed the hungry horse after a splitting session than the cost of gas in a hydraulic splitter lol.
ailanthus
Feeling the Heat
I've got many memories of seeing the Amish and their 6-mule teams plowing fields in Lancaster. Incredibly powerful animals, and absolutely huge when you see them close up.
That is a sweet splitter setup.
That is a sweet splitter setup.
Ashful
Minister of Fire
Who created those roads on which your riding your motorcycle, bobdog? I'm guessing those horses were using most of those roads 150 - 200 years, before the invention of the motorcycle.
Anyone know what happens when that splitter encounters a round it can't split? Slip? Stall? Shear bolt?
I would say that some of that is true but this area is rich in history. I saw a stat a while ago that the lineage of 20% of americans can be traced through the lancaster area. It was a major stopping area to the west from our country's original immigration port, Philadelphia. Not every road around here was an amish road. How about the moravians.... Many of them from here. Aside from that my great grandmother spoke no english, only Pa Dutch. Still have my same feelings on safety with buggys on the road......
D8Chumley
Minister of Fire
Good question. I'm also looking at the PTO shaft where it ties into the splitter, I know it has a sleeve on it but at around 1:10 he backs up close to that coupling/CV looking part. The safety nazi in me says maybe an expanded metal cage for a guard in that area wouldn't hurt. Awesome idea though!!
Bigg_Redd
Minister of Fire
Give it a try sometime. I have plowed with mules. One word, farts.
My daddy, having spent hours plowing behind a mule and as a respectful comment, would say on seeing a most beautifully figured woman would say she "has the rear end of a forty dollar mule". BB can you comment on that?
Is that the same as "two axe handles wide"? 
What grandpa that farmed his whole life with those damned mules would have said. The other grandpa quit peanut farming when he couldn't make a living doing it with mules anymore and refused to buy one of them dang tractors. Moved to town and got a job.
Two of the greatest inspirations in my life. To get the heck off the farm and go to college.
What grandpa that farmed his whole life with those damned mules would have said. The other grandpa quit peanut farming when he couldn't make a living doing it with mules anymore and refused to buy one of them dang tractors. Moved to town and got a job.Two of the greatest inspirations in my life. To get the heck off the farm and go to college.
firefighterjake
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Looks similar to my Amish neighbor's wood splitter . . . although his splitter perhaps ironically enough . . . is powered by a small gasoline Briggs and Stratton engine.
In his case, on a round that will not split the ram stops for a milli-second and then retracts to let the fly wheel action wind up for another whack at the round . . . not sure what exactly causes this action.
Right now my other neighbor has both my splitter and my Amish neighbor's splitter . . . my splitter for the ability to go vertical on the heavy stuff and to tackle the gnarly knotted wood and Irvine's splitter when he is looking for speed and fast production.
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