Hi Jim and Brenda, with regard to rugging horses, I agree with you about keeping kidneys warm - I did that after stuff cross country riding on Dartmoor, England..always did it at shows as well...love to you all from drizzling N/E Spain..👍👍 thumbs up because almost the whole country has been in drought for many months..😟😟
@@WorkingHorsesWithJim cheers Jim, not much fun for us growers to have a problem with water. I have mountains close by, and my land is high up, so I can still source some from higher than me ..thanks for the reply..🥰😘
Brenda,you're doing great being a co-worker for your hubby, ,super help,,,we sure wish sometimes we were younger,, what a rewarding life,,,of true living... PTL. Xxx
What a great team you and Brenda are Jim, Marriage has done you both well. I am always pleased and happy after I watch your video's and learn what it takes to do what you all do with your unique farming in today's world of heavy machinery . I believe you are every bit of a contender with other farms being the "Big Kids are so sure footed " over wheels and tracks on the new farm equipment. Take care and lookin forward to your next video and the snow storm coming in.
when I was showing horses we used what was called a cooler sheet when horses got sweaty and it let horses gradually cool off. Cooler sheet also helped keep flies and mosquitos at bay. I live in southeastern Arkansas.
Jim, I love your hickory logs! I don't have alot of experience with hickory other than carving or shaping axe and mall handles, hammers and speciality handles for shovels and such, hickory is God's widdling wood, it is kind of a waxy wood that is dense and strong uniform and tight grained wood though not as tight as rock maple. Ash is an open grained wood and can crack along the pours that's why Ash is so proan to barber chair. Hickory is wonderful and I consider it a specialized wood as we do not have it in northern Wisconsin, we have butternut and bitternut which is a form of hickory I guess or northern hickory. But the hickory of southern Wisconsin shagbark is differant like a cousin and southern hickory is really nice. On your bunks and rails on your wagon. I would use oak hard Maple or elm is tough too, but hey how about hemlock! I would use what is light strong and what you have a surplus of. Basswood would be light but may rot quicker and not as strong. Sell your good wood for cash and use your surplus.. Just brainstorming. ..Jim you do what you think is best, but that hickory, so nice, it has become popular with cabinetry and is a warm beauty. Flooring too. Also your spruce! might work for wagons, the wood that has low market value, see your in the best position to make that call, and you will, ah ha.. happy hard Maple prices are up, and you will get some nice boards out of those logs that have rotten centers. My instructor taught me to not use furniture boards over 4" wide, for warp control. He was a master like the Amish, basicly the same. So you will get good yield from your logs if your careful milling, which you will. Love your logs, wish all those basswood were rock maple... I wonder of they cut those basswood seedlings out lIke weeds and let the oaks maples, hickory, cherry etc grow. Great video, I might add some later, I need to do some research on hickory and geographics, The north range of shag bark is about Oshkosh or Appleton which is the center of the State and south. But yeah hickory = handles. Also cabinetry and flooring/furniture some too. Thanks.. Love it frozen.. (5° in Alaska this morn, but the muck is coming) Ps; I will be in Wisconsin in May, I wish I could come out your way, maybe some other trip, I usually go to Wisconsin in fall and spring for 3 weeks a shot. I have storm damaged trees to deal with. Glad your getting your landing cleared off. I follow your thinking Good Job. Take er Easy and don't change what brought you to today's success. I'm Proud of you and Brenda. To God The Glory.
JIM when I was helping my grandfather with his team he used straight grain non run out for handles and whipple trees. He also used hickory for runners on jumper sleighs and scots All his bunks and hay wagon racks were from white oak which was strong and light when dry. Glad to see u at it. I also later worked in a commercial wood fired smokehouse operation and we used green shag bark hickory exclusively to smoke with. Be safe and be careful
Good evening Jim and Brenda,yes it is good practice to through a blanket or rug over the horses quarters for that very reason you give 😊 all the very best 🌱🌱🌱💕
Joyce, you have the best most colorful comments. Keeping working limbs warm, I remember our baseball coach, as soon as the pitcher got done pitching, a lined wind breaker over the shoulder and arm so you don't get tendonitis. He never had a pitcher with problems. Don't let those limbs cool off too fast and b4 another inning of pitching, same principle, and Jim's comments about kidneys, I heard that when I was little but I forget..or reminded, also, I remember seeing rugs, like you say, I forgot until you said that. Going back to the early 70's , I was little, fun to be reminded whats so far back in my memory.. Thanks
Totally impressed with Brenda & how well she has jumped in with everything since she retired. What great team work with you guys doubling up like that!!
Danke, für die Videos ,ich sehe mir gern die Videos mit euren Töchtern an. Es freut mich immer, wenn Mädchens sich mit Reitsport befassen. Eure Töchter stehen ja voll hinter eure Farm, das ist gut so, die Pferde werden es ihnen danken. Schade das es keine Deutschen Kommentare gibt.
Love seeing you and Brenda teaming up !! She is certainly a hands-on helper and gets it done !! I hate all that mud you have to endure at this time of year !!
I'm looking at an older video you posted about 6 months ago - with my limited knowledge of lumber I would think that Hickory would make for good bunks on your wagon......!! I know they also use Hickory for baseball bats, too !!
Nice to get things done in nice weather. Your teams are sure up to the task of pulling heavy loads. Let's hope you get some good weather to dry up the mud.Wet springs can be a really pain when there is work to be done. Thanks 😊.
Hickory is a very dense hard wood. When we did our last home renovation we used hickory through out. Starting with kitchen cabinets, flooring, base boards, doors, bathroom vanities as well as a large beam and shelf that separates the kitchen and family room. All cabinets and doors were made by local Amish wood workers. They did not like working with the hickory but did a great job. Hickory would be plenty strong for your wagon but you need to consider the extra weight.
Hi Jim!!😀😀 I think the hickory would be very good for bed pieces and bunks. What works really good from what I have found is tamarack. I don't know if you have any tamarack in your area that you can use. It stands up to the elements better than anything except black locust. If there is black locust in your area it's the best. Take care my friends!!😀😀 Logger Al
Your videos start my day. Much 💕from Idaho!! 🐴 From what I was able to find out....good quality hickory is equal in value to red oak (?) Hickory wood is currently used to make home decor, such as flooring, cabinetry, and furniture, as well as tool handles (hammers, picks axes, etc.), sporting goods equipment, and industrial applications. In the past, hickory was used for carriage wheels and spokes, ladders, and for home construction. And of course it makes everything delicious in a smoker.
I see hickory advertised for flooring but hickory "here" has an easy splinter nature so I don't know how it can be sawn/planned to flooring smoothness compared to other woods. Must be the variety of hickory most common here. It can be worked well when manually SPLIT and then smoothed with draw knife though. Tough as nails and wears really well. I'm thinking for use as eveners or wagon stakes.
Dave Ingalls from Ingles coach shop actually did testing on a press eveners made out of Hickory were stronger than Ash or Oak. Years ago we sent the first 8 feet out of a hickory tree to Canada for lacrosse sticks They wanted to see the flare on the bottom of the tree
May i say top of the day to you jim ,and brenda. so nice to see you both working the teams today getting the logs home. another great video. say hi to trudy and abby for me ...... jim dartmouth , nova scotia canada.
Seeing you drive one team made me feel good, Brenda. You are certainly capable. This isn’t all men’s work. One of my timber clients floored his office in hickory, beautiful.
Yes sir, about 25yrs ago I cut a hickory and made side bodies for my truck. They're still in use on that truck today. The rest of that lumber has been stored in the back of the barn. I dug it out a week ago to use on some new tie stalls I'm making. It looks pretty good. It was so hard I had to predrill the nail holes. In Georgia we have a smooth bark, and rough bark. I've always heard the smooth bark is harder. Great videos! God bless.
Love watching the horses doing their work again. About the blankets over the butt-I have been told that it’s to keep the large muscles in the hindquarters warm so they don’t cramp up. Endurance riders will often ride with a “butt rug” for part of their races during the cold parts of the morning. I’ve never heard of the kidney philosophy, but no matter what the reason is, can’t hurt to be extra careful to prevent a problem. Your horses are much too special to take a risk.
Hickory is a really hard & heavy wood. Is fantastic for hardwood floors & furniture. It also works really well for outdoor uses as well. One of my favorites.
You’ve got some nice straight logs in that bunch. It’s a shame that some have rotten cores but I believe you’ll get a nice pile of good lumber out of them. You and Brenda are a good team with teams. Shame you couldn’t get all your logs home the same day but you’ll get r done another time. God bless. 🥸👍🪵✅
I remember my dad used to use hickory for wagon toungs, but i don't remember him useing them for the bunks But at 82 yrs old i have forgotten a lot LOL LOL Dave
bonjour jim et brenda as always a calming and peaceful vidéo as you work together. i feel that you're quite keen to get back in form and as well as the horses. kuddos to brenda, a dutiful and God-fearing wife. Praise her always.
Jim, I have installed hickory flooring and used hickory for cabinet frames, and that worked well for those indoor applications. However, the old-timers said that hickory boards shrink more than other woods over the years. As far as use for wagons, I dont know but hickory sure seems to be stout.
That frozen mud is just like concrete. You are so lucky I still have a foot of hard packed snow here on Manitoulin island. I have heard that pionneers used to bury poplar wood in fresh horse manure which made It almost as strong as hard wood. The salts and ammonia went in to the dry wood I guess.Thank you for sharing .
Our best hay wagon rigging (stringers, cross pieces, and decking) was white oak. Hickory should be equally durable. The only drawback I see is that I think hickory would make an even heavier wagon frame when dry than oak. I would love to be there helping you saw out timbers from those beautiful hickory logs later this year!
Great video, I watch a couple of homesteader or ranch type videos, but your channel would have to be my favorite by far, I think it might be the laid back and care, the way you work your animals.
Love it well done Jim Brenda a job well done , it's good to work as a team , good to see you working Jim don't over do it mate , l been thought opps no lifting for 5 weeks l had to do , ok good to see the girl doing a video last week god bless cheers
Hi Jim, thanks for sharing. That hickory is extremely popular with the BBQ chefs, the smoked flavor that hickory wood produce is unparalleled. That’s all that you smell on Friday-Sunday back home. If you were to split it into firewood, a strong market exists, not to far south of you. Hickory doesn’t grow everywhere.
Something about the clip clop of the horses' hooves takes away all the rushed energy of my daily work, well really just the rush of getting little ones dismissed from school without mishap. The whole day can go great, but there's a bit of stress at the end of the day, because I'm a substitute teacher, and every so often there's a mixup in the dismissal instructions as kids change from being a busser to being parent pickup, or vice versa. And let's not get into the stress of making sure the kids are going home with the right people! Even when it all works out for the best, I need to tone down that energy. These videos bring down my heart rate for sure. Enjoyed as always 💕🐎
Jim it's good to see you back. Hope you continue to mend as you work picks up for the summer. Ash in our ares has vertually been eratacated by the ash Borer. The use I have for hickery is for turnings. When I was a boy my dad used hickery for all kinds of handles and for building and wagons and other jobs that required hard wood. The best I can remember it worked just fine fine for him.
Hickory is a very durable wood and is sought after as flooring and cabinet material. I am not familiar how it holds up to the elements out of doors. It is considered a hard wood so I imagine it will do quite well for your purpose.
I come from an endurance background and keeping the hindquarters warm is important on keeping your horses from cramping and tying-up. As for them losing condition, once they are hard fit they lose less condition than people do. For instance, a horse completing a 50 mile ride can expect to have a lay-off of two weeks and then they may go back into light riding or even back to another 50. 100 mile horses should have approximately a month off before going back to work. Your horses are more fit than you think. You have great videos. Thanks for sharing.
Jim on my heavy equipment trailer we used 4"x6" cross runners of hickory and 3"x10 ' elm for the top .I drilled and bolted all the wood. The tracks on the equipment never bothered the wood I roll & painted the wood with used motor oil.
My entire flooring in my West Va house was hickory. My kitchen cabinets were also hickory. My house in Holland, Michigan about 1/2 of the flooring is Tung an groove. Hickory hold up pretty good in weather. Beautiful wood. No stain
Back in the day {50s) my day used hickory in the building of our hay wagons etc and present day i have kitchen cubboards made from hickey . Hickory is a heavy wood and a strong wood hard sand but finished great.
Hi Jim, we don't have hickory trees here but you find that on the shop floor as for tool handles. For what you aim to do I would prefer oak, but I also use ash, pine and larch for outdoor projects. While ash is very hard, pine and larch is more lightweight and less tends to split as ash does due to my experience. Otherwise I always apply a layer of linseed oil which makes the wood stand much longer in rain.. but some horses love to eat the wood then :-D -Chris
About all the tongues, wood single & double tree /eveners down my way are made from hickory. I have a late teamster friend that took hickory & made several shafts for single horses, he like to cut them green, he had a jig to shape & form them
Both hickory and ash are great. I love hickory for my handles. White oak would be better for ur bunks but hickory would be my second choice. Then ash. Which in ur case weight may be a factor and if so ash is lighter and just as strong.
Keeps the lumbar muscles warm and limber prevent back strains if they stiffen up when they cool off to quickly nothing to do with kidneys themselves just location
Hi Jim and Brenda, with regard to rugging horses, I agree with you about keeping kidneys warm - I did that after stuff cross country riding on Dartmoor, England..always did it at shows as well...love to you all from drizzling N/E Spain..👍👍 thumbs up because almost the whole country has been in drought for many months..😟😟
Hop you get some rain!
@@WorkingHorsesWithJim cheers Jim, not much fun for us growers to have a problem with water.
I have mountains close by, and my land is high up, so I can still source some from higher than me ..thanks for the reply..🥰😘
I love to hear the "Clip Clop" of the hooves on the road at 11 and 19 minutes. Well done all six of you.
Brenda,you're doing great being a co-worker for your hubby, ,super help,,,we sure wish sometimes we were younger,, what a rewarding life,,,of true living... PTL. Xxx
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What a great team you and Brenda are Jim, Marriage has done you both well. I am always pleased and happy after I watch your video's and learn what it takes to do what you all do with your unique farming in today's world of heavy machinery . I believe you are every bit of a contender with other farms being the "Big Kids are so sure footed " over wheels and tracks on the new farm equipment. Take care and lookin forward to your next video and the snow storm coming in.
Thanks Timothy, have a great week!
Just love the sounds of their feet on the pavement ,another eventful day. Jim take it easy and don,t over work your self, Gods blessings.
Very talented backing up wagons, that’s more difficult than backing up a fifth wheel trailer with a boat on behind. You are the master!
when I was showing horses we used what was called a cooler sheet when horses got sweaty and it let horses gradually cool off. Cooler sheet also helped keep flies and mosquitos at bay. I live in southeastern Arkansas.
Jim, I love your hickory logs! I don't have alot of experience with hickory other than carving or shaping axe and mall handles, hammers and speciality handles for shovels and such, hickory is God's widdling wood, it is kind of a waxy wood that is dense and strong uniform and tight grained wood though not as tight as rock maple. Ash is an open grained wood and can crack along the pours that's why Ash is so proan to barber chair. Hickory is wonderful and I consider it a specialized wood as we do not have it in northern Wisconsin, we have butternut and bitternut which is a form of hickory I guess or northern hickory. But the hickory of southern Wisconsin shagbark is differant like a cousin and southern hickory is really nice. On your bunks and rails on your wagon. I would use oak hard Maple or elm is tough too, but hey how about hemlock!
I would use what is light strong and what you have a surplus of. Basswood would be light but may rot quicker and not as strong. Sell your good wood for cash and use your surplus..
Just brainstorming. ..Jim you do what you think is best, but that hickory, so nice, it has become popular with cabinetry and is a warm beauty. Flooring too. Also your spruce! might work for wagons, the wood that has low market value, see your in the best position to make that call, and you will, ah ha.. happy hard Maple prices are up, and you will get some nice boards out of those logs that have rotten centers.
My instructor taught me to not use furniture boards over 4" wide, for warp control. He was a master like the Amish, basicly the same. So you will get good yield from your logs if your careful milling, which you will. Love your logs, wish all those basswood were rock maple... I wonder of they cut those basswood seedlings out lIke weeds and let the oaks maples, hickory, cherry etc grow.
Great video, I might add some later, I need to do some research on hickory and geographics, The north range of shag bark is about Oshkosh or Appleton which is the center of the State and south. But yeah hickory = handles. Also cabinetry and flooring/furniture some too.
Thanks.. Love it frozen.. (5° in Alaska this morn, but the muck is coming)
Ps; I will be in Wisconsin in May, I wish I could come out your way, maybe some other trip, I usually go to Wisconsin in fall and spring for 3 weeks a shot. I have storm damaged trees to deal with. Glad your getting your landing cleared off. I follow your thinking Good Job. Take er Easy and don't change what brought you to today's success. I'm Proud of you and Brenda. To God The Glory.
Thanks for your ideas on hickory, I am probably going to try a few different things
JIM when I was helping my grandfather with his team he used straight grain non run out for handles and whipple trees. He also used hickory for runners on jumper sleighs and scots All his bunks and hay wagon racks were from white oak which was strong and light when dry. Glad to see u at it. I also later worked in a commercial wood fired smokehouse operation and we used green shag bark hickory exclusively to smoke with. Be safe and be careful
Love just watching the horses. Be blessed!!!
I enjoy watching the both of you work together with two teams , I’m excited to one day see the colts hitched up 😊
Good evening Jim and Brenda,yes it is good practice to through a blanket or rug over the horses quarters for that very reason you give 😊 all the very best 🌱🌱🌱💕
Joyce, you have the best most colorful comments. Keeping working limbs warm, I remember our baseball coach, as soon as the pitcher got done pitching, a lined wind breaker over the shoulder and arm so you don't get tendonitis. He never had a pitcher with problems. Don't let those limbs cool off too fast and b4 another inning of pitching, same principle, and Jim's comments about kidneys, I heard that when I was little but I forget..or reminded, also, I remember seeing rugs, like you say, I forgot until you said that. Going back to the early 70's , I was little, fun to be reminded whats so far back in my memory.. Thanks
Good morning John 😊 thankyou for your kind words.
Totally impressed with Brenda & how well she has jumped in with everything since she retired. What great team work with you guys doubling up like that!!
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Danke, für die Videos ,ich sehe mir gern die Videos mit euren Töchtern an. Es freut mich immer, wenn Mädchens sich mit Reitsport befassen. Eure Töchter stehen ja voll hinter eure Farm, das ist gut so, die Pferde werden es ihnen danken. Schade das es keine Deutschen Kommentare gibt.
Love watching the horses work
Nice team work on the log hauling, Brenda is turning into quite a teamster.👍
They looked very impressive pulling out the tandem load of slabs. Always an enjoyable video. Sending our best to you and Brenda.
thank you
The team pulling those trailers of slab wood is an awesome sight. Majestic.....
Love seeing you and Brenda teaming up !! She is certainly a hands-on helper and gets it done !! I hate all that mud you have to endure at this time of year !!
hard to find a great woman like her nowdays but i think they raised a couple of fine gals also
Thanks, John. We aren''t fans of the mud either😄
thanks
I'm looking at an older video you posted about 6 months ago - with my limited knowledge of lumber I would think that Hickory would make for good bunks on your wagon......!! I know they also use Hickory for baseball bats, too !!
Nice to get things done in nice weather. Your teams are sure up to the task of pulling heavy loads. Let's hope you get some good weather to dry up the mud.Wet springs can be a really pain when there is work to be done. Thanks 😊.
Hickory is a very dense hard wood. When we did our last home renovation we used hickory through out. Starting with kitchen cabinets, flooring, base boards, doors, bathroom vanities as well as a large beam and shelf that separates the kitchen and family room. All cabinets and doors were made by local Amish wood workers. They did not like working with the hickory but did a great job.
Hickory would be plenty strong for your wagon but you need to consider the extra weight.
Your house must be beautiful with all that nice wood
I really enjoy watching all your videos, but especially when you two are working together. God Bless!
Hi Jim!!😀😀
I think the hickory would be very good for bed pieces and bunks.
What works really good from what I have found is tamarack. I don't know if you have any tamarack in your area that you can use. It stands up to the elements better than anything except black locust. If there is black locust in your area it's the best.
Take care my friends!!😀😀
Logger Al
Your videos start my day. Much 💕from Idaho!! 🐴
From what I was able to find out....good quality hickory is equal in value to red oak (?)
Hickory wood is currently used to make home decor, such as flooring, cabinetry, and furniture, as well as tool handles (hammers, picks axes, etc.), sporting goods equipment, and industrial applications. In the past, hickory was used for carriage wheels and spokes, ladders, and for home construction. And of course it makes everything delicious in a smoker.
Wonderful Video Jim n Brenda! You are amazing! Much Love n Peace
I see hickory advertised for flooring but hickory "here" has an easy splinter nature so I don't know how it can be sawn/planned to flooring smoothness compared to other woods.
Must be the variety of hickory most common here.
It can be worked well when manually SPLIT and then smoothed with draw knife though.
Tough as nails and wears really well. I'm thinking for use as eveners or wagon stakes.
Dave Ingalls from Ingles coach shop actually did testing on a press eveners made out of Hickory were stronger than Ash or Oak. Years ago we sent the first 8 feet out of a hickory tree to Canada for lacrosse sticks They wanted to see the flare on the bottom of the tree
Yes, great informative video
May i say top of the day to you jim ,and brenda. so nice to see you both working the teams today getting the logs home. another great video. say hi to trudy and abby for me ...... jim dartmouth , nova scotia canada.
Seeing you drive one team made me feel good, Brenda. You are certainly capable. This isn’t all men’s work. One of my timber clients floored his office in hickory, beautiful.
Thanks Ron
Yes sir, about 25yrs ago I cut a hickory and made side bodies for my truck. They're still in use on that truck today. The rest of that lumber has been stored in the back of the barn. I dug it out a week ago to use on some new tie stalls I'm making. It looks pretty good. It was so hard I had to predrill the nail holes. In Georgia we have a smooth bark, and rough bark. I've always heard the smooth bark is harder. Great videos! God bless.
Interesting, thanks for sharing
Only thing I've ever seen Hickory used for is Kitchen cabinets. Just beautiful wood.
Good to see you and the "team" back on task.
Schön wie ihr 6 zusammen arbeitet.👍👍
Thanks for sharing great team work
Good Morning Brenda and Jim
good morning
Love watching the horses doing their work again.
About the blankets over the butt-I have been told that it’s to keep the large muscles in the hindquarters warm so they don’t cramp up. Endurance riders will often ride with a “butt rug” for part of their races during the cold parts of the morning. I’ve never heard of the kidney philosophy, but no matter what the reason is, can’t hurt to be extra careful to prevent a problem. Your horses are much too special to take a risk.
Thanks for sharing
My son-in law used Hickory for flooring. It is really pretty.
Hickory is a really hard & heavy wood. Is fantastic for hardwood floors & furniture.
It also works really well for outdoor uses as well.
One of my favorites.
That's why they use Hickory for Baseball bats. Nice wr
Nice hard 🪵 wood for your use, Jim !!
You’ve got some nice straight logs in that bunch. It’s a shame that some have rotten cores but I believe you’ll get a nice pile of good lumber out of them. You and Brenda are a good team with teams. Shame you couldn’t get all your logs home the same day but you’ll get r done another time. God bless. 🥸👍🪵✅
Thanks. God bless you as well. The logs are all home now
I remember my dad used to use hickory for wagon toungs,
but i don't remember him useing them for the bunks
But at 82 yrs old i have forgotten a lot LOL LOL
Dave
Love your videos and enjoy watching them every time they come on
bonjour jim et brenda as always a calming and peaceful vidéo as you work together. i feel that you're quite keen to get back in form and as well as the horses. kuddos to brenda, a dutiful and God-fearing wife. Praise her always.
Jim, I have installed hickory flooring and used hickory for cabinet frames, and that worked well for those indoor applications. However, the old-timers said that hickory boards shrink more than other woods over the years. As far as use for wagons, I dont know but hickory sure seems to be stout.
thanks for sharing, will keep that in mind
Hickory is heavy which you might be worried about for building a wagon.
A suggestion. When you rebuild your log wagons put 6 bunks set up to haul 6 round bales.
I am bed fasted now this reminds me of my younger day. Love watching y’all.
So glad we can bring back some memories, take care!
Beech is used for hanging tobacco in barns for cureing I have some that a over 100 yrs old
That frozen mud is just like concrete. You are so lucky I still have a foot of hard packed snow here on Manitoulin island. I have heard that pionneers used to bury poplar wood in fresh horse manure which made It almost as strong as hard wood. The salts and ammonia went in to the dry wood I guess.Thank you for sharing .
This is a refreshing break from reality. Thank you.❤❤❤
Glad to hear it. This is our reality😄
Yes the blankets on the butt are a good idea. The thing that warms a horse is that bacteria in their gut. My neighbor here has maple trees tapped.
Our best hay wagon rigging (stringers, cross pieces, and decking) was white oak. Hickory should be equally durable. The only drawback I see is that I think hickory would make an even heavier wagon frame when dry than oak. I would love to be there helping you saw out timbers from those beautiful hickory logs later this year!
Great video, I watch a couple of homesteader or ranch type videos, but your channel would have to be my favorite by far, I think it might be the laid back and care, the way you work your animals.
Thanks, Kevin!
My grandpa used it for his hickory chairs and the Cain bottom chairs.
I use to make wagon tongues when dry quite hard I used to log with horses (Belgium horses)
It is so nice seeing both teams working good job u to
Love it well done Jim Brenda a job well done , it's good to work as a team , good to see you working Jim don't over do it mate , l been thought opps no lifting for 5 weeks l had to do , ok good to see the girl doing a video last week god bless cheers
Hickory is super strong ought to do well for what you are planning. We used them years ago for homemade archery bows.
Hi Jim, thanks for sharing.
That hickory is extremely popular with the BBQ chefs, the smoked flavor that hickory wood produce is unparalleled. That’s all that you smell on Friday-Sunday back home.
If you were to split it into firewood, a strong market exists, not to far south of you. Hickory doesn’t grow everywhere.
Something about the clip clop of the horses' hooves takes away all the rushed energy of my daily work, well really just the rush of getting little ones dismissed from school without mishap. The whole day can go great, but there's a bit of stress at the end of the day, because I'm a substitute teacher, and every so often there's a mixup in the dismissal instructions as kids change from being a busser to being parent pickup, or vice versa. And let's not get into the stress of making sure the kids are going home with the right people! Even when it all works out for the best, I need to tone down that energy. These videos bring down my heart rate for sure. Enjoyed as always 💕🐎
You have the hard job! Glad these vids can help you decompress!
Jim, snow is going, all dirt turn to mud, hard work goes on... spring is coming. Keep safe.
Yes, spring is coming. Hope you stay safe as well Vlademar
21:06 = awesome!!
Love to hear horses on pavement and working together on command
When I was younger my dad got hickory from his brother who was a sawmiller and we cut hickory trees for fire wood and small trees for fence post
Hickory is very durable and yes I would use it for trailer and scapes can be used for BBQ
Eight hoof drive is better then any truck. HA HA HA.
Jim it's good to see you back. Hope you continue to mend as you work picks up for the summer. Ash in our ares has vertually been eratacated by the ash Borer. The use I have for hickery is for turnings. When I was a boy my dad used hickery for all kinds of handles and for building and wagons and other jobs that required hard wood. The best I can remember it worked just fine fine for him.
Hickory would work good. It's strong but heavy. That's why ash is used mostly for wagons.
Nice to see you in shape Jim ... Have a nice day ... Hello to Brenda toooo ...
Jim, regarding Hickory, My father used it in the board for family discipline.
They are so cute and the horses too.
Gee thanks
Hickory is a very durable wood and is sought after as flooring and cabinet material. I am not familiar how it holds up to the elements out of doors. It is considered a hard wood so I imagine it will do quite well for your purpose.
I find your videos calming and relaxing always interesting
I come from an endurance background and keeping the hindquarters warm is important on keeping your horses from cramping and tying-up. As for them losing condition, once they are hard fit they lose less condition than people do. For instance, a horse completing a 50 mile ride can expect to have a lay-off of two weeks and then they may go back into light riding or even back to another 50. 100 mile horses should have approximately a month off before going back to work. Your horses are more fit than you think. You have great videos. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks very much for the info!
My favourite hard wood Hickory and beech and white oak
Jim on my heavy equipment trailer we used 4"x6" cross runners of hickory and 3"x10
' elm for the top .I drilled and bolted all the wood. The tracks on the equipment never bothered the wood I roll & painted the wood with used motor oil.
Thanks for sharing. Glad to know it worked. We will definitely try to paint it with oil
Your a amazing couple! Jim your a lucky man thanks for sharing
Hickory is what we looked for to make the working parts of our wagons
A really hard dense wood
Daddy wouldn't have nothing else
Thanks for sharing
Good job you guys very nice to watch the two teams hauling logs thanks for sharing take care
Thanks for taking the time to watch
My entire flooring in my West Va house was hickory. My kitchen cabinets were also hickory. My house in Holland, Michigan about 1/2 of the flooring is Tung an groove. Hickory hold up pretty good in weather. Beautiful wood. No stain
I really love the videos, I just wish they were longer
Back in the day {50s) my day used hickory in the building of our hay wagons etc and present day i have kitchen cubboards made from hickey . Hickory is a heavy wood and a strong wood hard sand but finished great.
Thanks for sharing
Such a productive morning! I thought your snow would be deeper. Thank you for sharing.
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Yes, we were glad to get home what we could
🤔Always enjoy segments, also an exemplary team 👏👌👀
That hickory log would make good stringers for your wagons. I made some skis from hickory years ago, it's durable and will bend with heat easily.
Great Video
Great upload your time/management skills are noteworthy, you seem to always get a lot of work done 👍
Hi Jim, we don't have hickory trees here but you find that on the shop floor as for tool handles. For what you aim to do I would prefer oak, but I also use ash, pine and larch for outdoor projects. While ash is very hard, pine and larch is more lightweight and less tends to split as ash does due to my experience. Otherwise I always apply a layer of linseed oil which makes the wood stand much longer in rain.. but some horses love to eat the wood then :-D -Chris
Yes, linseed oil is a good idea,
About all the tongues, wood single & double tree /eveners down my way are made from hickory.
I have a late teamster friend that took hickory & made several shafts for single horses, he like to cut them green, he had a jig to shape & form them
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I agree with Kevin, I'd save the Hickory for tounge material for carts or to build a new log skid.
Both hickory and ash are great. I love hickory for my handles. White oak would be better for ur bunks but hickory would be my second choice. Then ash. Which in ur case weight may be a factor and if so ash is lighter and just as strong.
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I know hickory is a really hard wood, hard to split and work with. Industry does your use it much. Check with some of your Amish neighbors.
Brenda I'm always amazed that when your following Jim that the camera is so steady. How do you manage such a steady hand.
I keep my loads smaller in the winter , slip factor .
I like the practice of mixing up the team of horses, as not to be entrenched in a position and accustomed to just one horse partner.
Yes, it does them good
Impresive send copies of this to National Geographic first class!!
YOU WILL NOT GO WRONG USING HICKERY FOR THE BUNKS. HERE IN LOUISIANA IS VERY POPULAR
Thanks for sharing
Keeps the lumbar muscles warm and limber prevent back strains if they stiffen up when they cool off to quickly nothing to do with kidneys themselves just location
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Here the lumber in that scoot would be a shade of black from where it was painted with sump oil for preservation. Stop the rot before it starts lol
Yes, it is definitely to preserve it
Years ago Hickory wood was used in making baseball bats. Maple is the preferred wood of today.
Alot of strength in Hickory , very stringy would take alot of flex...last a very long time
Good morning to U both from Stanfield, Oregon