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I'm trying to think back to what the ground looked like in the arena area at this western riding club that was next to my shop in California. I seem to remember that it was churned up bad, but the ground didn't seem to be disrupted very deep. It may have been specially prepared soil, and there...

I don't know what I mean by "confined environment". It's what I read at the horse logging forum, people saying advantages with using horses when there isn't a lot of room to maneuver heavy equipment. I don't really know if it's true, so probably I should have worded it differently. Once...

Nobody is saying that if you put the horse team up against mechanized equipment in a John Henry type competition, that the horses will win out. It's more that the teams do less damage, especially in a confined environment. I looked for somebody offering a contrary opinion, but didn't find one...

I'll bow to Thor's experience, when he says bullocks to horse logging, but if you cruise the "people using horses for logging" forums and such, just about every other word is "environmentally friendly". Someone must be awfully uninformed.

I doubt it is COMPLETE bullocks. Wide tires..tire tracks... spread out the weight and reduce ruts and such, damage to plants, especially in wet conditions. Still, the equipment may be heavier than horses, and may also require more space to do the job. Conditions will vary.

That is cool!! Using horses must be one of the least destructive ways to clear the woods.

As Stig says, maybe not something you'd buy nowadays, but if one just happened to be in the barn of the place you bought....looks useful around the farm.