This message is from: john & martie bolinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Still can't seem to get the hand of addressing these #(*%&%& things! Martie
My husband, John and I are thinking of buying a fore-cart and asking Kilar to do a little farm work for us. Just light stuff, I think. We have never actually done any draft work except moving tree stumps and logs. Can anyone tell me about fore-carts? What should I look for/avoid when purchasing? How heavy should the fore-cart be? I looked at one that a Percheron person uses and it seems awfully heavy to hitch a Fjord to AND ask him to pull the small manure spreader, for instance. How much weight can a single Fjord be expected to pull? Can I reasonably expect him to be able to pull the fore-cart, manure spreader and manure? We have only one hill to worry about; he would be heading down hill with the spreader full and coming up the hill empty. The actual spreading would be mostly on the flat. I would also like to use him to pull a hay wagon to the neighbors to pick up hay (approx 25 bales at a time). This would be across fields, not on roads but would be UP hill with the hay. I could make more trips for fewer bales at a time (that might be even more fun - more of an excuse to stay out with him). He has been laid off most of the winter, so would need to be gotten back into shape slowly, but he is a heavy built, drafty type of Fjord and VERY strong! He did mostly draft work before I bought him. Thanks for any help. Martie and Kilar in raining-again Maryland. But it is getting better!
