Horse Logging at CHMF

Ike and Dolly turning the largest log harvested
Log was too heavy for two horses so they hooked up all four to pull it out of the woods.
four horses pulling a log
view of the logyard with the largest one in the foreground
This Black Oak was nearly three feet in diameter. Counting rings told us that this tree was nearly 100 years old.
Logs in the yard From here they will be loaded on a truck and taken to the sawmill
It was hot summer and horses stirred up a bit of dust.
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a mockernut hickory stump that was very nearly black
miss kitty and billy
Log yard
Tony taking Miss Kitty and Billy to get water
dust stirs as a log leaves the wood
pulling a log into the yard
tony checking on his horses

All photographs taken by G. Weddle. Images may be used for non-commercial educational purposes with permission.

Published 30 May 2014 ;  last modified 19 Feb 2018          © Clay Hill Memorial Forest 2014                   

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