[CharlyBonifaz]

seems – as Asians buy and use more and more milk and cheese and…..- lactase (the enzyme that breaks down lactose-milk sugar) can be “trained” by beginning with a little at a time..

[CharlyBonifaz]

http://picasaweb.google.de/107443822450645834267/DerLindauerBoteCorriereDiLindo2010#5487218779833252738
this must be what you call chock block: it prevents a backwards motion of the coach, this one specifically designed so it will follow the wheel uphill and stop it on a halt; relieves the horses from having to hold the coach on an incline and makes an uphill start easier
http://picasaweb.google.de/107443822450645834267/DerLindauerBoteCorriereDiLindo2010#5487218747154511442
this is one type of wagon shoe: with the wooden block underneath (it slides in from the front end of the shoe) it is to be used on blacktop or any other hard surface going downhill; the wheel will roll onto it and thus be blocked, the wood will be rasped and burnt while it slides (so has to be renewed regularly)
http://picasaweb.google.de/107443822450645834267/DerLindauerBoteCorriereDiLindo2010#5487700639916117154
this is a “plain” type of wagon shoe, it works as described above and is used on gravel roads
always block one wheel only!

[CharlyBonifaz]

be sure to also check on things one would take for granted – picking up feet f.e.

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parbuckling on to a wagon is always a good one. i’ll noodle out the details.

reminds me of a tricky one: logs piled up in a way, that the top consisted of two of them,side by side; idea was to pile one last log on top of them…..

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My horses don’t like it when vehicles seem to lurk along behind.

neither does my ox; so it’s “slow down and pass when safe”

[CharlyBonifaz]

convinced…..will give it a try…..

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😀 thanks for the tip!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_zpljlfTyQ

[CharlyBonifaz]

before you heat up the forge…..
have you ever tried these shackles (to be found in maritime/nautic stores, nowadays at least over here also in harness stores, otherwise in mountaineering/hang-gliding stores, if lucky one can get them used….)
http://www.hba-nero.com/images/p021_1_04.jpg
or definitely not to be opened by a horse
http://www.toplicht.de/thumbs/tbn_1385085.JPG
I use the first kind on my trace-ends, very satisfied

[CharlyBonifaz]

thanks for the link and explanation – big help :rolleyes:

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The fact of you all being very articulate aside, photos of your setups would be great teaching tools.

perfectly true 😉
this time I know what you are talking about, but sure enough some names of equipment-parts keep me scratching my head and the official translation isn’t any help……so if it’s not too cumbersome….thank you in advance…..:D
the other day, lighning struck me, when I realised the D-ring was not the ring on the hames but the ring on the bellyband/saddle; still wonder about Meader’s stock hook :confused:

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what about using a slip scraper?

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male yaks are indeed quite large, these were females

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where do you keep it when not in use? any chance of a block/tackle system f.e. under the roof of your barn?

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http://img26.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0006jh5.jpg
http://img26.imageshack.us/my.php?image=pict0008co7.jpg
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/244/pict0011ic8.th.jpg
yaks with original Nepalese yoke in the zoo at Görlitz during our bullockie-meeting 09
or with original Nepalese packsaddle
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/4246/pict0012zk0.th.jpg
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/374/pict0022zf9.th.jpg
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/5195/pict0019xo5.th.jpg
http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8792/pict0015ea6.th.jpg

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i think they used them but can’t describe them, it’s like they used them like an instinct.

Pretty much have an idea that is exactly why we can find so little written information on working with cattle from the oldtimers; plus being busy in the fields or woods leaves you with little time for pen and ink

tried calling the president of Boskarin breeders/ maybe he can fix me an interview with some old-timers

bivol, I’d love to read some of that in here…….
can’t you agitate them by asking for the bonusses of working with Boskarin cattle?

texts i translated, that was all, i can’t use them due to copyright

any chance of contacting the original writers?

shoot it 😉

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