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sanhestar:)

Johne’s is ingested as a calf, the amount that he ingests seems to determine how long it will take to become serious. I seen a 8 year ox die of it. In Aug. he weight 2750 pounds the next April he was down to between 8 and 9 hundered pounds. When the owners had him put down. They never stop eating, but it just goes straight through them. They just can’t get the nutrition out of it.:mad::confused:

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sanhestar

You mentioned Johne’s.:(:mad: I think when you look at a calf for an ox it should be at the top of your list for things to look for. It is running rampant in the dairy cattle today. The last report that I had it is 100% fatal.:mad: The animal starves to death. There is not a lot of it in the beef cattle.

[Howie]

If you are going to use a miss matched team it would easier, most of the time, to just use single yokes and an evener. This way they do not need to be even close to the same size.:confused::confused:

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:(Fabian

Put the tall one in the furrow:rolleyes:same as I walk with the long leg in the furrow.:o

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Sabine
As you know working cattle will adapt to what ever is needed.:( I have a few yokes around here that were made for odd cattle but if they are going to just do lite work use what you have.
If you are going to use a miss matched team you should build a yoke to match each ox, to get the most out off them. It is not that much of a problem to put a different size bow on each end and even tip the neck seat.
I have miss matched legs and feet. To work I have to wear shoes that don’t match.:eek::eek:

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I traded the Belgain horses for oxen 52 years ago,:) But I have to say this is the best thread yet.
Good work guys.:cool:

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Hi Rod
Man that sure is a nice looking cart.
My steers would think they had died and gone to heaven if they had some of that hay.;)

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Robin:)

That is Betty and the car is a 58 Ford.:D

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I just happen to have a new 7 inch in my shop that is almost finished.
It would just take a couple days to have it ready to ship.

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Rod:)

With the wheels locked the back tips to the ground and then the wheels will raise up off the ground. then the grab arm flips down over the bale to pull it up on the wheels when you go forwards. I put a chain on the grab arm so I can prevent it from droping when I unload. It is just a two wheeled outfit so you can pull it with almost anything, tractor, pickup, or forecart. The wheels you see on the front is my $100 forecart.:confused::(
With the great big round bales the grab arm will flip back upright when the bale comes up on the wheels, it will with the 800 pound bales most of the time. With the 500 pound bales you have to help it, but if you were using it with the little bales a lot you could adjust that.

Howie

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Rod

Here are a couple of picures of the hay hauler. One is just the bare hauler and the other one shows how it folds in the center to load and unload the bale.:confused:

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It took a minute or two for the old man to figure out who would have that picture.
The picture is of Buck and Barry, taken 50 years ago this month. They were my first pair of oxen and the chickie in the wagon is my girl friend.:);)

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Sabine

The only problem with the Devon is he is very smart.:) He will learn from your mistakes as well as from your directions.:eek:

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Sabine

The Devons are the easy ones.:):)

Howie

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Hi
$ for $ the bale hauler is the best equipment that I ever bought. I have had it a long time and the only thing I have had to do to it is to replace the brake cable. Yoder’s make it now and they advertise in the Rural Heritage. The new one has a dog to lock the wheels where mine has brakes. I like the brakes better because they are easier to use coming down a steep hill. It is very simple to use. Just back up to the bale and set the brakes, keep on backing and it will fold in the middle and the grab hook drops down around the bale. When you pull ahead the bale will roll up on the axel, release the brakes and you are on your way. To unload you just reverse the process. When it unloads it picks the bale up off the ground about a foot so you can set them up on or into something.
I will have Betty Ann post a couple pictures so you will be able to see how it works.

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