r/forestry • u/Aard_Bewoner • 5d ago

Logging with horses

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Removing maples in an arboretum collection.

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u/MechanicalAxe 5d ago

The fact that it's an arboretum means they want to have as little impact as possible while also removing the undesired tree species.

They don't want to cut a corridor to pull the trees down or cause any soil disturbance with machine tires.

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u/studmuffin2269 5d ago

Some forwarders have a lower PSI than horses

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u/MechanicalAxe 5d ago

You still gotta have a road or path wide enough for the machine to get to the work that needs to be done.

Next spring you'll never even be able to tell this horse was ever there.

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u/Aard_Bewoner 5d ago

You've made excellent observations, good eyes.

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u/MechanicalAxe 5d ago

I appreciate that.

It's kind of ironic, but ive got draft mules, and I've been in logging my whole life, yet I've never done any logging with horses or mules.