Working horses thread

[cousin jack]

Wow - the strength of that beast must be immense. Incredible musculature.

 

Merry Xmas.

 

Thanks, and Merry Xmas to one and all. The true Ardennes type has been bred specifically for this work, using the slope, they can pull some tonnage.

[born2trot]

Love seeing BIG horses pull BIG logs !!

Nice one

[tree monkey]

those pictures of the canal horse brought back memories

I used to live alongside the canal not far from those pictures

[cousin jack]

Yep, the canals were great feats of engineering, tribute to the navies that built them. Look at the grooves worn in these steel bars set to protect the stonework of the bridges, made by horse drawn traffic with hemp rope.

Edited December 24, 2012 by cousin jack

[tree monkey]

2nd picture looks like the bridge under bacup road. but they all look the same lol

[AlvinD]

Some big sticks.

 

That's a brute of horse!