Comments on: Horse logging

By: C.W. Nicol

C.W. Nicol — Mon, 23 May 2011 08:14:12 +0000

I am the Chairman of the C.W.Nicol Afan Woodland Trust in Nagano, Japan. A Welsh-bron Japanese citizen. We have been designated as a Future Heritage Site by UNESCO Japan. Prince Charles and members of the Japanese Imperial family have visited us. We are genuine. As more than 80% of our areas is woodland, either conifers or mixed, with often steep mountain sides and a lot of snow in winter, we are exploring the possibilities of bringing back horse logging. Is there anyone out there, an expert, who could bring their expertise and enthusiasm to Japan, and stay for however long it takes to train Japanese staff? We can’t offer much money but we can offer a wage equal to what we pay a Japanese forester, with country accomodation. Single persons only please – because of schooling prob lems and so on. If anybody is interested, let’s start talking.
Nic

By: crunchie

crunchie — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:09:49 +0000

thankyou lisa im very flattered.glad what you learnt you have put to good use.i hope more people follow your lead.what can be better than gathering your firewood and keeping your ponies fit.checkout my new website http://www.crunchiescobs.co.uk let me know what you reckon.happy logging crunchie

By: Roy

Roy — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:04:27 +0000

I am an amater artist and would like to see real horse logging. If anyone knows where there are any sites being worked this year please let me know. Been trying to get to see “real” Horse Logging for quite a while now. Can anybody help???

By: Lisa Downing

Lisa Downing — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:39:41 +0000

I can recomend Chrunchie as a fantastic horse logger as I did some training with him a few years ago and thanks to him I am now horse logging in Brittany, France on our own woodland. Its a wonderfull way to work with the horses and they are paying there way (sort of). Good luck Chrunchie it sounds a fantastic idea to travel like that with the horses and to live and work on site. Lisa

By: crunchie whitby

crunchie whitby — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:59:45 +0000

ihave worked as a horse logger now for 5 years .as well as living and traveling in a bow top wagon for 12 years. i have four cobs all trained by my self.the last 2 years i have won the b.h.l competition for single horses.i am interested in offering a horse logging service while still living in my wagons as deb millar says surely traveling to jobs in a big horse lorry sort of defies the whole point.as well as this lessening emissions. with less overheads it would be more cost effective and cheaper.a main critisism of horselogging being that it is expensive.i will be based in herefordshire but can operate over a large area.i would be interested to hear what others think of these ideas.crunchie

By: Niall Casey

Niall Casey — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:21:17 +0000

Hi all iam from ireland and have seen Tom Nixon doing what he loves best, and thats working with horses and timber logging. Timber logging is a skil full job and tom is as skil full as the come. keep up the good work Tom

best of luck
Niall

By: david campbell

david campbell — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:59:44 +0000

hello my name is david campbell i have been doing horse logging most of my life i have been out of it for a while and would like to get back into it would you know of anyone who might be requiring help thank you david

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:23:32 +0000

hi, I have question to all of you, is it hard to find a job like a horse logger in britain? Even with no experience? Like a beginner? Or just like a assistant of a horse logger?

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:28:05 +0000

Hi , i am very interested in horse logging , and am looking for a suitable horse to buy. My son is a tree surgeon and often has to move timber in confined spaces. He also does a lot of forestry work. Idealy i would like to find a horse 6 or 7 years old already trained, to do the job , and to ride and drive. If anybody has such a horse i would be very interested.
Andy.

By: catherine

catherine — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:22:20 +0000

Hi Sarah

Try the British Horse Loggers Association http://britishhorseloggers.org/index.htm