What's a person need for horse property?

[ultrarunner]

I've been around ranchers and horse people...

Horse people get an idea and that is that.

A friend bought a real working ranch... has been a ranch for 150 years... cattle and horses.

I went to visit about a year after they moved in and asked where are the horses... was told nothing can be salvage and they will almost have to start over???

The ranch is fenced and cross fenced with t-posts... they will all have to be replaced...

The barns and paddocks are not horse friendly so they will have to go...

It's their money... but, if they wanted something like the stables at the Kentucky Derby they did not need to buy a working ranch just to start over.

By the way... the ranch had a very successful race horse program for 60 years and the names of the legendary horses were still over the stalls that are not good enough.

 

[sd455dan]

We live on 10 acres of timberland. We are looking to move and the best market around here seems to be for horse property, not small timberland.

Clackamas County has just about more horses per capita than any other county in the US, so horses are a big thing around here.

We are gong to thin our stand, but clear a portion to make it good for someone who has horses.

How many horses do most people have? How big an area er horse should we clear for pasture? If stumps are cut low, 6" or less, it that a problem for the horses? What else can / should we do to make the property attractive to horse people without spending a fortune? Any other suggestions?

What's a person need for horse property?



LOTS of Money:laughing: just kidding
Agree with most everything posted before,
a couple thoughts-
Nice barn with run outs
fences- no barbed wire
minimum 10 acres
trees trimmed so horses don't poke their eyes out when spooked
6 inch stumps- not good plenty of ways for some horses to generate serious bills
holes in the ground -will make most horse people cringe
no i'm not a (horse person) but married to one and also related to 2

I would not change your property just to sell to horse people

 

[quicksandfarmer]

A really nice Truck and Horse Trailer Rig and sort of run down living quarters always attracts them where I live.

Sounds about right. Barn bigger and nicer than the house.

 

[Wagtail]

Hey! I resemble that remark! ;-)
But yes, if horse people are interested, they'll figure out how to develop the land to their liking. There's a good chance a buyer would want a different layout than what you envision. I'd be wary of trying to figure out how horse people think.

Exactly. Sell them the potential and let their horse-addled dreams take it (and their wallets) from there. And I love GP's comment #10 because that's what a lot of them will do.

When I bought my property it was as a retirement place with horses in mind. Which turned out to be a great house on 6 acres with only perimeter fencing. Once I did retire was when I set the place up for the horses (2, which I bought a month prior to retiring & moving here to Tassie)... only then did I plan where to situate & build my 5-bay shed and map out/fence the internal paddocks. Fortunately the climate is fine here that a stable really isn't required, the hay goes in the last two bays of the shed. I also bought my tractors to suit what I was going to require of them (+ a bit more).

This is what I have now, but I've been slowly improving it (as we all do):

https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-41.3185377,148.2034022,326m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

Sell them the 'dream', Mate.

 

[smstonypoint]

This is what I have now, but I've been slowly improving it (as we all do):

https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-41.3185377,148.2034022,326m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

What? No pallets?

Steve

 

[2ndhalf]

Exactly. Sell them the potential and let their horse-addled dreams take it (and their wallets) from there. And I love GP's comment #10 because that's what a lot of them will do.

When I bought my property it was as a retirement place with horses in mind. Which turned out to be a great house on 6 acres with only perimeter fencing. Once I did retire was when I set the place up for the horses (2, which I bought a month prior to retiring & moving here to Tassie)... only then did I plan where to situate & build my 5-bay shed and map out/fence the internal paddocks. Fortunately the climate is fine here that a stable really isn't required, the hay goes in the last two bays of the shed. I also bought my tractors to suit what I was going to require of them (+ a bit more).

This is what I have now, but I've been slowly improving it (as we all do):

https://www.google.com.au/maps/@-41.3185377,148.2034022,326m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

Sell them the 'dream', Mate.

Nice Spread.. I think I see a guy taking a leak out back of the barn... that you Wagtail? It comes down to priority. I know many horse people and I actually marvel at the amount of effort, $$ and time that HP put into their animals. I say it is almost a religion.

 

[quicksandfarmer]

Nice Spread.. I think I see a guy taking a leak out back of the barn... that you Wagtail? It comes down to priority. I know many horse people and I actually marvel at the amount of effort, $$ and time that HP put into their animals. I say it is almost a religion.

More like a cult than a religion in my experience!

 

[Pilot]

Thanks, guys, you have me convinced to advertise it as potential horse property. Probably all I'll do is thin more aggressively at one end of the property so I'll get more out of the timber.

 

[hslogger]

Okay there, Clackamas Pilot... if you are going to thin your stand for horses, it isn't a real good idea. First off you're going to open it up to windthrow. Second, you will have disposal of the slash, being in the mind of having this perfectly thinned stand of fir and having it all picture perfect there. Last but not least, you would have to hire a real good competent logger who would want a lot of money to make it picture perfect.

The option would be to clearcut it, root out the stumps, burn or haul off all the slash, plow and plant with pasture. Gonna cost an arm and a leg to do it right.

I would say , just from an armchair here, that is your option.

Horse people don't NEED a thinned stand. A thinned stand means that there is still no pasture and when they do start running their horses in there, the western oregon soil compaction factor will mean the eventual demise of the stand. Go talk to your local extension agent. Your taxes provide his or her services.

That said, I could recommend Roger Daugherty logging in the your area.
good luck
Daugherty Horse Logging - Oregon City, OR 97045 | Small Business Database

 

[motownbrowne]

How big are the trees? If they are small to medium, consider hiring a dozer to push them over. You'll still have to figure out what to do with the stumps, but at least the hard part (getting them out of the ground) is taken care of. To thin a small area and rough grade afterward shouldn't be a very big job.