Somewhere I have seen old pictures/prints of horses pulling stumps, quite literally out of the ground.
There was a "device" that appears to consist of not much more than two big wheels and an axle.
The axle was probably 8ft from the ground, maybe more - eye high to a big draft horse, so maybe 9ft.
I assume that chain was wrapped around the axle and two draft horses pulled, resulting in an upward pull and drag.
I don't know if the chain was simply wrapped around, or if there were separate chain drums for the pulling chain and the lifting chain.
Anyone know more about this ?
Not that I'm thinking of building one to pull with a tractor, or with "a pair in harness".
There was a "device" that appears to consist of not much more than two big wheels and an axle.
The axle was probably 8ft from the ground, maybe more - eye high to a big draft horse, so maybe 9ft.
I assume that chain was wrapped around the axle and two draft horses pulled, resulting in an upward pull and drag.
I don't know if the chain was simply wrapped around, or if there were separate chain drums for the pulling chain and the lifting chain.
Anyone know more about this ?
Not that I'm thinking of building one to pull with a tractor, or with "a pair in harness".