Mule Train. (Pic heavy)

SGH

I bet you fellows living in Atlanta or New York City don't see this coming down the road very often. 

Look carefully at the pic below. This wagon has a wood fired unit on the back. Only in Dixie my friends


These fine folks come by on their mule train the last Friday of the month every month. Been doing it for almost 9 years now no matter the weather. 
At any rate, I thought I would share this with y'all. Hope y'all enjoy it my friends. 

HeavyG

Are you filming a Borax advertisement?

tikigriller

Here is the only Mule Train going around my neighborhood!!

SciAggie

That's pretty cool.

SaintJohnsEgger

That is awesome and sounds like fun.

MotownVol

Where is Warren Haynes?

SGH

HeavyG said:

Are you filming a Borax advertisement?

No sir. I haven't been in a commercial in years. My last hurrah was when Trojan first came out with their Double Magnum condoms. I was their "Big Gun" model for a while. Seeing how they discontinued them, I must have been the only one buying them

SemolinaPilchard

That's odd, they don't look Amish.

Little Steven

I was gonna buy a mule and a cart when I lost my driver's license.

CTMike

Very cool Scotty. My brother in law has a massive pair of Belgian Draft Horses that he logs with up in NH. The pair weighs in at around 4,200# - very powerful animals and I love watching them work. 

SGH

CTMike said:

Very cool Scotty. My brother in law has a massive pair of Belgian Draft Horses that he logs with up in NH. The pair weighs in at around 4,200# - very powerful animals and I love watching them work. 

That is awesome brother. I would love to see a pic of them. My grandfather had an enormous draft horse that he used for stumping. Don't know for sure what he weighed, but he stood a whisker over 18 hands high. He was truly impressive to behold. 

Lit

We have the HWY9 Mexicans here. 

pasoegg

rather be with them than any other place you can name...all I can say is "we get there when we get there and gonna enjoy every damn minute of getting there...."  plow on boy's!!!!

JethroVA

My grandmothers farm had a pair of working mules when I was a kid.  Don't see many mules these days. 

bettysnephew

Scotty, Quite the array of gypsy wagons. Very cool. I live midway between two Amish communities here in Iowa and often see horse drawn carriages and wagons when I visit but seldom see any mules being used by them.

THEBuckeye

Is Cool Hand Luke's Mama in one of those?

td66snrf

For those who are interested in mules  https://muledays.org/

SemolinaPilchard

THEBuckeye said:

Is Cool Hand Luke's Mama in one of those?

One of the best lines of all time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj60OAh7O5U

Possumtrot

Also for those in southeast :
 http://muleday.org

gmac

JethroVA said:
 Don't see many mules these days. 

Maybe I should buy a couple and start breeding them.

pasoegg

I had watched a series on TV many years ago concerning mules pulling and the likes....That stuff is big time in certain parts Tenn / Ohio etc.  Good mule pulling team cost you as much as a used car and twice as dangerous.  When those reins go slack on that mules back it ain't nothing but a$$holes and elbows out of them pulling sleds of blocks....Hook man can loose a hand or finger easy and they ain't no stop once they dig in and grab and growl...Ain't no car salesman close to being as bad as a mule trader about squabbling over price....I love it

bgebrent

Very cool Scotty!  Haven't seen it in the ATL

CTMike

pasoegg said:

I had watched a series on TV many years ago concerning mules pulling and the likes....That stuff is big time in certain parts Tenn / Ohio etc.  Good mule pulling team cost you as much as a used car and twice as dangerous.  When those reins go slack on that mules back it ain't nothing but a$$holes and elbows out of them pulling sleds of blocks....Hook man can loose a hand or finger easy and they ain't no stop once they dig in and grab and growl...Ain't no car salesman close to being as bad as a mule trader about squabbling over price....I love it

Agreed paso, my brother-in-law also participates in pulls with his Belgians at the local fairs in NH and Maine. He's on the reins, and it takes two helpers to drop the draw bar over the hook on the sled. You better be ready to go once they start digging in. 

Here is a video of my BIL helping a friend with his pair. Those concrete blocks are 1,000# per (I believe), so there's 16K on the sled. My BIL is the skinny one on the near side of the draw bar as they are driving up to the sled. 

https://youtu.be/Z7U9qm5-mSA

CTMike

@sgh Scotty,

Here are a couple photo's of my BIL's pair, and his homebuilt sled he uses to work them on a daily basis:

SGH

@CTMike
Thats a pair of fine ones for sure. 

Sip & Chat

SGH, You need to get out a little more. They do that **** everywhere and not just at the end of the month.lol