I brought the horses back for the first time in about a month. It is good to have them home plus I have a lot of work for them to do around here. The temp is suppose to be around 35 to 40 the next few days so I will be dragging the drive way because it will be turning to slush . Winter is long up here but it always seems like it is short as far as work goes, there is always lots of work to get done before break up. Every logger I know is working as much as possible because we all know in the middle of March the road bands go on know matter what the weather is doing. Most years by mid March we get some warm weather and it gets sloppy and muddy but it always gets cold again and frezzis back up infact most time it will turn bellow zero again for a week or to at least in the mornings .
 One of the best thing about the horses is that it lengthen the amount of work time you have every year. You can always get back into the woods before the big machines can and you can always work a little longer than they can. These horses are the most flexible source of producing wood that I have ever found. Even the small tractors do not compare , some are ok just not as good. Horses are the way to manage these small wood lots and if they could change some of the insurance laws and employment laws I could give the big boys a run on the the big  pieces as well. These laws are crippling to us small businesses , it is the hardest thing I have to deal with fare and above anything else that I have ever come up against . I have enough work a head of me to hire a large crew but the laws will not allow it .