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I don't doubt that there is a very cool element to doing the work. I like to do as much of my woodworking as I can with hand tools, very quiet, but that's just a hobby. The horses themselves may not pollute, but the truck that brought them to the job, and the tractors that baled the hay sure...

Stig: Why, the slippage factor of the machine? I would think that the machine also has an advantage over the horses here. It doesn't get tired, it doesn't get run over by the hitch, and I can drop the load at the bottom of a tough spot and winch it in when I get the tractor at a convenient spot...

Yes, the people who pay through the nose for horse logging are uninformed by the guys pushing the horse logging. I'd like to try it, but from what I've heard, I can move more wood in a couple of hours with my little Kubota than a team can move in a day, with less damage.

Live ones, in response to others horse comments. I wonder if Sawmill and Woodlot magazine has done a review on the Iron Horse. That is right up their alley. I bet that iron horse would out pull an atv, especially with the weight of the load on the tracks.

There have been a couple of guys around here that do it, but they need to charge about all the wood is worth to make a go of it. It's a feel good activity for land owners with money. One guy had a metavic trailer with a loader that worked great, but my Kubota made less mess pulling it.