Ox logging: Skidding and Stacking in New Snow 

looks to me like a belted galloway

Thanks, Will has been a great partner in the woods.

***** Thanks for responding. I like how you talk to Will. My oldest son's name is Will. Anyhow, you and Will are quite an inspiration. Every year we buy a handful of Milking Shorthorn bull calves to bottle feed and raise for meat. This year I will attempt to train leading them to potentially do what you and Will do. I learn a lot from videos like yours on RU-vid. Can you please do a video showing and explaining how you use the ropes to stack the logs like you did in your 'extreme stacking' video. OBTW, the video of estimating the height of a tree by using your goad stick and the video of fitting and using a single yoke were very informative. Thank You!!

At this point Will was getting older, about 14 years old. He was a joy to work with.

Will has passed on I suppose?

@@lindamclean8809 yes, 2019

@@TMHarrigan Can I ask what breed he was, I though belted galloway but they are polled and Will had horns, was he a cross breed or something else ?

@@ryancallaghan852 Will is a Dutch Belt. Horned, smooth coat, dairy character. Belted Galloways are polled, curly coat, beefy. Cross between a Dutch Belt and a Galloway way back, standard breed now.

Abe retired some time ago.

at what age should a bullock retire

martin turner Hard to say, depends on their general health, energy level, etc. Just like us. Normally you will adjust your expectations to suit their age, you will not expect the same level of effort from a 12 year old ox that you do from a 4 year old.