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vickersdc
Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 247 Location: Surrey / Hampshire Border.
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 09 1:08 pm Post subject: Heavy Horses |
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I would love to be in a position to utilise heavy horses, indeed, at a felling site that I'm hoping to use early next year, it looks like I might have to use horses to extract the timber.
Some of you may know that I work for a college, and we also have an equine section, so I was thinking of putting together a business case for getting a heavy horse that could be used by staff / students on courses (and maybe around the 360 acres that forms the college grounds?!).
But to make it a viable proposition to take to management, it has to be economically worthwhile (as opposed to just being a decent thing to do).
So, out of interest, how many of you would attend courses that related to heavy horses? Things like...
- horse logging in small woodlands.
- using a heavy horse in the fields.
- heavy horse ownership
These could be day courses, or ones spread out over a period of time.
Now, I won't keep any of you to it, but I'm looking to find out how much interest there might be out there.
Cheers,
David. |
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BahamaMama
Joined: 21 Sep 2006 Posts: 2315 Location: Away with the fairies
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Blue Peter
Joined: 21 Mar 2005 Posts: 2400 Location: Milton Keynes
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vickersdc
Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 247 Location: Surrey / Hampshire Border.
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 09 1:36 pm Post subject: Re: Heavy Horses |
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Blue Peter wrote: |
So, does that mean that it's not economically viable to run a heavy horse for those tasks, but you can make it so if you can diversify into additional income streams (or whatever trhe management-speak might be)? If that were the case, would it rather limit the number of people who might want to come on the courses?
Peter. |
Like any other business, the college has to fund it's activities one way or another. For my part, I look after a series of full-cost forestry and arboricultural short courses - that means that I have to essentially pay my own way within the college (not quite true, but close enough).
So, to be able to sell the idea of heavy horses to management it must be viable - economically and practically. The practical side is less of an issue at the moment as far as I can see, but the financial side is important.
It's easy to get all misty-eyed about heavy horses (and I include myself here), but they would have to earn their keep, or at least a reasonable chunk of it!
And as for BahamaMama
BahamaMama wrote: |
I would like to brush their hair and put ribbons in |
- my hair is long now, so you can put ribbons in my hair instead. |
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Blue Peter
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BahamaMama
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