I too grew up when horses and mules were still used. In my part of the
southeast this was called a "single tree", or "double tree" if two horses
were used.
Dallas C
---- Original Message -----
From: "spook01" <spook01@comcast.net>
To: <CIAG6@aol.com>; <headlam@kingsley.co.za>; <mg-t@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: Railroad Tracks
> Quite right.
> But had I written "whipple tree", I suspect many would have scratched
their
> heads!
> Most have some notion of how the drawbar is used on a modern tractor.
> Best, Ray
>
> "Charge 'em boys, there's cheese in their haversacks!"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: CIAG6@aol.com
> To: spook01@comcast.net ; headlam@kingsley.co.za ; mg-t@autox.team.net
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 10:36 PM
> Subject: Re: Railroad Tracks
>
>
> In a message dated 1/25/2005 7:05:23 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
> spook01@comcast.net writes:
> For those of you who have never seen how horses are harnessed, I am
sure
> this sounds odd and narrow. Check out old photos of the draw bar area
of
> wagons.
> Best, Ray
>
> Don't need photos, I grew up on a country farm that was run by real
> horsepower. By the way, it isn't a "draw bar", it's a "whipple tree".
>
> RayG
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