Murari sled for cows and rocks

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Haribol to all

Regarding the sled. Think of a snow sled, make it bigger the runners

are rounded and curved at the ends or are made of steel and are very wide to

take the weight. the sled can be as wide as necessary. Usually two or three

"runners" make it at least six feet long but not longer than eight feel long

you could also fit it for small motor scooter tires that will be close to the

ground and will still move easily. To get the critters on the sled dig small

trenches/slots for the tires to fit into then slide the critter onto it.

Something slick like cardboard really works if you have to slide her sideways

Carol

[Guest guest]

Growing up , we used to use a stone boat, which was a quarter inch metal

plate

with a curved up front and 6 inch sides wielded on. The last glacier through

had

left gifts of granite all over that usually won stone/machine encounters, and

one of my yearly chores was to go over 1200 acres and pick any new stones that

had worked their way to the surface. I would do this ahead of the grain drill.

Mostly I picked onto a long low slung trailor, or into a bucket on the

tractor,

but for stones we couldn't lift, we would roll them onto the stone boat, and

drag them away. The metal slid easily over the ground. Kind of a specialized

tool, not as useful all around as a sled, perhaps. Would have been easy to

roll a cow onto , though.

 

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> Haribol to all

> Regarding the sled. Think of a snow sled, make it bigger the runners

> are rounded and curved at the ends or are made of steel and are very wide to

> take the weight. the sled can be as wide as necessary. Usually two or three

> "runners" make it at least six feet long but not longer than eight feel long

> you could also fit it for small motor scooter tires that will be close to the

> ground and will still move easily. To get the critters on the sled dig small

> trenches/slots for the tires to fit into then slide the critter onto it.

> Something slick like cardboard really works if you have to slide her sideways

> Carol