Heavy Horses

Porfessional Horse Logging

I am a professional horse logger, woodland manager and qualified trainer.

I work for statutory, national and local bodies, various woodland and wildlife trusts and many owners of small woodlands. I manage Childer Wood using horses for all the work; timber extraction, scarification, bracken and bramble control as well as for moving tools and equipment.

I believe strongly in the future of the working horse, in its flexible power and delicacy. It is a truly appropriate power source for the ultimate low impact timber extraction system, handling all timber types and sizes. A well trained horse and professional extraction contractor team led by the horse logger can only assist in the growing, management and harvesting of quality timber.

Horses can be used at low capital cost to work with a range of equipment in private conservation, amenity and commercial forestry, working alongside or replacing tractors and heavy machinery.

I offer training in horse logging, horse work and woodland management; in groups or individually.

I also demonstrate horse logging at shows across the country.

I am Chair of the British Horse Loggers, the national industry body for professional horse loggers and an active member of FECTU – the European Federation for the Promotion of the Use of the Working Horse.

www.britishhorseloggers.org
www.britishhorseloggerscharitabletrust.org
www.britishfestivaloftheworkinghorse.co.uk

Contact Heavy Horses

Heavy Horses. Hill Farm, Stanley Hill, Bosbury, Ledbury HR8 1HE
Tel:01531 640 236 or 07773 900 751
Website: www.heavyhorses.net
Email: doug@heavyhorses.net