aaronbear Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Hi everyone i need some input from you guys n gals, i have been asked to make a set of draft horse whipple trees for a guys horse to use in coupling his horse to the various plows for farming, he has shown me a picture of one set but i would like to see some more sets of these trees to get an idea of the variation of designs that are out there. has any of you people made any or have pictures or web sites you can share with me on these. thanks Aaron:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 single horse or team? What size horse, miniature or a heavy? What size plow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnsrgn Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 Here we go with the Names Game again, Around here a Wiffle Tree is a rounded single tree that was used when hooked to the Hay Rope in a barn Mow to raise a load of hay up and into the mow with a single horse. If you are going to make a single tree to hook a horse to a walking plow, there are different lengths of them for different sized plows. A 12 inch plow takes a 32 inch single tree, a 14 inch plow a 34 inch single tree and a 16 inch plow takes a 36 inch single tree, also same measurements for a double tree when using a team and two single trees. 12 inch is about all a single horse can pull depending on the ground being plowed.Draft horse drawn farming equipment and horse drawn vehicles to me a whipple/whiffle tree is the center picture here.Whipple-tree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaronbear Posted January 31, 2009 Author Share Posted January 31, 2009 seems there's more to this than meets the eye!! thanks for info guys will look in to horse and plow size! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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