Build a Sleigh Any One ?

roc | Posted in General Discussion on September 6, 2009 09:47am

There . . . that’s better; see first pic.

Organic peaches from Mesa Winds Farm in Hotchkiss Colorado. Traded lessons in how to spoke up (build) bicycle wheels for a flat of peaches. Yuuuummm YUM ! ! ! Very juicy. Much better than those tasteless lookalike round things they pass off for peaches at the national supers.

NOW that I have had my coffee and a little something, down to business :

The boys are back see other pics. There were three big ones this time. I am planning for the future. Since I don’t want to bang away with cap and ball in the back yard ( neighbors might frown on it ) I am thinking sleigh. Rather than ride my bicycle to work this winter as usual why not give these loafers a job. You know . . . idle hooves are the devils play ground and all that.

They are deer right ? Just like Rudolph. Well sort of.

Have any of you built a sleigh ?

Are deer union ?

roc

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln ( 54° shaves )

Edited 9/6/2009 3:11 pm by roc

Replies

RalphBarker | Sep 09, 2009 05:19pm | #1
"Are deer union ?"

I'm not sure, but I've heard that harness breaking the wild ones can be problematic. ;-)
oldusty | Sep 10, 2009 01:19am | #2
roc,    well heres one sort of,

           jist hitch up some hooved critters to the front end and hold on

                regards          dusty

roc | Sep 10, 2009 04:36am | #4
>jist hitch up some hooved critters to the front end and hold on<Nice ! Looks like the sports model. High Speed Low Drag. May be more " performance " than I am looking for through town though.rocGive me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln ( 54° shaves )
bones | Sep 10, 2009 08:48pm | #5
Ah I remember the Klondike derby's with my son. Good times. I was married by a judge - I should have asked for a jury.George Burns

PrunusSerotina | Sep 10, 2009 01:29am | #3
Get out the bow!

Those fine looking lads would have fallen under Magua's knife had they wandered past my back door. (In a few more weeks, that is!)

Nice racks, too.
Thorvald | Sep 12, 2009 07:08am | #6
Interesting idea Roc. I've thought about it a few times over the years. Seems like it would be quite the project to build a really nice one like an Albany Cutter with lots of bright work. Would also be a kick to build a sweet little Surrey with all the bells and whistles. Dang--now those ideas will be rattling around in my head for a few weeks.

Verne

If a tree falls in the forest, and no one is there to cut it up and make something with it . . . what a waste!