I was going to do the same thing when I visit my son's farm in Kentucky next weekend. But, he may have sold them all on eBay by now! You could buy a horse and harness and rent it out for pulling tree stumps out of the ground! In Minnesota where I grew up, they were usually part of a double-tree for two horses and used to pull wagons, manure spreaders, etc. Yes, I'm that old! My dictionary says that whippletree is an archaic form of singletree. Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: Ken Sinclair <photo1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Monday, May 28, 2007 5:25 pm Subject: Re: Single Tree notes To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > On 28-May-07, at 3:44 PM, Don Roberts wrote: > > > > Mea culpa! Thanks for the clarifications. BTW, I > live near Amish > > country with a lot of horse drawn equipment. I tried to > get out > > and get a photo of a singletree - that is the piece of tack > between > > a horse and a wagon - but also ran out of time on that > one. Now I > > have a singletree and am puzzling what to do with it. > > Don > > Dang... > > and here, for over 60 years I've always referred to "that" piece > of > tack, as a whippletree! > > ken > >
