Wonderful job by the driver in keeping the situation calm, and getting things back under control. Things can easily get out of hand with one horse, let alone 8! Great job.

Even though things didn’t go as planned this video really showcases the power of an eight horse draft hitch. It was awesome seeing them pull that wagon up that bank.

This is a man who KNOWS his horses AND what to do when things may go a bit wrong. Keep up the awesomeness and hopefully you have family who want to learn all they can from you. Beautiful job!!

@crazychariotgrabber9085

Жыл бұрын

the horses knew they had to go up and come back down to make the corner

My daughter has been driving ponies since she was 12 and can do a team of eight. Anyone thinking this is easy is a fool. Nice driving Hank you never panicked and the horses knew it.

Very, very well done! It shows great skill and confidence in helping your team maneuver!!! I was chewing my nails watching until you got back down that hill!!!😳😳😳 Way to go!!

saw the turn thought no way , horses run a bit BUT dam he kept with them sorted the turn BLOODY grand fellow ...

LIGHT HORSE- HEY, YOU WERE RIGHT, IT WORKED !" DARK HORSE- I TOLD YOU IT WOULD, NOW WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP TRYING TO GET AROUND THAT DAMNED CORNER."

Kudos to the driver. Excellent handling!

I just can't imagine the training to be able to drive 8 horses at the same time. Well done ! 👍

@phillipgage5975

3 жыл бұрын

i guess it's kinda randomly asking but does anybody know a good website to stream new series online ?

@shizukagozen777

3 жыл бұрын

@@phillipgage5975 So when your little friend talking about your shitty website will come ??

@shizukagozen777

3 жыл бұрын

@@phillipgage5975 Btw f- off. KZread erased my comment so I put it back.

@shizukagozen777

3 жыл бұрын

@@phillipgage5975 Another one: 🖕😄

@shizukagozen777

3 жыл бұрын

@@phillipgage5975 So when does he come ??

This is really impressive when you think of the horse power this team has.

holy crap - that was scary - hat's off to these guys - and all the old timers who just took stuff like this in their stride !!

Way to keep calm hank! My grandfather drove the hitch for Schlitz beer in parades before I was born! I tell ya Hank, Much respect for sticking with your team and working them through! Without your dedication and commitment, we would be watching an entirely different scenario unfolding!

@davycricket3016

6 жыл бұрын

Hank was the 80 year old youngster in the back .. lol .. Nolan was the teamster . What everyone didn't know was he dropped a line while pulling up slack line .. he's made that turn a hundred times . Just goes to show you carp can hit the fan at any minute .. Love all the feed back though thanks everyone !

@amazing7633

6 жыл бұрын

davycricket3016: The best piece of advice we ever got from our old and crusty driving trainer was to tie the reins with light cord to the vehicle, so that if we dropped them we could recover.

@davycricket3016

6 жыл бұрын

amazing763 that is awesome advice thanks for the tip it is much appreciated .

@bethcarter5401

6 жыл бұрын

5BIRDOG5 pop

Sometimes the best laid plans fall apart in front of us...Well done teamsters..everyday, everydrive, everyteam on any given day can be unpredictable and different..You held it together, men. Well Done.

@kymberlyp4056

6 жыл бұрын

hensonkimberly ~ 👏🏼👏🏼 Excellent comment! 👏🏼👏🏼 I've had my share of unpredictability. Open land driving and arena driving is very different to me. I feel that I have to... "alway try to be prepared for the unexpected yet knowledgeable that I won't always see it coming" (my Grandfather and teacher 40+ years ago). 😉

Driving’s such an amazing experience. This guy does it with magic. Very cool. Cheers.

I can't even get 8 of my co-workers to work together as good as these horses and the teamster did. Absolutely impressed and absolutely wish the skill was passed on more. My dad grew up and as a child worked with teams. I've only sat in on one or two plow days behind the lines, I'm beyond impressed.

Wow, what a good save. Changes in plans always happen with animals and everyone was safe. This was inspiring.

Not at any time was this team out of control I have driving horses I would know so for all of you to say negative stuff is just unbelievable truly an amazing job I bet none of you could drive an 8 horse team

@kymberlyp4056

6 жыл бұрын

Lizzy Hodges ~ I completely agree! Too many "equestrians" or those with no horse driving experience making judgmental comments. This team did a excellent job working together. I've only gotten up to a team of 4 outside. It's a whole different ball game than the arena.

@shizukagozen777

5 жыл бұрын

Lizzy 8 horses... It's really impressive !

@bcazz5202

5 жыл бұрын

Good job for all the folks involved. Loved how the 'footmen' were counter balancing the wagon as it came down the hill and no one panicked, just took care of the situation. Very impressive, but truly tense for anyone who has driven any hitch at all. Even for me, a single horse 'whip'.

@stockcar4d

5 жыл бұрын

i rekon i could

That was impressive right there! Looked a little sketchy going up that hill, but I'll be danged....thats great skills!

@kenhurley4441

3 жыл бұрын

That was the safest way out. Take the team uphill and find a place to do a u-turn. A very skilled driver.

Wow. That had my blood pressure up. Lol

So glad it went well, I loved the commentary, I said some of the same thing as I watched!

@laurahess3417

6 жыл бұрын

Justy Mckinley , I did too! LOL! 😊

Sometimes things get a bit hairy... But they held it together and avoided a wreck, so it's all good. (And why I'm usually satisfied to drive one pair at a time!)

All eight of those "run away" horses were better behaved than the cameraman's team.

@davycricket3016

8 жыл бұрын

you are correct . they wanted to catch up to the other wagons .. lol

@be-happy

5 жыл бұрын

@@davycricket3016 how many wagons were in this thing? And, were all of them hitched with 8 horses?

@davycricket3016

5 жыл бұрын

@@be-happy that was the only hitch of 8 . We had about 10 teams out there . We did have a 6 up mule team with us . The rest of them were 2 or 4 up hitches .

@be-happy

5 жыл бұрын

@@davycricket3016 wow, are there some more videos of it? That must have been amazing

@nightlightabcd

4 жыл бұрын

Why would you say that?

Great job, had me kind of shook there for a minute!

@davycricket3016

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks , he did a hell of a job .

Well done, Hank! 👍 👏👏👏👏! Well done!

great job handling the hitch!!!!

I will never complain about backing up my horse trailer again!

Bloody hell.. I'll take that guy "Hank" as an instructor any day (other than misjudging the corner) to keep his head and his hands and bring it all back together again, awesome driver.

@danakerson2875

5 жыл бұрын

Cowper Clydesdales o K

@sorellman

5 жыл бұрын

There was no way to make that turn with eight horses. He did, indeed, a great job and red the terrain well.

Great job getting things under control. Horses could have been hurt if he didn't stay with them.

So, you thought backing a Uhaul trailer was tough.

WOW - An amazing job!!!

From my couch I was pulling reins and saying whoa!

What terrific horses and handlers!

@davycricket3016

6 жыл бұрын

Richard Rudolph thank you , it's pretty awesome what he can do with horse and wagon !!

I can't even imagine p and crap like that happening! Hell I had a hard enough time with a single, driving in downtown Dever!! (Worst job I ever had with horses...ethical fucking nightmare) Hank is damned good at what he does!!

Great thinking and work!

There is not a lot of people that can handle a six up. Most of those came out of the picture barns and have long passed. 8 ups were used mostly as freight wagons on the flat . If it had been a 6 up he would have made it on the first swing. If it had been me I would have ha to move the lead back a couple. That man showed a lot of skill, doesn't men I' am gonna loan him my truck ! If you had to, you did good .

@roshakasravi1989

5 жыл бұрын

Great to see Fearless Hank taking care of Biz ... Proper Style

@roshakasravi1989

5 жыл бұрын

Have we really advanced as people ? .... or just become Dumber, Lazier & Fatter ... Hank has it rt.

A. Maz. Ing! Wow! Awesome handling that team!

Good job, Teamster!

Very good handling.

The background is so beautiful too I love those rolling hills

Wow! Outstanding and then some!

Hank was not the driver but the man in back Nolan was driving,

She'll be coming around the mountain when she comes😂

Love the clydstales always bobing heads

Wow great job

wouldn't hurt to go back to simple life sometimes every now and then maybe appreciate what you have or had

@shizukagozen777

5 жыл бұрын

Jo Marie That's what I dream of but life isn't as simple unfortunately... The stress from the big cities is just unbearable.

@sanniepstein4835

4 жыл бұрын

And how hard people worked to create it all.

Cool video

Davy- where is this? Looks like an area I know in Tehama County

Beautiful work, team! Show that driver how to make a tight turn!

Beautiful country , the oaks are just fabulous

Sure is beautiful landscape.

LOL where there's a will there's a way. Looks like a really skittish leader pair..swing teams look a lot more mellow..I'd try one of them up front..

Nice save..there is a major pucker factor. Maybe put rider horse by the right lead horse

I am really impressed with his driving ability and his being calm under pressure. What doesn’t impress me is the handling of the camera and the language the men around it are using. Their graphic conduct is not good.

Good 'ol Hank.

Thanks for the footage, but the camera was so shaky. Were you on a horse yourself. Thanks for posting this. I'm fascinated by heavy horses.

@davycricket3016

8 жыл бұрын

thank you ! I was in a wagon , the horses kept moving on us .

@MsGroovalicious

8 жыл бұрын

Keep posting videos when you can!

This is what I like to call a clusterfuck! Hopefully everyone was okay😂

@davycricket3016

5 жыл бұрын

All came together out better then could be expected .. just a bumpy ride !

Horse power, baby!!!

Good job.

That's a beautiful team and deserves a better teamster...it was really hard to watch this

This why I always sat at the back step . Easier to jump off. Lol

Never have driven more than two. No thanks to more. On uneven ground in a light wagon. Sheesh.

I love the land it reminds me of Andalusia spain

@stephanielam7363

3 жыл бұрын

It looks like California in the Spring to me

That was scary and awsome

would it have possible to unhitch the front 4 and take them around the bend the use the other four to pull the wagon around and hitch them all back together?

@Saartje05

8 жыл бұрын

+roy hoco Yes, but you have to take the lines out too.

@maelyswolf9566

6 жыл бұрын

roy.....if you need to remove 4 so the other 4 can get your wagon around a bend, you should only be driving 4 to begin with then!

@amazing7633

6 жыл бұрын

The mere actions of hitching and of unhitching are an art unto themselves. Done wrong, someone gets trampled. The key in this sort of driving is to get the leaders going where you want them and the other pairs not turning to follow, but instead holding straight (or even heading toward the opposite direction) until they are far enough along that you won't "cut corners." The dropped line didn't help!

OH SHIT!! This is drama! Great job, Hank. Are they training or practicing for an event?

@davycricket3016

5 жыл бұрын

It was our yearly club outing .

AMAZING!

Unhitch two horses and make the turn with six or just avoid hairpin turns altogether, the horses will thank you!

Why they use 8 draft horses for one wagon? Is the guy on the wagon that heavy?

Get outta there Hank😁

Should of had them in control before they went into the turn drove horses many years and never done that always think ahead

Can anyone tell me where this video was taken? The land is beautiful

@davycricket3016

6 жыл бұрын

Melody Vaio it was on a private ranch in southern California down by Santa Ynez .

@laurahess3417

6 жыл бұрын

davycricket3016 , it's really spectacular there.... I'd love to get a chance to see it some day! 😊

@laurahess3417

6 жыл бұрын

Melody Vaio , I completely agree, it's really stunning! 😊

@cellovid

4 жыл бұрын

Looks like Big Sky Ranch (see Wikipedia) in California

were you driving another team?

good idea to go up and come back down

folks, if you want to take video, stabilize yourself and take the video....its very difficult to watch when the camera is going every which way....stop, sit, and hold still

@davycricket3016

3 жыл бұрын

It was a spur of the moment thing . I put down my camera and just happen to start videoing with my phone . It wasn't a planned event !

GOD WHAT A HOLLICKS OF A JOB.

Damn son

Great team, serious pilot error on first attempt on the turn.

We didn't need all the extra cameraman commentsry!!!:@$$hats!!!

brave calm horses

Only part done right was the teamster keeping them horses from turning back around DOWN that hill!!!!! Maybe should practice with 4 up some more before you tackle 8 on this kind of road :/

A short cut only known by the draft horses?

Fast thinking!!!!!

Have they got brakes on the wagon?

@davycricket3016

4 жыл бұрын

Yes , but they'd never stop the horses. They are mainly use for down hill travel to keep some of the weight off the horses .

@StanOwden

4 жыл бұрын

davycricket3016 That’s why I’ve asked. 4:59 I thought on a steep downhill like that it is handy to have one.

Great video. Next time use a tripod. Camera wobble makes my eyes hurt.

@davycricket3016

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you . It was a spur of the moment thing . I was taking still and decided to take a video on my phones.. lol

Well....its a hobby and that's what hobbiests do....nice team.....quit confusing the lead horse.

Wich state is that in?

@davycricket3016

5 жыл бұрын

Southern California , on one of our members ranch

@iloveamerica8541

5 жыл бұрын

@@davycricket3016 Thank you for answering my question. Greetings from germany. God bless america. It is my dream to become a us citizen😍

they should not choose a difficould way like this with so many horses on the wagen.

they just got confused

FOR HEAVENS SAKE HOLT THAT CAMERA STEADY!

@jfdc8432

6 жыл бұрын

Can you not tell he's in a wagon himself, and his horses are trying to move? He already said his team was trying to catch up to the other wagons ahead of him. YOU try holding a camera pointing backwards in an emotional situation, all while trying to steady a team of horses that wants to move forward... good luck with that! On top of that, there's no springs on those wagons - they're jarring even when you're moving along at a calm walk.

Hes lucky it wasnt worse handeled it calmly but very confusing

Same way i think...

Wrong title...well behaved and working together should have been title

😲😲😲😲😲😲😲

Overkill that wagon could easily be drawn by two draft horses

Give me 40 acres …. and I’ll turn this rig around. 🥺🥺🥺

CDL .A..

stop already with the "whoa"

Why are they even trying this?

The idiot who kept saying woah, woah, woah, should not be allowed around the camers. Very annoying! These horses could have been badly injured because of the driver's incompetence.

@MSmith-my1cs

2 жыл бұрын

Guess you don't realize he's talking to his own team of horses pulling, telling them to whoa

the speaker has some foul language! Those look like live oaks to me...