20 Mule Wagon Train

Here is a demonstration of a 20 hitch mule train being driven by a jerkline. The wagons in this video belong to Bobby Tanner of Ketchum, Idaho. They can be seen in parades and events such as Wagon Days. These are the most well preserved ore wagons in the country, and Hansen Wheel & Wagon Shop helps to keep them in top shape.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• mules
• wagons
• mule train
• jerkline
• wagon days
• ketchum
• idaho
• hansen wheel

[auctionnnnut]

Thank you for uploading this video! It's amazing! We switched to mules 3 years ago after losing our last horse - the horses had so many health problems. We have 5 saddle mules and love them. They are such characters! Is there someone like Bobby near Austin TX?

[HansenWheel]

@auctionnnnut Glad you liked the video! If you go to Bishop Mule Days in Bishop, CA this spring, you will see the hitch perform. I know there are plenty of good mule teamsters in TX; just check around. But Bobby is the only one I know of doing the 20 mule jerk line hitch.

[2002liv]

@painthorselover101 nope i just don't know to much about mule pulling only horse pulling but mostly hedgehogs now leave me alone i really don't feel like talking to you

[painthorselover101]

@2002liv then your an idiot!!

[2002liv]

@painthorselover101 i just think that!!!

[painthorselover101]

@2002liv how the hell is this cruel? they appear to be enjoying themselves. go whine and protest about something that actually is cruel.

[2002liv]

thats really cruel poor mules

[RustyCarnahan]

Mules. . . we love 'em, but sometimes they can be contrary souls. Just goes to show you how easily a mule gets bored hahaha.

[LankMcCrashnburn]

I love Mules!! And they are amazingly "verbal" I asked my yearling mule Stella to STEP UP to take a step forward...but then I took her to a show and had to ask her to actually STEP UP onto a platform..when we got home I was working with her around a mounting block and asked her to STEP UP thinking she would walk forward...guess what? She walked up the mounting block...I will never be smarter than my mule!

[SDChick]

@alpha18412 Mules are smarter than horses and actually smarter than a lot of people. :) Once they pick up something they don't forget it. I find them easier to train than horses.