When Brad Johnson and Derek O’Toole talk about horsepower, they’re talking about actual horse power. The two men are co-owners of Third Branch Horse Logging, of Braintree, which uses draft horses for ...

Oregon’s last horse logger and a family of foresters look to the future by carrying on a legacy of the past. Jamming a metal skidding tong into a log, Roger Daugherty draws the slack from his driving ...

Third Branch Horse Logging is not totally horse-powered, as the company also uses a tractor and a forwarding wagon. “We need both the tractor and the horses to be financially viable,” Johnson said.