Peter Coates

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Peter Coates works in West Yorkshire, using horses where appropriate following felling, and also working alongside forestry equipment if this make the job easier and safer. He works small woodlands for private owners, local authorities and organisations like the National Trust. As well as felling and extracting, he is also employed in hedgelaying, planting and producing firewood.

Peter Coates works in West Yorkshire, using horses where appropriate following felling, and also working alongside forestry equipment if this make the job easier and safer. He works small woodlands for private owners, local authorities and organisations like the National Trust. As well as felling and extracting, he is also employed in hedgelaying, planting and producing firewood.

Latest articles from Peter Coates

Horse logging remains an important practice in forestry.

Book review Logging with Horses by Erhard Schroll review: 'A valuable tool'
In Erhard Schroll’s Logging with Horses, the history and the future of horse logging is considered in great detail.