Golem Kennels of rural Pittsboro, North Carolina, use a pair of ox hames padded with a sweat pad (made for use with a horse collar), for hitching their single ox.
Asked if they are happy with the results they replied that they like the sweat pad/wooden hames combination.
"He is comfortable in it, it takes no time at all to put on - just as fast or faster than a yoke," they said, "He's comfy and his movement is not restricted."
Working in the tight spaces of a small wooded farm, they don't want things sticking out that could snag on trees. "His horns are bad enough, but he turns his head and figures those out himself."
Click here to see Albert the Pineywoods ox in padded hames.
Click here to see Albert pulling a hay bale with the combination.
Pineywoods Cattle Registry and Breeders Association (PCRBA)
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