| With fall firmly upon us and Halloween just around the | | | | Another problem of a tractor is that it has the ability to |
| corner, many people across the country are making | | | | go much faster than the horses did. Draft horses are |
| treks to the various orchards, pumpkin patches, and fall | | | | not known for their speed so much as their ability to |
| festivals being offered up by towns and private farms | | | | pull large loads as they are massive animals. Tractors, |
| alike. These events are full of excellent apple picking, | | | | on the other hand, have the ability to move at a faster |
| pumpkin plucking, and a wide range of other activities | | | | clip than a team of draft horses. With speed comes |
| all designed to capitalize on fall. One of the most | | | | an increased opportunity for injury in the event that |
| common events at any fall festival, orchard, or | | | | someone falls off or hits something while on the |
| pumpkin patch is the hayride. | | | | hayride. |
| In the old days, before tractors existed, and still | | | | A problem found in both horse pulled and tractor pulled |
| sometimes today, horses were used to pull wagons | | | | hayrides is the manner of attaching the method of |
| full of hay for people to go on a hayride. The horses | | | | propulsion to the wagon of hay and people. |
| were large and dependable and for the most part | | | | Regardless of the source of power, it is possible for |
| safe. As draft horses have been replaced by tractors | | | | the trailer hitch to break. This can be a serious problem |
| as the source of brute strength on farms, the hayride | | | | on an incline as it could allow the wagon to surge |
| has undergone a similar fate and shifted from horse | | | | forward or backwards and pick up speed as it goes |
| power to tractor power. | | | | along. |
| With the change to tractors came a few previously | | | | Finally, there is always the chance that a reveler will |
| unencountered hazards of hayrides. While horses may | | | | have his or her toes run over by the wagon. With |
| be somewhat unpredictable and subject to spooking, | | | | horses, unexpected movement was much more |
| tractors are somewhat more unpredictable in that they | | | | expected than with tractors since horses are live |
| do not always work as they are supposed to. | | | | animals and shift and fidget to get comfortable. |
| Backfiring is a common problem of these machines | | | | Tractors, once the brake is applied, should not be doing |
| and can pose a significant hazard to those individuals | | | | a whole lot of unexpected moving. |
| intent on enjoying their hayride. | | | | |