http://bcn.boulder.co.us/basin/ditchproject/?History:Ditch_Design_and_Construction:Early_Ditch-Digging_Technology

http://homestead.org/GinGetz/HorsePower/Horsepwr2htm

Well, I could not find any photo or write ups with a ox or oxen using the slip but I did find this great site that had a horse photo or to, I will put up photo of learning the ropes with Girl in the future, I am pretty sure that I will need to replace the arms on my slip fairly quickly, as I don’t believe that a) they are as long as they should be and b) they can hold up to heavy steady work.. but for now, here is a good example of them in use, I can’t help but wonder if a small rigged harness on my big ram could be put to use working in the tigher spaces in the barn or maybe Marty..lots of thinking to do on that one..

What I have been able to learn is this.. Leave it flat, load it with whatever you want, push back on the handles just a touch to lift the lip and move heavy loads across the farm.. Leave it level and use it as a scoop to clean out stalls in the barn, level it level and can be used to level ground in garden, or yard etc.. Tip the handles down and it will cut into compost piles or dirt or sod etc to move them from place to place, that same move will work for snow to clear a path etc.