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Shire horses are used in some forests because they do less damage to the ground than heavy vehicles. Heavy tractors, tracked vehicles, etc. tend to tear up the ground. The horse can tow a felled tree trunk along forest tracks too narrow for motorised vehicles, to reach a wider forest road, to be loaded on to lorries.

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