We stopped near Morrison, Tenn, to watch Zach Odom work his mules logging in the woods. One of the first things Zach showed us was how he uses a single jerk line to drive his mules, in this case, as a single. Zach is a natural instructor and has a strong presence on social media, and so gets asked a lot of questions about how and why he does what he does. He took time to explain some of those answers while we were there. Watch for more short clips in the near future and a full episode or two on

Day 2 of the Middle Tennessee Mule Skinner Wagon Train went through some lovely woods. | Rural Heritage Magazine