I just bought a 9 yr.old molly mule that is out of a Belgian mare and a mammoth jack.Weighs around 1300 lbs.She has never been in harness.She has been rode alot,trail riding.She seems really quiet.Have any of you guys ever broke one to harness this old.Guess I should have wrote this first then bought mule.I have a real good broke mule that has had alot of unbroke mules and horses beside him.He is pretty well bomb proof.Talked to the guy that I bought the old mule from and he said the best way would be to hook her beside the broke mule put on the lines but run a short line from her bit to broke mules hames also.That way she couldnt run off if things turned to crap. He is the one that used the old mule to break others.I have a 2in.pipe sled that is fairly heavy.Thought after getting her used to harness that is where I would start.RRW

Just train her like you would a young one.Start slow with ground driving. Just don't hook her up to a wheel vehicle right off

With horses, it seems pretty easy to take a good trail horse and train it to harness. I think in this, a mule would be the same but I bow to the real mule people here.

I can't specifically speak for a mule, but a friend sent a 19 year old horse gelding to an Amish man to be broke to drive for 30 days. He contacted her in 2 weeks and said that the horse was doing so well he felt like it was ready to come home. The lady drives this horse all over town, does parades etc.

Just depends on the animal

Before I hooked her to another mule I'd put the harness on and off her a good bunch of times and just let her stand in it. Lead her around when shes used to it and then ground drive her in an enclosure. If you take her out of an enclosure take the left line out of the hame ring so if she acts up you can turn her towards you. If both lines are in the hame rings she'll turn around and pull the lines out of your hands. When you can ground drive her you can advance to the next step or just hook her to the other mule.