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- December 21, 2012 at 11:59 pm #44324
Eli
ParticipantI have a 22 year old Morgan that is broke to drive, I have only driven her single but she has been driven double when she was broke almost 20 years ago. I was thinking of hooking her with scarlet who is very green and in training she has a level head and a good woa. My problem is Gypsy (the Morgan) is 13 hands and scarlet ic 15+ gypsy is a little machine she has no quit in her scarlet is kinda of lazy. I have never hitched a new team together before and would appreciate any input I don’t want to hurt any body. Me or the horses. Also I have been told it is better to do this in the snow and now we have snow. Thanks Eli
December 22, 2012 at 8:44 pm #76355ParticipantDidn’t team them up but I did drive scarlet in the two wheeled cart with the skis on. She did good but likes to run then stop and not go like hell. I ground drove her pulled a sled and some chaines before I hitched her to the cart. Eli
December 23, 2012 at 11:54 am #76354Donn Hewes
KeymasterHi Eli, You might check out the thread “wanted – one horse mower” as there is some discussion of putting unmatched animals together. I am a big proponent of it as to me it means using what we have. Regardless of whether they match or not; figuring out when they / you are ready is the key.
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