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It was -2 here yesterday…but warmed up to +2 today…. I’m with you J-L…Fall is much more comforting!

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Sounds like yours attaches something like this one on my feed sled….. Sorry I don’t have any of it with the pole down.

If you’re not willing to cut the pole, then by all means move the evener up… having the pole hanging out in front is just begging for a wreck in my opinion.

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Pictures would be a great help. Usually on a sled, (bobsled, such as a feed sled) the attachment to the runners is low, and by that, provides some additional lift to the front of the runner to help it pull nicely. It sounds like your setup is stretched out a ways. The “hook” that I think you’re describing is for another evener up front, if you’re pulling with a 4up, from what I can picture. Now that you ask, I’d have to measure to be sure, but I seem to remember we use 9’6″ or 10′ from evener pin to the neckyoke, for our Clydesdales. Somebody else on here will surely be able to correct me if that’s wrong.
John

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Here’s a couple ideas from aircraft. When we put skiis on planes, usually we need to have a “dollie” to get them in the hangar again… or else shovel snow IN, which nobody likes to do. These are pretty basic and are lever actuated.. should work ok in your application?
This should be an interesting thread!
John

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=airplane+ski+dollies&hl=en&sa=X&tbo=d&biw=1024&bih=538&tbm=isch&tbnid=_lim4eFXnnEmnM:&imgrefurl=http://www.supercub.org/forum/showthread.php%3F36817-New-ski-dolly-alternative-need-advice&docid=q1gczNKo1jmyBM&imgurl=http://www.supercub.org/photopost/data//500/medium/Ski_Flying_015.jpg&w=600&h=450&ei=7eAbUZKZJef30gH0uYBI&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=405&sig=115820883813582653160&page=1&tbnh=131&tbnw=170&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:6,s:0,i:102&tx=61&ty=90

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=airplane+ski+dollies&hl=en&sa=X&tbo=d&biw=1024&bih=538&tbm=isch&tbnid=luYKF3b-g1xoUM:&imgrefurl=http://www.supercub.org/forum/showthread.php%3F29148-Ski-Plane-dolly&docid=OA9bH1jY5Trf8M&imgurl=http://sparky.supercub.org/photopost/data/500/medium/100_2084.JPG&w=600&h=449&ei=7eAbUZKZJef30gH0uYBI&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=15&sig=115820883813582653160&page=1&tbnh=146&tbnw=188&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:87&tx=63&ty=75

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=airplane+ski+dollies&hl=en&sa=X&tbo=d&biw=1024&bih=538&tbm=isch&tbnid=tgOTGKCgk3MXyM:&imgrefurl=http://www.backcountrypilot.org/forum/viewtopic.php%3Ff%3D3%26t%3D269%26start%3D0&docid=NOjKavn92I3e8M&imgurl=http://www.backcountrypilot.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10213/normal_skirig_(3).JPG&w=400&h=300&ei=7eAbUZKZJef30gH0uYBI&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=94&sig=115820883813582653160&page=1&tbnh=146&tbnw=188&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:84&tx=90&ty=131

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I didn’t get to see it, but heard about it from a friend that I’m restoring a cutter for. Sounds like something to definitely watch!!
John

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I agree with both above…do yourself and both horses a favor and get an evener in there.

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We tie up every night for feeding. Works wonders…you don’t come to be caught, no grain.

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That’s a wolf, Jean. We’ve lost a few calves from them….

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The best deterrent for a coyote is lead. One size fits all. Yes they will lure a single or even pair of dogs off and gang up on them. I’ve seen that many times. We do the same as Billy Foster….if we see them, we shoot. Now, we’ve got even better predators to fend off since the govt decided to introduce Canadian Grey Wolves here. They make the coyotes look like mice…
Here’s a set of tracks next to our dog’s track (he’s about a 65# Border Collie cross) to show ya a bit of the difference in size…. and this was less than 20′ from our front door when we were gone less than an hour a couple months ago… John

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I love it!!!

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Nice looking cutter! Sleighs and sleds are alot of fun!!
We’ve been going like mad, giving sleigh rides and hayrides the last couple days…. it’s fun, and the people that show up are awesome! Had a Grandma tell me this morning that we “made her family’s Christmas”….doesn’t get much better than that!
Merry Christmas to all!
John

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I’ve seen pictures of those before…but not quite that big. It makes sense to me too!
JH

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So sorry to hear this. My heart goes out to you and your family.
John

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I’m a “leather guy” as well…… but that being said… we did have a 4up of Biothane harness and that stuff was really impressive! Upkeep was alot less than the leather and it was sure nice to throw on a horse, as it was much lighter! We keep finding (or it finds us) leather harness, and there’s just something about it that I love, so that’s what’s hanging in our barn now……lots of it!
John

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We’re going to build a “barndominium”….barn attached to house…and all on one level. Ours will be of logs, as that’s what we have the most of here, with a basement and a central fireplace/chimney as mentioned above. The “house” part will be split so that one side is a carriage/harness house and the other an “L” shaped living quarters, with doors between. That way we’re not heating a big area unless we want to. The basement is mostly for convienience as well as another wood burning furnace. We want radiant floor heat in the house, with the wood furnace to be able to help heat the fluid as well as a ground source.
One thing we definitely want is everything on one level… we’re watching my parents (90 and 81 years old) and stairs just aren’t a good option for them anymore… and we only figure on building once. The more convienient we can make it now, the better it will suit us later.
We’ve bought a sawmill and plan on milling our own lumber as much as possible, and also to “flatside” the logs so that they have a better fit and insulation property. We’ll be using a Scandinavian style building with the load taken by vertical logs, so settling is much the same as a stick built house.
The barn isle will be accessed a few places from the living quarters (one being a bathroom) and will most likely be on the NW wall. Nothing huge, but adequate for our needs.
I’d say the main thing is to use what you have on hand or can most easily obtain. There’s alot of great ideas here and one other place I’ve seen some great ones is on http://www.forestryforum.com Lots of talented builders there as well.
John

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