[carl ny]

If you you are going to cross chain your bobs I would set them a little farther apart,maybe a foot. They seem to be kinda close together to me. Also, you will have to make the back bolster pivot, I know that you already know this. I like the bobs that steer both front and back, the runners follow the same path. JMHO

carl ny

[carl ny]

I have had them start on their own but I don’t like to let them.I just watch their breathing and go when it calms down.If I stand them to long and they get a little restless I know it’s past time.You can tell when they’re ready after you have handled them a while,just pay attention to them, they will let you know.Better to go to slow than to fast.The girls we worked the other day haven’t been worked a lot this winter so you have to go slow.

carl ny

[carl ny]

If you are in deep snow you will have to give them a “blow” every little ways.How often depends on how deep the snow and how hard they have to work. After you get a path it should go ok. We had to give sleigh rides for a 4-H group on Saturday, the day before we went out and broke trail.Most of it wasn’t to bad but a couple places we had to stop every 10 to 15yds. or so. They were pushing snow almost to their collars, you sure couldn’t see any daylight under their bellies. We went around twice and then it was no problem the next day.

carl ny

[carl ny]

I would think that a team would do fine if you broke a trail first with an empty sled. Go over your route two or three times and stay in the same tracks,then put about a half load on.After that you should be fine. Just remember to give the team a breather every little ways.I know that you know this, just a reminder. I’m never in a hurry when I work horses, enjoy the time you spend with them, the work you get done is a plus. JMHO

carl ny

[carl ny]

Peyton;
For me it’s hard to explain without being there but I agree with Don on everything.

carl ny

[carl ny]

Sounds like the right size. Do those brown collars have a good channel for the hames to set down in.I know that the collars for a light buggy horse have a very narrow channel for the thin hames of the light driving harness. A heavy hame would not set down in the channel. Ran into that problem once when I had my draft ponies. Just a thought to check out. Compare the brown ones to the black ones. Let us know what you find out.

carl ny

[carl ny]

What size collar and what size hames? Sounds like hames are to big or not adjusted right. Where are the upper hames straps on the top? Try dropping them down a notch.

carl ny

[carl ny]

Baleage ferments, causes listeriosis in horses(not a pretty sight). Cows can eat it because they are ruminants(four stomach’s), horses are mono-gastric(one stomach). There are some places that feed it to large numbers of horses that will consume it rapidly. If any part is exposed to the air for any length of time(small hole in bag or if it last your two horses for a week), and it gets a chance to mold it’s not good. I will not take that chance, not worth it, there better way’s to feed my horses. I got a bale by mistake once. I got to thinking about it after I put it in the feeder that it seemed kinda heavy on the front of the tractor. I went up and checked it out and took it and fed it to my beefer. New guy at the place I got it from took it out of the wrong row of bales. The other bale I got at the same time was ok,dry bale he must have got from a different row. The next time the farmer gave me a free bale to make-up for the mistake.

[carl ny]

I would never feed “baleage” to horses,period. Wrapped dry bales are different, I have fed them when my regular hay supplier ran out of small square bales. JMHO

carl ny

[carl ny]

Erika;

I agree with every thing that Jeron said,also,my opinion is that the old forum was a lot better than this one..JMHO

carl ny

[carl ny]

I can’t help you,according to “my son” I’m “computer illiterate”. LOL And he’s right!!

carl ny

[carl ny]

“What’s new” works for me. I have it on “favorites” and it takes me right there. Up to date and all.

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[carl ny]

Hey other Carl, that sounds like a good one, RLP’s…I was thing something like alternating pulsation but that is what see sawing is, I never thought of putting regulated in front of it. RLP sounds good.

carl ny

[carl ny]

Ed;

I read Erika’s post and new what you meant. I guess it was just the term “see sawing” that got me. First thing that came to mind was some old teamster sawing back and forth with all his might and yelling at the top of his lungs trying to stop a team. I wish I could come up with a better term but I really can’t think of one.

carl ny

[carl ny]

I don’t believe in “see sawing”, except maybe in an emergency. That being said, It might be ok in a very light pressure/release type of thing. I guess that when I hear “see sawing” I think of yanking back and forth really hard. JMHO

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