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Try to find one at an auction. You can buy a decent one around here for $300 to $500 dollars. There are usually parts at auctions too, where you can rebuild the wood part. If you go to an amish area you can find whatever you need.

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LStone – you were kidding when you said your horses can read weren’t you?? If you were serious, try changing which stalls their names are over and see if they switch stalls. 🙂

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They pull off the road here and there and leave piles.

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They are very common among the amish here in Wisconsin. They all have big ones for teams. I’ve never seen a single horse one. They can really clear snow with them but they need their longest legged horses when the snow gets deep. My short legged Haflingers wouldn’t be much good!

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I sure would be a little leary about pulling a brush cutter behind a forecart. I have had stuff fly forward out of my tractor brush cutter and hit me and the tractor hard. If they would have hit a horse you would have been in trouble. Maybe they have a good front deflector so stuff doesn’t fly out???

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I have always been told not to stop on a hill if you can help it as it could cause them to become balky if they have trouble restarting a heavy load.

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The ring and snap usually hang from the throad, bottom. Yes, you have the idea. I will see if I can find a picture of mine.

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You make it tight enough that they can’t rub it off. I think they would have a tougher time rubbing it off than a bridle. I have come back from having them tied and have the bridle rubbed off and hanging on the rope but they didn’t get the rope off. I use the rope mainly when we are going off farm on a drive where I want them to look a little “fancier”. On the farm I just leave the halter on.

Have a little customization on my halters. I have a buckle on the strap that goes over their nose. That way I can take the halter off with the bridle on. Also have a thin piece of leather sewn into the halter by the strap that goes behind the head. This is incase they get hung up on something in the pasture they can break away. Use another halter when tying them up otherwise.

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I too wouldn’t put the halter over the bridle. Some horses just seem to like to rub on each other. Just have to make it tougher for them to do it.

Sometimes I don’t have a halter on under the bridle. I use a neck rope to tie them. Use an extra long lead rope with a snap. I tie in a ring (you can get an adjustable ring setup but don’t use it as they can slip and tighten around the neck) into the rope so it just fits around the neck. Slip the end of the rope through the bit ring and tie to the post. You are not putting any pressure on the bridle if they pull back and it doesn’t make any difference if they would rub off the bridle. Amish use them here to tie their buggy horses.

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I have had the same problems with my Haflingers in the past. First I lengthend the strap across the forehead so the bridle would sit back further behind the ears. I tightened up the throat latch real tight. Maybe one finger. Also my harness didn’t have a crouper. So I added one of those and tightened up the overcheck, leaving just enough so they could get their head down for a heavy pull. This makes it harder for them to fart around when they are standing. Also, replace the snaps on the lines with buckles. After you get the line strap hooked in the neck yoke ring a couple times and the other horses bridle you learn to use buckles instead. One is a head thrower at times (out on the road if she has to follow other horses) and so I hooked up an “under check” from the britching ring under her belly up through to her halter.

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It looks like you are running your lines through the slots on the belly band. I have never seen them through there before. I looks like that could cause a potential problem with the lines. On my harness there are some straps running from the top of the britching to a ring on the hames through those slots.

Or it could be my old eyes are not seeing the small picture just right. I see your straps running like I have but it also looks like the lines through it too????

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What kind is it? Maybe some want to wear it while trying to catch their horses!!!:)

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Now I get it. I bet you could find some up at Cashton with the amish. I could give you a tour some day of the equipment places if I don’t have anything else going on. Are you still interested in my chuck wagon??

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That is really slick what people can come up with!!!:)

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What are tongue trucks?

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