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  • February 3, 2011 at 1:48 am #42409
    Mark Cowdrey
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    Maybe I’m imagining it but my 10 y.o. Beta lines seem stiffer than they once were. Particularly in a couple spots.
    Does anyone know if here are different grades of Beta? Anyone ever noticed age related degradation?
    Thanks,
    Mark

    February 3, 2011 at 1:54 am #65426
    Ira
    Participant

    I’ve had 2 sets. They tend to crack and then pieces of the coating fall off.

    February 3, 2011 at 10:07 pm #65431
    jac
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    Yes thats the same with mine. it has started to crack at the coupling line hole on the long line and these are 10ish as well so mabey there is an age related “terminator gene” built in to this man made stuff:D…
    John

    February 3, 2011 at 10:17 pm #65423
    Does’ Leap
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    My beta lines are only 2 yo. So far so good.

    George

    February 4, 2011 at 5:28 am #65433
    leehorselogger
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    5000 miles and they wear through on the hames……at which point they are ready to be replaced

    February 4, 2011 at 12:58 pm #65429
    mitchmaine
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    no one here for leather lines?? my harness is a hodgepodge of bio-beta-nylon. i’ve changed over for all the reasons. cheap, light and so on. but i couldn’t stand the lines. i’ve had this one set of team lines for ever and they came used and look it. i just like the feel of leather lines in my hands.

    February 4, 2011 at 1:39 pm #65427
    Ira
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    I went with beta cuz of the cost. Tried nylon but you can’t feel the horses mouth the way you can with leather lines. Beta also allows you to feel the horses mouths.

    February 4, 2011 at 1:57 pm #65422
    Marshall
    Participant

    Mitchmaine, I am with you. Leather all the way. I even use leather harnesses, Mostly because I picked them up cheap and I only have to lift them on to haflingers.

    February 5, 2011 at 2:39 am #65428
    Ed Thayer
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    My Beta lines were several years old when I got them, Although rarely used when I got them they were and still are in great shape. When the weather is really cold I find them to be stiff but no cracking is evident.

    February 5, 2011 at 2:49 am #65421
    Carl Russell
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    I have a good set of leather lines, but got a set of Beta for logging, ’cause I thought they would take the wear better. I thought I would never like them, and planned on switching back and forth, but have been using this set ever since, going on 10 years. There are a few places where the coating has been stripped off, from chewing, or rubbing, but nothing serious. I like them and think they hold up really well, but if they don’t I have the leather to fall back on…..

    Carl

    February 5, 2011 at 6:04 am #65430
    Roscoe
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    I like the Beta lines because they hafe no seam, where they hang up on on other harness parts, especially when you drive 4 up.

    February 5, 2011 at 12:06 pm #65424
    Does’ Leap
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    I love my beta lines. I bought 3/4″ lines and they are softer and more supple than leather. I have a newish set of leather lines that I haven’t used since I got the beta. Everything else on my harness is leather.

    George

    February 6, 2011 at 5:42 am #65432
    Mac
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    I personally have, much to the chagrin of my old man, beta lines 25 feet long. I bought them new this year and don’t know why I didn’t do it sooner. (For the reason for the length, see my post regarding dogs and iron-tired wagons) Now, you really don’t want me to get started on harness. Mine is leather… and bio… and some nylon… and a little bit of baling wire thrown in for good measure. But hey, it works!
    Mac

    February 7, 2011 at 5:12 pm #65425
    grey
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    I once had occasion to borrow someone else’s set of thin, shiny biothane lines and I did not like them. I thought they felt floppy and dead in the hand, similar to a plain nylon strap. No body to them and I had a harder time maintaining contact with the horse’s mouth. I also didn’t like how slippery they were, with that gloss finish.

    I have some thicker, textured, matte beta biothane lines that I love. They are similar in width, thickness and heft to my leather lines. Unlike my leather lines, I can drop them in a bucket of bleach when they get scummy. They also do not get slick when wet, like my leather lines do.

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