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@near horse 26766 wrote:

Here’s a picture I received from my son-in-law in England – it was taken in the Chichester area south of London. Now, watch your speed.

It will be to try and prevent Gypsys racing with sulky`s they are known to go out onto roads early in the moring and race apparently they gamble huge sums of money. Ive stuck a link on to let you see them in action, however please understand i have nothing to do with this what so ever im just letting you see what they do , i am not a gypsy what so ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHzecAYlj3M&feature=related

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Here in Scotland we are having the driest spring for years and years some crops are suffering from drought and the ground is like metal, it has helped a lot with calving and lambing but a wet night will do alot of good 😀 Pleased to read that your Halflingers are going good after your long break.

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@Lanny Collins 26687 wrote:

I have biothane harness for my QH team as well. I have never attached a picture but will try. First I will just describe it and if you need a pic I will try to send one.

Basically, I have a piece of PVC plastic pipe about 2.5 meters long and around 75mm in diameter.

I feed small square bales of hay and the bales of hay are tied with string we call binder twine. I take some of this twine and tie it to the rafter in my shop building (one twine on either end of the pipe). At the bottom of the twine is just a loop that the pipe runs through. The loops of twine are about 300mm from the very end of the pipe.
One harness is put on each end of the pipe. From the center of the pipe going toward the ends will be breeching, saddle, hames/collar, and the bridel and lines will be at the very ends.
When I’m ready to harness I usually pull the line, bridle, and collar for one horse. After putting on the collar I go back and run my arm inside the remaining harness with one arm and pull the pipe out of the twine loop with the other arm.
I usually put the pipe through the crupper which helps hold it on the pipe. Sometimes the saddle wants to rotate on this small diameter pipe but usually I try to equalize the straps to balance the weight either side. I could use a larger diameter pipe but then it probably would not go through the center of my crupper.
I like this rack as I can slide the harness parts so that they are not stacked on top of each other so they dry quickly and I can easily clean and repair the harness from either side as well as both ends.
Let me know if I described it well enough or if you need a pic. It is not too pretty but it works good for me and it didn’t cost too much, and I can relocate it easy if I want to.:)

PS: forgot to mention. With this system you can customize the height of the pipe depending on your height. If you want to free up floor space all you need to do is put pulley’s at the top of the twine (tied to rafter) and after loading the harness you can hoist it up to the top part of your ceiling and be able to walk under it, provide you have high enough walls. I used to hang riding saddles like that. With a biothane harness the higher temperatures (close to the ceiling) will not harm it.

Thanks for that you have described it great don’t think i need i pic sound a really good idea, that’s just what i might do will be nice and easy to set up , thank you, i particulary like the idea of been able to hoist it all up high out the way i was originally thinking like something like a wooden horse but it would take a lot of space and time to make this will be far simpler. Thanks again , much appreciated

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In tyhe end i went for biothaine from pionner and im very pleased with it, another question though , how do you guys store your harness when not in use ?? im thinking of makeing something but a pic would be good for me to copy 😀 anyone help ??

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Great pics john looks like you are getting this good wether as well, its great to see the young ones takeing a interest

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@lancek 26263 wrote:

Those are stout looking pony’s are they available in the Us ?

Yes, there are breeders in the us , but the best fells are in scotland :D:D we can export ponies to the us, im currently breaking Towford Harmarnie who is on the web site to harness , i will upload some pics of her when i get my new harness from pioneer soon , they are very strong for there size 🙂

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A Fell pony would suit you, check out my web site in my sig 🙂

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Nice ! mans best friend 🙂

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@Countymouse 26138 wrote:

A cord is a stack of wood 4x4x8 feet or 128 cubic feet in volume. This is a somewhat arbitrary unit of measure that is (as far as I am aware) only used to measure firewood in the US. Still, it’s a very standard measure here. A cord is about 3.6 cubic meters to our european friends.

Ah, i understand now thankyou very much Countrymouse.

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This is a interesting thread for me, but im not familiar with the term cords of firewood, is a cord a ton ? or a cubic meter or something ??

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Y 4 Ranch i would very interested in seeing your bale unroller , would be good if you would post them here J-L please, sounds brilliant that dose

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@mitchmaine 26036 wrote:

Hi john, glad you got the chance to get your girls out to promote animal agriculture. It was a total shock to me to find so little horse powered farms in uk. And I still wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes. I thought true, maybe a country so small with such a large population would probably have to be as economical as could be to grow the most yeild per acre of whatever crop was sown. But then I had to stop and wonder why or if animal power didn’t provide the same yield and that the economics was really money and about one man being able to make a living on thousands of acres instead of hundreds. And then about all the jobs lost to all the people who could be making a living on a smaller scale. If the crops grown and sold are mostly for global trade for oil, say, then where does the real food come from. And if that’s an import, what is wrong with the picture. Too many unknowns here, but putting your own people to work would be an economic plus whatever the crop. Keep up the good work there and spread the word. If you caught one kids attention and ear that day, all was worth it.
mitch

Agri subsidies was and is the problem here, i can never understand how so many British farmers just do not like horses lthe level of dislike is unreal considering they did all of the work not so long ago , it annoys me to hear farmers telling me how much they like sheep cattle etc but they HATE horses ??? its strange im beginning to think its because a horse never did or will attract sub, but then its not about the money is it its about animals and a horse/pony imo is a beautiful elegant useful animal that should be admired, sadly as a UK farmer i in a minority i fear 🙁

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Its really good that you did that, im sure the young folk really enjoyed themselves, i know i would have enjoyed that ! well done you, horses in agriculture and forestry cant be promoted enough at the moment

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@Ixy 25890 wrote:

Aha! I spotted you in the ox section and thought I’d say hello to a fellow UK-er! I’m in Yorkshire – before I got into oxen fells were one of my favourites and certainly a candidate for me to work with, I grew up in East Lancs and spent a lot of time in the dales and lake district fells.

I too think smaller animals are better for my current needs – I started with a very big ox but now I think it would have been better to get two or four smaller ones!

Hi Ixy, nice to know that you know the fell breed and like them, it would be nice to see fell`s in yorkshire ;);) I am considering takeing a fell or 2 to the great yorkshire show i have not been before but it comes highly recomended.

Thanks for the reply.

Alan

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Thats amazing vid thanks for posting it , the loads are huge ! them horses and men must have been very fit and strong !

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