[karl t pfister]

This thread seems to have a couple of directions ,pardon me if I’m outa line Mule Man, I think the hooking a sled, forecart etc to something solid has a long history especially in the sugaring with horses era. when the sugarhouses were remote from the farm and the sapsled was the way home, the horses waited till the boiling was over to go home. I think they were being taught to wait for the teamster to “be” there before they were released from “something solid that means whoa ” ?

Mr Russell you may remember mr Illsley from up by you . He told me of a team that tried to go while hooked to an iron ring in a barn yard, one horse fell trying to go and the team never tested it again. Sometimes those one time lessons go better than other times.

I do think the risks are real with all these “remote keyless operating systems ”

[karl t pfister]

A couple three years ago I had a series of 3 bit hold back happenings with 3 different horses.I’d had it happen a few times in the previous 20 years but this was the last straw, so I bought some trigger type bull snaps no more accidental hooking up. It is a little troublesome hooking to the yoke but I think worth it .
I probably could have been more diligent while training to stand but I didn’t use to stand still to good myself , now I move slow and stand still a lot.

[karl t pfister]

I also have a very similar set of bobs but without a reach. I also widened them out to almost 4′. I reinforced the wood with steel angle 1/4″ X3″x3″x42″ front and back thru bolted, bascialy wraping the wood in steel . and it has held up well for now 10 years doing lots of rides with 12 + people . I do have cross chains to help turning. Good luck

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