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I see you have the fancy bake controllers! lol I use the time delay instead of the motion sensing (ie. inertia operated) on all my trucks because they were cheaper.

http://www.ehow.com/list_7484008_types-electric-brake-controllers.html

TSC carries them for about $50 or they can be fond online for around $20 used. You can set the delay to gradually apply the brakes (1-10 secs or so) so it’s not quite a jarring stop.

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I know I’m digging in old threads again (shocker lol) but an ida I threw around the old brain cavity last year was using an axle off a equipmen trailer with an electric brake setup and molunting a single deep cycle battery under the driver’s seat and a trailer brake controller on the floor (simple push button switch in floor to activate controller). That way the braking power can be adjusted for the “load” so to speak and the floor of the trailer could be loer for the elerly to get on without climbing too many steps. Just another thought.

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Where did you weld it on? My mind’s not working too sharply right now (just got home off a 13 hour day). Can you scribble something on photoshop on the top photo to help me grasp the idea? I’d love to get the old girl going strong again. Plows pretty good now but suction is definitely lacking on hard clay’ish soils.

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@Countymouse 27598 wrote:

…a high quality leather harness is great (other than that it’s heavy)…

Hit the nail on the head right there. That’s why I switched to the “dull” bio (it might be what you all call beta but not sure). I’ve hooked it to some really heavy stuff (logs, rocks, 16″ plow in heavy clay) and it never gave me an inclination that it was any weaker than my leather harnesses.

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Are any of them for a 16″? Grandpa’s got a JD plow his dad bought new the year he was born (1931) and is still sporting the same point since about the early 1960’s.

Where are the part umbers at? Maybe I can see if mine has any.

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Rule of thumb for us is pads 2″ longer than collar. I think the contour maybe off in the longer collar. Not sure though.

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Still way to wet. I only managed to sneak one field into getting completely plowed but we haven’t even gotten our oates in yet.

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We have basically the same forecart except it uses a Model T axle instead. Biggest thing would be to get thet platform and sat forward so it’s not trying to tip backwards. If you use taller narrow tires on it might even things out a little as well. The next One I build will be geared towards running the manure spreader, hay rake, etc. and I’ll be using the tires off of our old corn picker (9.00-20 NDT) and getting the hitch up to the same height as our tractors to make it easier switching between the two. If you had a way to move the seat forward or back depending on the tongue weight of your load would be a help as well.

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Good luck! How’d it go?

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I wish we did more logging. All we could show him was a little plowing between day jobs. I’ll ask around to some of my fellow horse workers up here and see if they can help at all.

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I don’t know for sure but I wuld guess no more than a third of what my beasts of leather harnesses did.

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Had the same thing happen to mine yesterday. Only way to really avoid it is to pick out their feet before they come in but that can be time consuming depending on how many you have.Sometimes I just pick up her feet before she comes it the door and give a little rap on the shoe and the pack falls out. They do sell winter pads to try and counteract this problem but never used them myself. There’s a member or two on here that does some winter events (skijoring I believe) and they probably have some good tips.

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Nice group you’ve got there. They do look like old pros!

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The only thing I would prefer is the box stalls be seperated up to the ceiling (or at least 8 feet) to keep the horses from reaching over and fussing with one another as bad.

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I like tie stalls during the working season but I do have a desire for nice box stalls for wintertime and foaling. Beautiful setup there.

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