It is not all work

[Jean]

I put my runners on the fore cart for the first time today. It was a great time. The ride is so quiet and not as bumpy as with the wheels on . Kruiser did great too.

Here is a video if anybody wants to watch the snow coming down.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhbZZySYboM

Jean

[jen judkins]

Nice Jean! Thanks for the reminder too! I’ve been wrestling with snow all afternoon…when really I should simply enjoy its beauty:rolleyes:

Tell me more about the runners? Will they fit any cart? Where do you get them?
Jennifer.

[Crabapple Farm]

Pioneer makes them, which looks like what Jean has. They just bolt on to the hub instead of the wheels – so they would fit any cart with the same hub/bolt pattern.
I have also seen runners that you just roll the wheels up onto and chain on, but I don’t remember the manufacturer.
-Tevis

[Carl Russell]

Just remember, just because you’re having fun, doesn’t mean it’s not work. Any time you take out a horse, or a piece of equipment, it’s an investment in what’s to come. Have fun out there. Carl

[Jean]

My cart is a pioneer. The runners replaced the wheels. It took us about 30 minutes to swap them out. This was our first time changing them over. I have been working hard on trusting Kruiser to do what I ask him and he has been great. However today I would say the bulk of the work was done by Kruiser, the snow was deep and the fore cart is heavy with the runners on it. I can’t tell you how much fun today was for me. I owe a lot of that to Ted, thanks if you are reading this. We would like to get a snow packer that would have been used behind a Ski Do Alpine packer, to pack a trail for the minis to go out on. My husband would also like to be able to ski on it.

Jen, I bought the runners from Pat Palmer in New Haven.

Jean

[PestoPower]

I was having fun too!!!

This is one of the $300 specials from New Holland. I’ve never sat behind a better horse. He never put a hoof wrong!
What a terrific x-mas present.
Beth:)

[Jean]

What a great horse! How does your forecart go in the snow with the wheels on? How deep was the snow you were driving through?

[PestoPower]

I had no problems. The snow was about a foot off the driveway and a few inches on the driveway. i need to find a sleigh!

B

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