pulling collar

[simon lenihan]

Has anyone here have experience with chimacum deluxe pulling collars .
Simon

[grey]

I don’t have any experience with that particular collar from Chimacum. Long ago I bought a field collar from Chimacum and it was a Brodhead. Chimacum is a retailer; they sell someone else’s collars. I don’t know whose pulling collars those are. Brodhead is Amish and doesn’t have a web site so any web site you find with Brodhead collars is a retailer.

[simon lenihan]

Thank you grey. I have had pulling collars from sugar valley and aaron martin before and both were quiet good but the price from chimacum is very appealing.
simon

[grey]

Maybe call or email Chimacum and ask who makes those pulling collars. Buying direct from the collar shop is often cheaper, but not always. It can be a little bit less convenient buying from an Amish collar shop (many are) because you can’t just click click click on your computer… have to pick up the phone or put something in the mail.

[simon lenihan]

The collars are made by broadhead, seem to be around for a long time and i have seen the name mentioned here a few times.
simon

[grey]

I’ve had quite a few Brodhead field collars. They’re a decent everyday using collar for the price. The kind of leather they use tends to scuff, abrade and show their age a little easier than some of the more expensive collars, but they hold up just fine. I believe the reason they are a bit less expensive is that the dye on the leather isn’t struck-through (so you get lighter color leather showing through on the scuffs) and they aren’t stuffed with long straw.

[simon lenihan]

Grey, i spoke to chimacum, friendly folk and of course singing the praises of broadhead. The scuffing would not bother me once the quality of the leather was good and it held its shape. The last two collars we bought from sugar valley lost their shape after a few years. This might be normal, i do not know as we used swedish harness up to a few years ago. Thanks again for the info.
simon

[near horse]

I replaced my collars recently with a some adjustable heavy farm collars from Sugar Valley and those boogers are stout!

[grey]

In what way did they lose their shape? Did the face (the part that goes against the horse) get flattened at the shoulder? If so, I wouldn’t think the Brodheads would outlast what you had before.

[simon lenihan]

The face as you say flattened and the collar became floppy. I imagine there is little difference between the different makers.
simon

[grey]

Probably little difference until you get into the long straw collars. They keep their shape better over time than the cheaper collars. Do you open your collars to put them on or do you slip them over the heads? If you open a collar, make sure you support both sides as you put it on. Once you break the straws at the throat, the collar loses some of its integrity. Having the draft of the collar at the shoulder become crushed is possible with hard pulls, especially hitting the collar hard. I have seen pairs of collars come through the auction in otherwise good shape but the draft is crushed where the traces sit. Flattening the face of the collar is just a function of use and wear, I think, and I don’t know if you’re going to see much difference between makers in that respect.

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