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Pull as tight as you can...and take sevearl wraps
around pole or whatever before t ying knot....
Or quick and dirty method...tie from pole or
whatever to top of trailer...then drive forward a foot!
I like a ring on the high line, so the horse can
walk back and forth, and the water bucket can be away
from the food.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 1:21
PM
Subject: Re: [RC] high-lines
I was wondering how you adjust the tension on this highline. I've
tried them before, like the idea, but have a hard time getting the rope A.
High enough and B. tight enough so it doesn't sag lower than the horses head
over time. I agree the high picket does seem to be a good compromise
between tying and fencing, nothing to be destroyed by other rampaging
horses. Any tips on setting these up properly would be
appreciated. Jennifer.
"A. Perez" <walkergirl@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi:
Please
forward this on to Ride Camp for me......I can't seem to
get
anything
into the message board.
There are two differences between
highline and picket.
Highline goes OVER the horses head. Up high. At
least 6
feet. A highline
rope is placed between two stationary
objects (I've used by
highline rope
over my trailer and camper roof
-- pad corners with a towel.)
Distance
between trees depends on
number of horses to go on highline.
Ideally, about
40 feet. Horses
are tied to highline with highline lead ropes -
- 10 feet
long. A
horse IS NOT allowed to move up and down highline. He
stays in
one
spot. Horses are about 10 feet a part if buddies.
I've used
highlines over 30 years and never had a horse get
hurt or get
loose
(if tied correctly). The nice thing about a highline is
that the
pull
is up....the horse wants to get loose, he yanks back on
highline
, head goes
up, butt goes down, hindlegs go under and he just scrambles
in
one spot. He
runs in a circle and he can pull all he wants and
can't get
hurt or loose.
My horses lay down flat on the ground
under the highline and
when camping,
will spend a week, two weeks,
three weeks on a highline that I
move from
site to site to keep soil
impact down. They are fed while tied
and have
water in tub near by.
They are perfectly content on the
highline as they
can see in all
directions, move in all directions and even butt
up to one
another in
a strange forest. .
Picket. Horses are tied to with a rope chest
high. Lot of
packers use 'em.
I don't because a horse can jump, pull
back, 'panic' forward
and take it
out. I prefer the old highline and
it can be set up anywhere,
easy to
store and easy to use.
In
Nevada where there are no trees in the desert. I put horses
between
truck and trailer. Once had a sand storm come up -- not hard
but it blew
pretty good. Took a couple canvases (some people use
plastic
sheets) and
hung one at each end of truck and trailer. Horses
had a
cozy 'stall' out of
the wind. Only problem was
scorpions....
If you'd like to see my horses on highline, go to
website
www.twohorseenterprises. That's Sig and Bud highlined at a dry
camp in
Oregon.
(Thanks for posting for me.....)
Bonnie
Davis
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