Re: [RC] The horse can't out pull you (was: Hard Headed Horses) - Trailrite
Most horses don't like to RE-LOAD because the driver is not a good
livestock driver! Pretend you have a wine glass sitting in there, if you
spill it, then your not doing a good job driving with stops and turns.
Tammy Robinson Trail-Rite Products 18171 Lost Creek
Road Saugus, CA 91390 661/513-9269 office 661/713-3912
cell 661/513-9206 fax www.trail-rite.com
In a message dated 10/20/2008 1:10:37 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
bwalker2@xxxxxxx writes:
As Kat
said - a horse can pull hard enough to injure itself. No
matter what the system - the weakest link is what will break and/or
take the damage. If a horse is going to really fight the rope,
my inclination would be to find some other method.
BTW - I
don't necessarily agree that a horse just arbitrarily decides not to
load. However, trying to figure out *why* the horse isn't
loading on that particular day may not be possible. For all you
know, the situation that day may remind them of a previous, bad
experience.
One other note: some horses don't always convey fear
or uncertainty very well. My fellow is kind of like
that. He doesn't always give much indication that something is
bothering him - he may just hesitate. If you push at the wrong
time (go on, already...), then he will either try (with a big jump
you weren't expecting), or get *really* scared.
On Oct 20,
2008, at 12:25 PM, Mike Sherrell wrote:
> Well, it can out pull the
trailer too -- I had one tear loose the > trailer > tie
welding, on an admittedly funky old trailer. Still, if you want >
to carry > the debate to the absurd, there are ropes that are used to
tie ocean > liners > to docks ... > >
Regards, > > Mike Sherrell > Grizzly Analytical
(USA) > www.grizzlyanalytical.com > 707 887 2919; fax = 707 887
9834 > > -----Original Message----- > From:
ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ]
On > Behalf Of k s swigart > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 11:59
AM > To: Ridecamp > Subject: [RC] The horse can't out pull you
(was: Hard Headed Horses) > > Mike Sherrell
said: > >> Because the ropes run up through a ring in
front...and then back to >> you...the friction at the snub point
gives you enough advantage that >> the horse can't outpull
you. > > Whether the horse can out pull you (a point I do not
concede) > doesn't change > the fact that the horse can out
pull the rope (i.e. the horse can > break the > rope, and
the "weak" point will be where the friction against the >
"snub > point" has weakened the rope). That mare I told you about
broke six > "unbreakable" ropes when the professional haulers tried
getting her > in a > trailer using the method proposed by
Mike in his previous post. > > And if the horse can't out pull the
rope, it can out pull itself (i.e. > if the horse pulls hard enough and
the rope doesn't break, then the > horse > will--horses
most definitely can pull hard enough on ropes to injure > themselves in
the process...even if the rope DOES break eventually). > >
kat > Orange County, Calif. > :) > > > >
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