Re: picket lines

[rides2far@juno.com (Angela C. McGhee)]

I have seen a horse royally chewed up by a chain.  Wouldn't be caught
dead using one.  When I have the long rope tight, and the lead rope where
it just lets him tug a little to reach the ground all is well.

Angie
On Sat, 24 Jan 1998 20:05:03 -0500 "Frank W. Vans Evers"
<vans@cyberspy.com> writes:
>If yu have room for a picket line, what about a light chain and a 
>ground
>stake? A chain won't bunch up around a horses feet, a 10 foot chain 
>give
>a 20' circle, what do you think?
>
>/s/ Frank (seffner Florida)
>
>--------
>
>Ann Perry wrote:
>> 
>> Just read Lucy's bad picket line story and thought I'd come out of 
>lurk mode
>> for a minute. I've never used a picket line, but have had problems 
>with
>> tying to the trailer--line gets caught under fender, horse panics 
>and pulls
>> back, breaking snap, making people sleeping in camper think it's an
>> earthquake, etc. I'd get a Horsin' Around corral if I could 
>justify/afford
>> it; but until then what about a picket line? They do look like an 
>accident
>> waiting to happen. All that rope AND a horse! However, last year in
>> Endurance News there was info on a picket system you can buy that 
>uses
>> pulleys and weights to keep the slack out of the halter rope. Looked 
>like it
>> might help. I have the info (somewhere) and will try to find it if 
>anyone's
>> interested. I most likely will try it myself this summer. Has 
>anybody seen
>> or used it?
>> 
>> Back to lurk mode,
>> Ann
>
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>Frank W. Vans Evers
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