I bought a homemade sled for my minis. My question is, it didn't come with shafts or a pole, do I just hook the traces to the runners or what? I will be using a collar for Sugar to pull the sled with, not sure if that makes a difference.
Help with sled
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, Jul 04 2012 06:34 PM
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Posted 04 July 2012 - 06:34 PM
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Posted 04 July 2012 - 08:14 PM
Most horsedrawn sleds I've seen have chains attached to the runners and then hooked to a draft type single tree.
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Posted 04 July 2012 - 08:18 PM
Most horsedrawn sleds I've seen have chains attached to the runners and then hooked to a draft type single tree.
You wouldn't have a picture of that would you?
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Posted 04 July 2012 - 08:35 PM
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The ring hooks to the chains on the sled and the traces hook onto the hooks on the ends of the singletree. Your horse can drag a tire or a tree or whatever with this type of tree as it will keep the traces even on the collar. I'd always recommend a full draft collar for dragging stuff, breast collars won't distribute the weight as well.
The ring hooks to the chains on the sled and the traces hook onto the hooks on the ends of the singletree. Your horse can drag a tire or a tree or whatever with this type of tree as it will keep the traces even on the collar. I'd always recommend a full draft collar for dragging stuff, breast collars won't distribute the weight as well.
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Posted 04 July 2012 - 09:28 PM
The single tree I have and the collar and hames is what I am going to be using. How would you hook the single tree to the sled?
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Posted 04 July 2012 - 10:21 PM
You need to connect chains to it somehow... Maybe weld something??? Photos of your sled would of course help immensely...
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Posted 04 July 2012 - 10:24 PM
You need to connect chains to it somehow... Maybe weld something??? Photos of your sled would of course help immensely...
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Posted 05 July 2012 - 06:42 AM
I will take photos this morning while I am doing chores.
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Posted 05 July 2012 - 10:45 AM
Here is a pic of our "home made rig" - starting to pull tires & pipe. This was before we had collars w/ hames...
We used a rope around the tire, then the braided section around the middle of the singletree (very similar to the metal/wood one shown above - just using what we had). I don't really think you want to attach directly to the runners though - maybe attach something to the frame between them?
We used a rope around the tire, then the braided section around the middle of the singletree (very similar to the metal/wood one shown above - just using what we had). I don't really think you want to attach directly to the runners though - maybe attach something to the frame between them?
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Posted 05 July 2012 - 10:48 AM
Here is another pic showing the same singletree using a chain attached to a tree. Using "proper" harness - but since only had pair driving lines, used the single braided haystring lines I'd made...
*added* - I thought I had some closeups of how I attached to a drag w/ a chain allowing the singletree to move back and forth so that horse stayed centered on pull. I will have to go thru other pics at home...then load them to the online album...
*added* - I thought I had some closeups of how I attached to a drag w/ a chain allowing the singletree to move back and forth so that horse stayed centered on pull. I will have to go thru other pics at home...then load them to the online album...
Paula Hoffman
Lillington, NC
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Buckeye WCF Classical Wizard - 2012 ASPC Congress: Champion Yearling Foundation; Reserve Champion Foundation Stallion
WF Action Jackson - RIP - May 1992 - July 2012
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