I'm willing to play, since I now know others out there are "into excess" also
- Metal Easy Entry cut down from pony size but well-balanced and with one or two more "tweeks" fairly comfortable
- Wood Road Cart (local Amish made) comfortable, well balanced but "squeaks a lot" (any suggestions?)
- Miniature-sized buckboard, currently has just shafts, I want to get a team pole made for it this year
- Getting ready to order wood EE cart from Silver Penney
- 2 sets of biothane single harness
- One set of betathane Chimicum pairs harness with pieces to convert to 2 single harnesses
- One set of very old leather pairs harness I bought last fall at an auction, in unbelieveably good condition considering it's age. Took LOTS of cleaning up, but whoever put it in storage all those many years ago knew what they were doing - really greasy mess to clean but leather and stitching are all supple and sound.
I'd love to know more about it, it has sort of a brass "frame" for want of something better to call it, that buckles across the front of each breast collar. About 3 of the small straps that buckle from the neck straps onto the breast collar need to be replaced, but other than that it's "road-ready". The old gentleman who's sale it was is in his late 90's, and according to the auctioneer he showed fine-harness ponys back in the 40's and early 50's. I've looked thru all the printed driving stuff I have here, looked on the internet, etc., and the ONLY photo I've found with that kind of breast collar contraption was in a reprint article from an 1893 publication. If any of you know more about such, would you either post here or PM me? It's been so cold I haven't taken it to the barn to see how it fits minis, but I'm fairly certain it will fit fine.
-One set nylon single harness
-5 horses, one gelding and 2 mares broke great for trail driving (pleasure to me, but you might think that means "show pleasure". Not there yet!!! One mare that drives ok, but still green enough it's a little challange.
-One mare that is a match for the gelding, doing some ground-work but not hitched yet.