[drivingpairs] Neck yoke / pole crab

Hi all,
 
I'm still VERY new to pairs, but have started a pair of young  Haflingers. 
One is a very hard worker - the other is more easy going but  not lazy. In all 
these discussions about leaning in or out from the pole  (problem I currently 
don't have - guess I'm lucky so far) Hardy says we  should use a neck yoke. I 
have a light weight pole - 10 lbs - and a pole crab  that is wider than most 
I've seen on other rigs. I leave the pole straps  slightly loose and have 
breeching and brakes on a 5th wheel buggy. I still do a  lot of ground driving 
single and pair and single light pulling stuff around with  me walking and 
talking.
 
I am wondering if the pole crab is doing the job of replacing the neck  yoke. 
 
 By the way I had a long time searching the inter-net to even see what  a 
neck yoke was.... always thought that was a term for oxen. I looked at the  
list 
photos and only found 3 neck yokes - I think - and the most obvious was on  
big mules.
 
Just thought I'd mention that a lot of us newbies still don't have all the  
names of pair stuff or where it goes.
 
Sure love all the info coming in - but it really makes me realize how  
uneducated I am.
 
Thanks to you all.
 
Lyn in Indy

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