[drivingpairs] Re: Poles, etc

Hi Don,

You wrote: "You didn't mention this, but I do hope you intend to
use a neck yoke with the drop pole, and not try to use a crab with
pole straps!"

Could you please explain to me (and the rest of the pairs rookies)
why this is important.

Thanks a lot,

Bob Ashworth
San Martin, CA


--- Don & Judy Hayes <djthayes@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I like eveners, not fixed, but allowed to move. If the pair
> doesn't always
> move well together, it becomes obvious right away. I have driven
> vehicles
> with eveners, and some without. With some horse/vehicle
> combinations, the
> difference in pull between the two horses will become very
> noticable. In
> this case, the pole will be pulled to the side which is not
> pulling as much,
> if you are NOT using an evener. If you are using an evener, the
> horse not
> pulling "even" will be behind the other. With my Morgans, with
> the
> singletrees attached to a solid bar, one horse would back off
> "just enough"
> to not be pulling, but not really enough to let the pole swing.
> (She knew
> how to get out of work). It was so little that most people would
> not even
> notice that she was just "along for the ride and not shareing the
> work". I
> had to be carefull how I adjusted the reins to keep her doing her
> share. If
> you have a "working" evener, and want to fix it solid later, you
> can always
> strap it tight to accomplish that, or perhaps take the evener off
> and attach
> the singletrees to a fixed bar.
> 
> You didn't mention this, but I do hope you intend to use a neck
> yoke with
> the drop pole, and not try to use a crab with pole straps!
> 
> I think ANY new vehicle should have flush hubs. Most people
> compete with
> vehicles with flush hubs these days. Now, if you wanted to do
> "traditional"
> classes in Pleasure shows, you might want the older style.
> 
> Don
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <FriesianPrDriver@xxxxxxx>
> To: <drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 6:27 PM
> Subject: [drivingpairs] Re: Poles, etc
> 
> 
> > When doing dressage and cones in a CDE, what does one prefer as
> far as
> > evener's are concerned.  I am looking at a vehicle that I have
> chosen a
> drop pole
> > for, as opposed to a spring pole, but thought that I should
> have the
> evener
> > fixed, rather than adding evener straps.  This vehicle would
> not have the
> fixed
> > trace "hubs" (for that of knowledge of the correct term :-)
> attached to
> the
> > vehicle, hence the need for singletrees and eveners attached to
> the pole.
> What
> > would one consider to be the best setup?
> > Also, would I be better off going with traditional hubs, or
> "flush" hubs
> on a
> > pony pair vehicle, as far as presentation scores would go, and
> > competitiveness in cones?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Karen Wilkin  (who will be showing a pony pair b4 the Friesian
> Pair - go
> > figure ;-)
> > Star Cross Stable Friesian Horses
> > 47 Yellowbrook Rd.
> > Freehold, NJ 07728
> > Ph:  732-919-3827
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