[drivingpairs] Weighing carriages



I fully agree with Doug Kemmerers good post that we are far too often overly 
concerned with carriage weights in this country. If anything, often our modern 
competition carriages are too light rather than too heavy. And since many 
here are so concerned with the weighht and always want it light - especially 
the 
single drivers, that's why you find many carriage makers so reluctant to give 
the true weight of their carriages, as people then  wouldn't buy them and 
think they are too heavy. That's also the reason that when forced to give 
weights, 
many carriage makers now just give you the bare weight of a stripped 
carriage, without shafts or pole etc. The carriage makers on the other hand 
certainly 
could build them lighter, but feel that with making them lighter they would 
have to compromise too much on safety and would have more break downs. The 
better carriage builders rather give you a solid built good and reliable 
carriage  
which will do the job for you and not break down. And you'd be surprised, but 
with proper training and conditioning most horses don't have any problems 
pulling them - especially also now that we don't have the long five phase 
marathons anymore.
Hardy 

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