[drivingpairs] Re: bouncing pole - advice needed

Hi Helen,
I also use snap shackles to attach the yoke to the breast collars but, maybe
I have the whole adjustment a little loose.  I'll try taking the traces back
a hole and see if that changes anything.

Thanks much,
Merrie

>   I
> > would like them to be comfortable while moving in step.  Any suggestions
> on
> > how to quiet the pole?
>
> Merrie,  I have a spring loaded pole and a yoke like yours.    I hitch my
> ponies as close to the carriage as I can without the ponies hitting the
> wheels with their feet.   In front, the ponies are attached to the yoke
with
> tack shackles with only the distance of the shackle between the breast
> collar and the yoke.   There is very little play anywhere.    So when they
> trot, the pole is "bounced" WITH the ponies.   This is how I was taught,
and
> I've been doing it this way since the dark ages and it works for me.
>
> Helen
>
>
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