[drivingpairs] Re: drivingpairs Digest V3 #10

Hi Kris...Where do I find the BDS driving book?  I have the ADS manual.  I
have light poles on  my marathan vehicle and an old cutunder carriage.  I do
intend to use my morgan mares in harrowing the pastures.  I have never
driven a pair before. So I need to learn alot. I plan to drive my welsh pony
and her foal eventually.  She has driven in many parades and pagents with
her mother.  I need a pair harness for a medium  size pony.  I want to get a
modern 4 wheel vehicle.  I plan to pony scurry besides do CDE's.  Any
suggestions?  Pat
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Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 6:40 AM
Subject: [drivingpairs] Re: drivingpairs Digest V3 #10


> OK...here goes...
> Pairs to a cart.......can be done and done well. We drove a pair to a very
> well made Meadowbrook-type cart that had a wide track and converted from
single
> to pair for many years. ..until ADS outlawed them in competition.
>
> Concerning the balance problem...when Al and I first started driving pairs
in
> 1989, we cliniced with Richard Nicoll. He was sceptical of the
vehicle...he
> even tried to tip up the pole by standing and bouncing up and down on the
> back...pole moved up about 4"". The rest of the CDE clinicians came over
and were
> imporessed with the vehicle. Then he got in a drove it.....impressed him
as
> well as the other clinicians, even asking who made it...Schwockert in
Wisconsin.
> We never had a tipping problem...won a lot of obstacle classes with that
rig,
> and real easy to do back up obstacles with. We never have had a tipping
> problem with this particular vehicle, and we have done CDEs with a pair
with
> it....and won. This vehicle has great balance and a light pole end weight.
>
> As for dropping the yoke off of the pole...Barry Dickinson showed us how
to
> rig a safety strap on all of our pair vehicles, two and four wheel. Plus
our
> work harness has safety straps from the collars to the yoke to keep it all

> together. We drove this rig in competitions with no complaints from the
> officials......there are junk, and unbalanced pole tip heavy vehicles with
four wheels
> out there being used all of the time.
>
> Please see the cover of the BDS driving book....four in hand to a
> cart...recommended for training.
>
> Kris Breyer
>
>
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