[drivingpairs] jeanine's pair set-up

In a message dated 12/17/2006 11:03:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

Kathleen wrote: ...
> he making a yoke that doesn't slide on and off the pole like the
> draft ones nor will it swivel. 

whereas  Jeanine wrote:> 
> 
> my neck... will move freely
> up and down, forwards and backward.  

So that means, it does swivel - as it should.

Jeanine also wrote:
>  When I hitch its:  Reins, snap shackle to kidney link, unhook
> martingale snapshackle from kidney link and snap to neck yoke, outside trace
> to snap shackle (I leave those on my carriage  singletrees as well) and
> inside trace to snap shackle.  Reverse order to unhitch.  


All sounds fine to me, but perhaps you can save one step and don't need to 
unhook the martingale snapshackle from the kidney link and snap it to the yoke. 
That's the way draft horses have their set up - and there it is perhaps 
necessary for heavier loads. But for carriage driving (e.g. lighter carriages) 
we 
usually keep the false martingale attached to the collar. 
Just a suggestion to make life easier.
Hardy

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