[drivingpairs] pairs without breeching and more...AND BRAKES



In a message dated 11/28/2006 11:05:59 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> 
> Well darn, I guess it won't work for me. Too hilly around here. 
> And I'm not really good enough with my brakes yet.
> But I love all the explanations that have been given.
> 
> It's also got me to wondering about finding a good explanation of how to use
> brakes. I realize there's a time to use them when halting so that the horses
> won't step back and so on, but I'm wondering about using them on hills. I
> don't want to hold the brake all the way down, but it seems necessary. How
> do I balance holding the carriage back for the ponies vs. making them do
> some of the work and using their behinds to do it?
> Could someone give a nice summary or suggest where to find one?
I use my brake to hold the carriage, but not the horses, and I use the brake 
the entire way down the hill, so I ride the brake enough to hold the carriage, 
so the horses don't have to hold it back at all, nor to having to pull it on 
a downhill. Since this is so easy for me to do with my foot, why should my 
horses have to do this work, that I can do so easily. Let them use their energy 
to pull when I need them, plus to just balance themselves when we go downhill.
Hardy



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