[drivingpairs] tandem drafts

In a message dated 1/26/2006 11:04:11 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> Some people
> hook the leader to the single tree of the cart by
> extending his traces with chain.  So the as the
> leader moves, the chain wacks up and down not
> only hitting the shafts, but the wheeler.  
> 
> I'm glad there is better ways to hook up
> tandems!!!!
> 

The reason that some draft tandems extend the leader traces all the way back 
to the wheeler's single tree at the cart, is that with draft tandems the 
reason for a tandem was to have a leader who can add extra PULL, like in HARD 
PULLING for a heavy load, which is not the reason for carriage tandems. But for 
the 
hard pull it's better to have that hard pull not from any part of the 
wheelers harness, as we do in carriage tandems.  And when the draft leader is 
in 
heavy draft then of course those chains are tight and are not whiggling around.
Hardy (reading the stories and wondering - with tongue firmly in cheek - how 
anybody wants to be in the ring with a bunch of beginning tandem drivers with 
whips and leaders going everywhere :-).   But ah yes, I remember, that's were 
the suicidal tendencies as pre-requisite for tandem driving come in :-) And 
some folks think CDE's are dangerous ? :-)

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