[drivingpairs] Re: tandem sleigh

    Thanks for the info Michael. Anyway to get a hold of that article from
Carriage Journal??

Ansley
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From: Michael Maurer & Robin Knight <carriage@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 8:41 AM
Subject: [drivingpairs] tandem sleigh


> Hi Ansley
> I have driven tandem with my sleigh for 8 years,  and don't find it any
> different than driving them to a carriage.  I think the main reason is the
> sleigh.  I copied after one which my friend Jack Lyndon had built years
ago
> (we did an article in the Carriage Journal on the design) and the main
thing
> it has is height.  You can't drive tandem properly (or safely) from a
> regular cutter because you are sitting too low.  You must be able to see
> over the wheeler's head to watch your leader to anticipate any jigs or
jogs
> and that is hard to do if you are sitting in a cutter.
> That being said,  I find that some of my most enjoyable drives have been
> with the tandem hitched to the sleigh.  I am starting a new leader this
year
> and as »I did with the retired guy,  I like to start them out on the
sleigh.
> It is so much easier to get them going properly and put on miles if you
have
> trails for them to follow as I am very fortunate to live adjacent to miles
> and miles of forest trails that the skidoos pack down and give my young
guy
> a path to follow.
> With a sunny day and my horn,  what could be better than a tandem sleigh
> ride.
> Michael Maurer
> 4020 Vivian Road
> Cedar Valley, Ontario Canada L0G 1E0
> phone  905 473 1219  fax  905 473 9333
> email carriage@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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