[drivingpairs] Re: the big boys

Yes the video was very cool.   The music made them seem even more awesome.   
How do they lift those huge harnesses on them?   In sections.   The hardest 
part is the scotch collar.   I was told they can weigh about 75 pounds alone.   
Then they put the hames and tugs (traces with heel chains), saddle, breeching, 
etc. on separately.   Sure, it's a lot of harness to clean, but chrome is SO 
much easier to keep polished and shiny than brass.   The hardest cleaning job 
the draft drivers have is the ones who have white feathers to clean (Shires 
and Clydes).    They bring rubber mats to stand them on, they soap and scrub 
and 
powder and brush and on and on and on... 

~cheers,
        Wendy
www.martiniranchcarriages.com

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