[drivingpairs] Re: three abreast

Camptown Dave.......
You are probably right about the flex factor on the center horses mouth.
I was just commenting about a different way to hook the lines.

Dell M. Mangum ... AKA ; MULE


At 06:01 AM 3/7/2004, you wrote:
>Linda
>
>I am sure there are many ways you can drive three abreast.  You could, I
>imagine, drive one in shafts, with a horse on each side, with only the
>center horse pulling, and the others not pulling anything.  To have three
>abreast in a hitch, you need some form of triple tree or three singletrees.
>If you are hitching without the additional singletrees, it could be a setup
>for a magnificent disaster if things went wrong.  This is a "know your
>horse" situation.
>
>Dell
>
>Rigging the lines as you mention is commonly done for draft farm hitches.
>Often the bits are connected by jockey sticks.  I imagine this is okay if
>you are plowing, but I think it is nasty for the horses if one is to
>stumble, pulling on the mouths of the other two.  I never used this
>arrangement for that reason, and ma not so sure it would work well anyway.
>By attaching the inner bit of the outer horses by bungee to the center
>horse, back a bit further, on the neck, this avoids the problem with
>stumbling, and gives the angle to the center horse that allows the center
>horse to help hold back the outer horses when you stop.
>
>I tried it the other way before this, with two checks to each outer horse,
>and bungees from center horse bit on both sides to outer horses.  It worked,
>but not as well.
>
>The noteable thing of driving three abreast is that you have a whole lot of
>power.  Four in hand is only occasionally more powerful.  With the three,
>they all pull all the time.
>
>Camptown Dave
>
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