[drivingpairs] Re: Carrying the carriage
- From: "Nancy Wright" <nag.hag@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 14:18:20 -0500
Darryl and I carry our Mill Run Challenger in the first two stalls of our
slant-load trailer with the intervening divider removed. Like your carriage,
Helen, our Challenger is the prototype of this particular model of vehicle. It
is a horse-sized, four-wheel combination vehicle with the short-body option.
That shorter carriage length measures several inches less than the long-body
wheel base. I prefer the short-body model for two reasons: one, it is extremely
handy, and, two, I can get a comfortable purchase on the toeboard despite being
petite of stature.
It might be of interest to note that our prototype Challenger combination
vehicle was designed, engineered and built for the very horse we're campaigning
presently.
The fit of the Challenger in the first two stalls of our four-horse trailer is
so precise that we need not use ties or anchors to hold the carriage in place,
saving the paint finish from abrasion. We do insert felt to pad the head wall
from the shaft attachment points wearing on the trailer's rubber lining. Yes,
we do have an escape door on the head wall that allows our exit when loading
the carriage.
Those contemplating the purchase of a Mill Run Challenger should be aware that
each Challenger is an individual piece of work. I recommend that all the
options for which you'll ever have need should be ordered at the time the
original carriage is constructed -- including the lamp brackets. The most
critical, of course, would be the correct fit of the pairs pole and its single
trees to the carriage itself. The very concept of retrofitting is absolutely
alien to the people who assemble the Challenger!
A quick note to mention the 2003 Nebraska Pioneer CDE and its Section "A" -- a
lovely "Sunday Drive in the Park." Getting there was half the fun, as the start
was on the other side of an elevated steel-and-concrete bridge over a four-lane
divided highway! That was exciting! The park's rails-to-trails pathway went
right through the backyards of a quiet neighborhood, which gave us a ready-made
audience of people eating Sunday morning breakfast!
Three cheers for the ENDS organization and its huge number of knowledgeable
volunteers! That Nebraska group really knows how to put on a CDE!
Nancy Wright
TIRED FELLOE FARM
Boyd, Texas
Proud member, Eastern Nebraska Driving Society
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>Subject: [drivingpairs] Re: Carrying the carriage
> If lengthwise, how did you cope with the wheelwells?
>
> Will your carriage fit cross-wise in your trailer? If so, maybe you can put
> in a side door in toward the front of the trailer. I forgot: Do you drive
> ponies or horses? My horses are pony-sized so my carriage isn't very big.
> The body of my carriage was the actual proto-type of the Flyer, so the wheel
> track is much narrower than the ones they make today. ;-) And it doesn't
> have a telescoping axle. Back in the dark ages, it hadn't been invented yet.
>
> Anyone else have ideas for Stepahanie?
>
> Helen
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