Thanks, that is helpful information - I was afraid of something like that! >>> "Beverly Means" <beverly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 7/26/2006 1:48 PM >>> My Puddle Jumper, which is known to be light weight, probably about 300#, rolls up onto both the medium sized pony pair and on 14' ponies Its necessary to add to everything else you are thinking of the watching of the traces and riding the breaks a bit every now and again. A heavier carriage would sure by my choice, understanding that I have little Pair Experience. However the initial observation came from Lisa Singer who does... <grin> Beverly -----Original Message----- From: drivingpairs-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:drivingpairs-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Hzlax@xxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 9:03 AM To: drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: AHORTON@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [drivingpairs] Pair vehicle - was: Happy to have found you! In a message dated 7/25/2006 11:05:22 PM Pacific Standard Time, ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > I have two small horses (14.3 &15 h) that are > going well as singles and that I think would do well working together - > not that I really know! I can order a pole for my marathon vehicle, but > wonder if it is heavy enough for the job. It only weighs about 300-350 > lbs. give or take a few pounds. It would be nice if all I had to do was > get the pole instead of a new vehicle, but I don't want to be using > something that will get me in trouble. Any words of wisdom? > That's hard to say without knowing more about the vehicle - but 300 - 350 lbs indeed does sound very light for a pair of 14-3 - 15 hand horses, and considering all facts, I think you should probably not do it. With all facts I mean, we have green (pair driver) and green (pair horses) here and questionable equipment, so you really increase your chances of problems. I would recommend that you get with somebody who is well versed with pairs so you get some pair experienced help to put them together and asess the situation, horses and equipment. On the horses it also depends how calm and willing they are or how high strung and nervous. Hardy _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/index.php?pg=2 ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/index.php?pg=2 ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/index.php?pg=2 `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````