[drivingpairs] Re: jeanine's pair set-up
- From: "Jeanine Rachau" <jrachau@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 09:36:35 -0800
Hi Kathleen,
There is a thick black leather washer around the neck yoke ring link (above
the pole end link) that keeps the unit from rattling - fyi. You are right,
my neck yoke does not come off other than by unbolting. It will move freely
up and down, forwards and backward. I've found this very helpful in rough
country!
For my convenience, I keep the snap shackle attached on the neck yoke ring
that I attach to the kidney link when driving. The other snap shackle stays
on the end of the martingale, which I hang from the same kidney link until
I'm hitching. When I hitch its: Reins, snap shackle to kidney link, unhook
martingale snapshackle from kidney link and snap to neck yoke, outside trace
to snap shackle (I leave those on my carriage singletrees as well) and
inside trace to snap shackle. Reverse order to unhitch. I know you know
that, just to clarify! I found if I didn't have the snap shackle on the
end of the martingale, it just hangs down from the girth until hitched
(annoying). Also with the martingale attached to the kidney link/hames
when I hang up harness, it's not as likely to get lost.
I think the neck yoke set up, especially with the amount of lateral play my
girls have with their wide kidney links, can be disconcerting at first when
they step off. It's like they can Jell-O out every where. It has forced me
to really teach myself how to drive them, not just pointing them where I
want to go and letting the harness keep them together. I have been learning
how to shape them, play with rein adjustment, that allows them to float with
the system. I know I don't say it very well. Grrrr. I think you will like
it very much - good luck!
Jeanine
-----Original Message-----
From: drivingpairs-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:drivingpairs-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kathleen Conklin
Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2006 2:48 AM
To: driving pairs pairs
Cc: Jeanine Rachau
Subject: [drivingpairs] jeanine's pair set-up
hi jeanine,
i was able to take the picture of your yoke set-up to my welder and
he is making up a yoke for the end of the pole on my new mustang.
the pole comes with a crab [i didn't know it was called that] that swivels
and can be removed by removing a bolt. i removed it and took the end to the
welder and he making a yoke that doesn't slide on and off the pole like the
draft ones nor will it swivel. it will be attached with 2 links like yours
and have adjustment and play in that connection. the ends of the yoke will
each have a ring on top and bottom with snap shackles. the top will attach
to the collar and the bottom will attach to the false martingale... just
like yours....thank you very much for figuring it out in advance for me to
copy <G>
it occurred to me if the pair were attached with the pole or the straps too
short it would make their rear ends turn out and away from parallel with the
pole. i just thought that a yoke might be easier to more consistently "get
it right"... only time will tell and i will still have the crab if i get it
wrong.
tally ho,
kathleen, john henry \ / & agnes \ /
http://john.henry.org
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