[drivingpairs] new member with lots of questions
- From: Hzlax@xxxxxxx
- To: drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 14:53:43 EDT
Hi Marjean,
I had answered already on CD-L, but reading your question again, here is how
I would solve it easiest for now: It seems the only problem you are having
with the current system, is that the keepers next to the trace buckles on
that end of the breastcollars are too small to accomodate both, the breeching
straps and the traces. So, for now put the breeching straps into the keepers,
and leave the traces on top and secure the traces with electrical tape (but o
course run both through the trace buckle). Then see if all works well that
way, and if it does, then perhaps the best way is to have the keepers made
larger so that they can hold both.
Good luck
Hardy
In a message dated 4/15/2003 12:09:18 AM Pacific Standard Time,
ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> new member with lots of questions
>
>
> Hi, I am Marjean McIntyre. Some of you will know me from the CD-L, I ha=
> ve
> been driving an older horse at the upper levels of combined driving the
> last few years but now I am wanting to start driving him pair with my new=
>
> young horse that is coming up. My older horse is a very experienced pair=
>
> and four horse, having come from Jack Wetzel, and also having been driven=
>
> in the past by Bill Long, so I have one experienced horse and one very
> green one. =
>
>
> My starting question has to do with harness. I purchased a very nice use=
> d
> pair harness, but I have a few glitches getting it started, mainly with t=
> he
> breeching. The breeching strap buckles into a complete circle. I do not=
>
> have a D ring on the girth to attach it down between the front legs with =
> a
> snap, and no false martingale. I cannot pass it through the trace buckle=
>
> and then under the keepers, as the keeper is not big enough for both
> straps. =
>
>
> So here is the question. =
>
>
> The straps are too short the way they are, to buckle back on themselves, =
> so
> I am going to have to get new ones regardless of how I end up connecting
> them. Would you just get longer ones, like the ones I have and buckle th=
> em
> in a big circle, through the leather opening and buckle for the trace, or=
>
> would you have a D ring added to the girth and have straps made to connec=
> t
> between the front legs. I have found out that alot of people apparently
> prefer the yankee breeching that goes down between the legs, but to me, i=
> t
> looks like the circle on the side will work okay, and not require more
> modifications. My breastcollars don't have a D for a false martingale, s=
> o
> if I connect them to the girth, I won't have a false martingale on the
> front. Another option, would be to have the D added to the breastcollar,=
>
> and then could I just put a ring in the loop of the false martingale arou=
> nd
> the girth, or do I need a D on the girth itself? If I do that, I would
> think you would have pinching issues, between the loop of the false
> martingale that the girth goes through, and the D on the back of the girt=
> h
> for the yankee britching. =
>
>
> Is there a good reason I can't just stick with the current arrangement an=
> d
> just get longer straps, and not mess with trying to modify everything els=
> e?
>
> Hope this is all as clear as mud. VBG Thanks in advance for any and all
> help. =
>
>
> Marjean =
>
>
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