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Patsy De Bel
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Username: Lindsey
Post Number: 5
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Friday, Dec 30, 2005 - 12:53 pm: |   |
I am DESPERATELY looking for the stud mounting system. I know it used to exist, but the current manufacturer has stopped producing it and I can't seem to find this anywhere else.
It's a system by which you can still put studs on a horse's shoe eventhough there are no studholes.
My horse has just been shod, but I accidentally forgot to remind the farrier about the need for studholes. Now I find myself in a situation not being able to ride for 6 weeks, unless I have the shoes taken off again & re-shod, which I do not like to do.
Does anyone know where I can find this or is anyone handy enough to weld something similar together? I'd be happy to pay for all costs involved as I'm so desperate to find this.
Please help.
Many thanks,
Regards,
Patsy. |
Shelley
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Username: Sswiley
Post Number: 115
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Friday, Dec 30, 2005 - 10:51 pm: | |
Do you need something that big ??
We used to have the shoer put a special nail with an oversized head in the last hole at the heel that stuck out the bottom and made a temporary stud. It was not intended for long term use but is was a good emergency measure. |
Little King Ranch
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Username: Eoeo
Post Number: 236
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, Dec 31, 2005 - 12:48 am: | |
Hey guys, I know nothing about what you are discussing but I sure did a double take when I first ran across the subject line in my e-mail. I had a good chuckle when I read what it really referred to.EO |
Patsy De Bel
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Username: Lindsey
Post Number: 6
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, Dec 31, 2005 - 8:53 am: | |
Dear Shelly,
You are right, the studs shown in the picture are indeed WAY too big. However I would use a smaller style grass or ice stud to screw into the plates. We live in a very hilly region and my arena is all the way on top. It seems that our grounds are hard, but after snow or rain we have this slick toplayer of mud and his hindlegs literally give way underneath him. I've got 3 horses and only my one horse has this problem. He's a slim but very tall warmblood (18.2hh), he's all legs but no body, so a high point of gravity. And can't seem to cope without little studs to give him more traction, especially downhill.
He has got the small tungsten/borium pins for icy conditions already driven into his shoes, but they do nothing in the slick mud, which we seem to be having for ever and a day at present
I keep my fingers crossed finding something, else I'll have to sit it out & wait till the next shoeing & just ride my other boys |
Sara Wolff
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Username: Mrose
Post Number: 1025
Registered: 1-2000
| | Posted on Saturday, Dec 31, 2005 - 11:51 am: | |
Little King-so glad I'm not the only one whose mind runs in "that" direction! ... especially with breeding season starting soon. My first thought was she was onto some new high tech breeding "dummy." Luckily, I kept reading before commenting! |
