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RE: [RC] [RC] [RC] Hi Tie / Corral - terry banister

OK, it sounds like you are referring to the use of bungee tie on the side of the trailer, not the overhead HiTie product that comes with its own bungee, which attaches to the rod at the top by very strong VELCRO, and designed to come loose, but if pulled on that hard (before the bungee could break).
The combination of the flexible fiberglass arm and the bungee line pretty much negates the pull-back mentality (along with the fact that they can turn around to see what they are worrying about in the first place). But if the horse were somehow motivated to run blindly at full speed from a HiTie, the top of the bungee is attached by very strong VELCRO that will break away, but it takes a huge effort. So don't worry about using the HiTie as it was designed (with the bungee).
Terry
"May the Horse be with you"



From: Karen <karen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "terry banister" <terrybanister@xxxxxxxxxxx>, ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [RC] [RC] Hi Tie / Corral
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 16:42:42 -0800

At 11:18 AM 1/15/2004, terry banister wrote:
Are you referring to the bungee that comes with the HiTie setup, OR tying the horse directly to the side of a trailer with a bungee-type lne?

....I use the bungees that came with the ties on my hitching posts at home. Some horses are safer confined different ways, with different means. I just feel safer using a cotton rope on the trailer ties. Rope burns aren't nearly as bad as the damage that I've seen caused by bungees breaking. I don't like tying my horses to something for extended periods that they can pull on. I've seen a lot of horses learn to pull on the ties that give. I don't know if mine would also learn that or not, but I don't want to give them the chance. They can learn the limits of whatever they are tied to without it having to stretch or give a couple of feet. It just invites trouble when horses learn that they can pull and bungee back and forth a few feet, like it's a game. Or pull the arm of their tie around the trailer. Or run full speed till they come to the end and get whipped back.

Karen
in NV


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