I use the "hug the gate post" technique...put my arm
around the post and grasp the end picket of the gate with my hand and pull
toward me. That adds a huge amount of leverage.
When I was a kid, the limitations on where I could ride were primarily
set by which gates I could or couldn't close. If I could demonstrate
that I could handle the gate, I was allowed to ride alone in that
area.
I was pretty scrawny as a kid, and while I could always find an uphill
side in this counntry to get back on my horse, it took a bit more thinking to
conquer the gates. We were all required to carry a halter and leadrope
on our saddles when we were kids, in case we had to stop and tie up anywhere
for any reason, and when I was about 10, I figured out that I could take down
that halter and buckle the headpiece around the gatepost, and then wrap the
halter and lead around the end of the gate and use the whole thing like a
block-and-tackle. Worked slick, and my independence took a giant
leap!
Heidi
"Sky
Ranch" <skyranch@xxxxxxxx> said:
And it > takes all my
strength to open and close (especially close) some of them.
Oh
good! I'm glad I'm not the only one who has to huff and puff to maneuver
those
gates!
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