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Re: [RC] opening gates? - Horse ElinoreL.Tonsor

Title: Re: [RC]   opening gates?
Carla,

Carry an extra lead line with you, one with a snap big enough to put the rope through.  Run the lead line around the stationary post and the gate end pole, slip the end of the rope through the lead line snap and pull the "lasso" smaller.  It will close the gap between the two posts with much less effort, and you'll have a free hand to secure the gate.

ET
Wisconsin

From: "Sky Ranch" <skyranch@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:50:03 -0700
To: "Kearby, Kate G Civ 748 CBSG/OM" <Kate.Kearby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RC]   opening gates?


The gates I encounter are the kind you have to get off the horse to open and close -- they're made out of barb wire and they collapse.  And it takes all my strength to open and close (especially close) some of them.  I can't stand barb wire gates, but that's what mostly is around.  I think once I encountered a pipe gate that could actually be opened while on a horse, in the nat'l forest.  Most are "gap gates" made from barbed wire.

Carla Richardson
Colorado

----- Original Message -----
From: Kearby, Kate G Civ 748 CBSG/OM <mailto:Kate.Kearby@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
To: 'ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 7:51 AM
Subject: [RC] opening gates?

If I had a horse that wouldn't open a gate and stand there nice and hold it for a dozen horses if need be  WHILE I'M MOUNTED, I'd be doing some serious training before I left home or finding another horse!


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