re: picket lines

["Ann Perry" <ann@cornerstonemgt.com>]

Just read Lucy's bad picket line story and thought I'd come out of lurk mode
for a minute. I've never used a picket line, but have had problems with
tying to the trailer--line gets caught under fender, horse panics and pulls
back, breaking snap, making people sleeping in camper think it's an
earthquake, etc. I'd get a Horsin' Around corral if I could justify/afford
it; but until then what about a picket line? They do look like an accident
waiting to happen. All that rope AND a horse! However, last year in
Endurance News there was info on a picket system you can buy that uses
pulleys and weights to keep the slack out of the halter rope. Looked like it
might help. I have the info (somewhere) and will try to find it if anyone's
interested. I most likely will try it myself this summer. Has anybody seen
or used it?

Back to lurk mode,
Ann