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Re: picket lines



If yu have room for a picket line, what about a light chain and a ground
stake? A chain won't bunch up around a horses feet, a 10 foot chain give
a 20' circle, what do you think?

/s/ Frank (seffner Florida)

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Ann Perry wrote:
> 
> 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

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