SouthernMdRocks
R.I.P. Bobo, We miss you!
Can anyone else hear the pounding of hammers and the screaching of saws coming from the middle of Calvert County????
I hear it in my yard. BTW, the fenced off paddock is done!!
Jump Ideas ...
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I hear it in my yard. BTW, the fenced off paddock is done!!
BZHorseMomE
Hunter/Eq. Trainer :-)
AppendixQH a friend of mine bought some poles & standards from them in June 07' so I don't know if they are still in the jump selling business. The phone #301-599-6100. Hope that helps.
BZHorseMomE
Hunter/Eq. Trainer :-)
fredsaid2
New Member
Fred is this the book you were talking about??
Amazon.ca: Jumps, Etc: Jumps, Dressage Arenas, and Stable Equipment You Can Build: Books: Lisa Campbell
That's the one. Soon to be unearthed out of storage if you'd like to borrow it.
appendixqh
Silence!!! I Kill You!!!
Fred is this the book you were talking about??
Amazon.ca: Jumps, Etc: Jumps, Dressage Arenas, and Stable Equipment You Can Build: Books: Lisa Campbell
Sweet! it is on order!
appendixqh
Silence!!! I Kill You!!!
AppendixQH a friend of mine bought some poles & standards from them in June 07' so I don't know if they are still in the jump selling business. The phone #301-599-6100. Hope that helps.
Thank you ! I will definately call. I have PVC poles now that I painted up to look nice, and I have some Vinyl standards. BUT they blow down instantly with a slight wind, and one pole already broke when a horse stepped on it. And I agree, they hit them a couple of times and they get lazy, so I know I need more solid of jumps. And I want a variety and some fun jumps...without paying Dover $500 for a wall! Plus, I want it to last, so I am not into getting the material that slided over the poles to make a jump look more substantial. I have about 5 weeks to get rockin as that is when the new mare gets here...she is doing 3ft courses now (not that I will ever do that with her without uping my life insurance first - and a lot of drinking
) but the college girls go 3'6, so I need something for them to keep her going. Thank you ! I will definately call. I have PVC poles now that I painted up to look nice, and I have some Vinyl standards. BUT they blow down instantly with a slight wind, and one pole already broke when a horse stepped on it. And I agree, they hit them a couple of times and they get lazy, so I know I need more solid of jumps. And I want a variety and some fun jumps...without paying Dover $500 for a wall! Plus, I want it to last, so I am not into getting the material that slided over the poles to make a jump look more substantial. I have about 5 weeks to get rockin as that is when the new mare gets here...she is doing 3ft courses now (not that I will ever do that with her without uping my life insurance first - and a lot of drinking
Getting old, yes we now have fear. Sometimes I think carefulness has nothing to do with skill, but age.
appendixqh
Silence!!! I Kill You!!!
Getting old, yes we now have fear. Sometimes I think carefulness has nothing to do with skill, but age.
I think it has something to do with...Still having to go to work in the morning, and still having all the chores plus the kids to take care of...even if your hurting! Even though I know I have the biggest helper of a husband out there, still some things I gotta do myself so I can't get hurt. It was funny, I came across some pics of me jumping in a schooling show from my high school days! I miss that!
SouthernMdRocks
R.I.P. Bobo, We miss you!
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WhoCares
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Yeah the whole if I get hurt and can't work. The mortgage still needs to get paid, the horses still need to be fed, and the car still needs to be paid for. Darn that growing up.
Eventer29
New Member
We've made a few jumps out spare wood around the farm. We have made a couple coops out of spare fence board pieces and 2x4s, a "stone wall" out of 2x4s and plywood. they are HEAAAVY, but will last a long while. I have used old fence posts (landscaping ties), aded feet and drilled holes to put flowers in. The Jumps etc does have some nice ideas too! lol of course we didnt buy it till after we learned how to do things the hard way.
BZHorseMomE
Hunter/Eq. Trainer :-)
That's the one. Soon to be unearthed out of storage if you'd like to borrow it.
Hey Fred that would be great. I'd love to borrow the book when you get unpacked.
I hope you are moved in sooner then later. Let me know how that is going.
fredsaid2
New Member
Hey Fred that would be great. I'd love to borrow the book when you get unpacked.
No problem
And when you visit you can see the ones I've made from the plans in the book. Just schooling standards, I sold the wing standards a few years back when I moved barns. Plan is for saturday - if it doesn't rain. Woo hoo!!
SouthernMdRocks
R.I.P. Bobo, We miss you!
Hey Fred that would be great. I'd love to borrow the book when you get unpacked.
Guess I can just take a sneak peek!!
BZHorseMomE
Hunter/Eq. Trainer :-)
fredsaid2
New Member
Absolutely, peak away!
If I had a drill press I could set up shop and have a little cottage industry. Drilling all those pin holes by hand is no fun at all.
appendixqh
Silence!!! I Kill You!!!
I am going to have to bribe a friend to drill these suckers! Also...I am going to check the "alternative to wood" people and see if I can get posts from them so I won't ever have to deal with painting! Hope it works!
fredsaid2
New Member
Those are interesting ideas but....except for hooking up my trailer the very first time hubby has been hands off with all my horsie endeavors. Anything I've built, anyplace I've trailered, anything I've installed - I've done on my own. Maybe hubby should buy the drill press for me!!
Bigpops92
Active Member
Those are interesting ideas but....except for hooking up my trailer the very first time hubby has been hands off with all my horsie endeavors. Anything I've built, anyplace I've trailered, anything I've installed - I've done on my own. Maybe hubby should buy the drill press for me!!
OR....you need a stable boy!
