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Location: nj | Greetings, New to trailering (horses). Up till now we have always used other peoples equipment so I never had to consider what is the optimal length for a straight load left tie. Is there a benchmark when purchasing ties? How much movement(play) in a tie? Thanks in advance, Scott |
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Location: Iowa | I give mine enough length to move their head from side to side & up and down. But not enough length to let them move back and sit on the butt bar. Just use a little common sense, you'll be fine. |
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Location: Bow, NH | A word of caution learned the hard way. Choose your trailer ties carefully. A friend surprised me with a couple for my birthday and although I wasn't crazy about them I used them anyway. They had a lot of exposed metal around the clips and ended up scratching my dividers badly. One trip and I tossed them for ones with less exposed metal. |
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Location: Corpus Christi, Texas | I don't use bungee ties.. The last one I used,.. for some reason my mare rushed out the back of my old straightload and the bungie stretched and stretched.. started fraying and breaking.. Luckily she stopped just ouside before it broke completely in two. Otherwise the end would've recoiled and smacked her in the face and she'd still be running.. :) |
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Veteran
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| Here's a second on the bungee ties for the same reason. I often straight load two horses in the back section of my stock trailer. My horses nomally just stand until I unload each one of them. With the rope, my gelding seems to know that he is tied up. If he starts to back up and hits the end of the rope, he knows that he is tied up and stops. One time I had somebody helping me and my gelding got a bit confused and started backing out. I was using the bungees back then and there wasn't a positive stop, so he just kept backing until he snapped the thing. He's a calm sort and there wasn't much recoil, but I stopped using the bungees. |
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Location: CA | I'm in agreement with Sinful with one addition....Make sure your tie is short enough that your horse can't get a hoof over the tie when they put their head down. If they can do it, they will. |
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Veteran
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Location: southcentral pennsylvania | I have tried many different ties over the years. My preference are the JEMAL Safety Trailer Ties. They can be adjusted to the amount of pressure required before they disengage. Very helpful if your friend forgets to untie their horse before lowering the butt bar, or the many other problems that can happen when dealing with trailering a horse. Brenda |
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Location: MT | I have ties that use both bungees and ones that are thick nylon straps. I've never had problem with my bungees, but I also make sure that I always have them unsnapped before i unload horses. The thick nylon ones aren't bad either but with my older horses I never worry about putting a tie on them. I've drove many miles without them tied in and never had problem. |
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