Posted 2006-01-21 10:44 PM (#35802) Subject: Hualing horses in a pick up truck modified for horses
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Does anyone know where I can get me one of these? Do they still make them? I just saw a movie (Brokeback Mountain) and they hauled 2 horses in one. I am assuming it had some sort of a ramp albeit a steep one but it had a secure high wall modification for the horses plus some hoops overhead.
Posted 2006-01-22 8:01 AM (#35808 - in reply to #35802) Subject: RE: Hualing horses in a pick up truck modified for horses
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Originally written by Alvindudley on 2006-01-21 10:44 PM
Does anyone know where I can get me one of these? Do they still make them? I just saw a movie (Brokeback Mountain) and they hauled 2 horses in one. I am assuming it had some sort of a ramp albeit a steep one but it had a secure high wall modification for the horses plus some hoops overhead.
You could probably do it with black(gas) pipe - or have a welder make up something.
Posted 2006-01-22 8:44 AM (#35810 - in reply to #35805) Subject: RE: Hualing horses in a pick up truck modified for horses
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Originally written by walkin on 2006-01-22 7:09 AM
They used to do it in the olden days. Merhow even made a unit for the pick up bed. Mules love to jump in the back of trucks.
Yep. Back in the 40's and 50's where I grew up in the Tn. mtns.,nobody had a trailer,the pick-ups had stock racks,you just back the truck into a low spot to get closer to the ground or to a loading ramp and the mules/horses would jump right in,cows the same.The ride was very unstable and you could only do about 40mph,with two mules/horses and stopping was scary!!!! The equipment we have today is vastly superior.,but many folks will complain about any little flaw in a truck or trailer
Posted 2006-01-22 8:51 AM (#35812 - in reply to #35802) Subject: RE: Hualing horses in a pick up truck modified for horses
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I think Alvindudley is playing a pretty good joke on everyone, Let's see here, he joined last night, he can't spell hauling, but uses words like albeit. He also has a problem with caps lock when typing MA. I won't even get into the fact he watched Brokeback Mountain(none of that stuff with this cowboy).
Posted 2006-01-22 9:06 AM (#35813 - in reply to #35812) Subject: RE: Hualing horses in a pick up truck modified for horses
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Geee, are you kidding me?? I thought all cowboys were gay! Personally, I haven't seen the movie but heard the story was good. I'm not realy sure I want to watch gay cowboys though... not that there's anything wrong with that!
Posted 2006-01-22 1:42 PM (#35817 - in reply to #35802) Subject: RE: Hualing horses in a pick up truck modified for horses
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Is what I felt like doing as my wife made me set through Brokenrump Mountain. As for the truck hauling, my wifes grandpa used to use a rig like that in the 70's still. Heck. a buddy of mine once bought a pony at auction, didn't have his trailer with him and put it in the slide in camper to haul it 20 miles home! Wasn't pretty in there when he got home!
Posted 2006-01-22 2:13 PM (#35818 - in reply to #35802) Subject: RE: Hualing horses in a pick up truck modified for horses
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Hav, I used to think all cowboys were gay too...I guess growing up around "show horse people" will do that to ya. Two of the boys I showed with as a kid have come out of the closet as men...
Posted 2006-01-23 11:54 PM (#35898 - in reply to #35802) Subject: RE: Hualing horses in a pick up truck modified for horses
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Cowboy, equestrian. Muck boots and josiper, cowboy boots and wranglers. Hum, lets see.......guess which one is, um, gay. I don't own anything that slips on my feet other than cowboy boots and socks, no (?) Berkenstocks for me. Oh yeah, little red jacket, Cinch plaid shirt: greasy Carhart from tractor work in the winter, Barn Club Show jacket: Manure spreader and a vintage tractor, versus yuppie mobile and a trainer that hauls their horse. And our horses run fast, sometimes.
Posted 2006-01-24 1:40 AM (#35902 - in reply to #35802) Subject: RE: Hualing horses in a pick up truck modified for horses
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Well shoot, when I was a kid there wasn't many horse trailers in Eastern Colorado. I made $3 an hour with my horse before and after school chasing cattle, sorting yearlings etc. and that's all I had, dad's 72 GMC with a stock rack. I'd back in a ditch and load "Napoleon". The feedlots had 1 tons with a 2-horse steel bed with covered nose over the cab.
Posted 2006-01-24 5:43 AM (#35904 - in reply to #35902) Subject: RE: Hualing horses in a pick up truck modified for horses
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I convinced my wife long ago why this is such an educational site for me and now I can tell her how to spot gays at a horsey event! You guys are great!
Happy trails. (and I mean that in a Roy Rogers/Dale Evans sort of way you guys!)
Posted 2006-01-24 7:11 AM (#35906 - in reply to #35802) Subject: RE: Hualing horses in a pick up truck modified for horses
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You know, I honestly could care less if there are gay cowboys, to each his own. But being forced to watch them.............that's the problem. Like I said, to each his own, as you can tell God your reason later, but man it about turned my stomach inside out on a couple of scenes.
Posted 2006-01-24 9:47 AM (#35919 - in reply to #35802) Subject: RE: Hualing horses in a pick up truck modified for horses
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What, you mean everyone has NOT seen this movie. I would think that since it won 4 Golden Globe awards and which most likely predict Oscars that you would have to stand in line. I agree to each his/her own. While there may be gay cowboys, gay show persons, and even gay friends or family members -- I just don't like society telling me the masses accept this and that I am full of hate if I don't. PS. I have a gay friend whose behavior I don't like or accept. I have other friends who have other 'quirks' that I don't like. Hum, maybe I have some too. It doesn't mean I hate them or that they should hate me.
Posted 2006-01-24 10:26 AM (#35921 - in reply to #35802) Subject: Yet another "I ain't Gay OR Homophobic" thread.
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Dunno where this thread is going; other than a lot of folk seem to have found a need to proclaim their values, sexuality, tolerance, etc.
(or lack of).
Let me add the usual;
"As long as they don't try to force it down MY throat" double entendre.
(-:
{I feel that way about certain radio stations being forced down my truck's radio antenna}
Back to the topic;
MANY contractor's pick-ups have sturdy pipe racks built on them, basically black pipe about 1 1/4 diameter. Using that as a starting point you could do a fair/good job with a few tie loops welded on in the right places and perhaps a plywood lining on the inside to avoid any tendancy for hooves to poke out. BTW, I havn't (yet) seen the movie mentioned, so I don't know if that truck had any wood on the inside.
I don't think I'd want to use it for more than a very few miles on county or fire roads - certainly not something I would want to take on the highway.
Posted 2006-01-24 11:05 AM (#35925 - in reply to #35802) Subject: RE: Hualing horses in a pick up truck modified for horses
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My dad had a commercial stock rack that was built especially to haul horses. The front of it went over the top of the cab of the truck similar to a camper, and it had bars over the top of the rack to prevent the horse from climbing out. It is still on the property, rusting away. His little Arabian stallion jumped in and out like a mule, and always seemed happy to go. He hauled him to parades in the area. It was something to see my dad, who ws in his eighties at the time, lead that stallion to the back of the pickup truck and have him hop in like a dog. He never refused and never required any more encouragement than verbal cues. While it certainly wasn't the safest way to haul horses it worked well for them. After a few years he bought an older trailer so his Arab could ride in style. He had some boards or panels on the floor of the truck bed for stability. I have four of the old stallion's sons and I am sure I could never persuade them to jump into the back of the truck. Fortunately I have a good trailer.
Hualing horses in a pick up truck modified for horses
Is what I felt like doing as my wife made me set through Brokenrump Mountain. As for the truck hauling, my wifes grandpa used to use a rig like that in the 70's still. Heck. a buddy of mine once bought a pony at auction, didn't have his trailer with him and put it in the slide in camper to haul it 20 miles home! Wasn't pretty in there when he got home!
