Cavaletti blocks or polepods

[qwertyuiop]

Are there any cheaper alternatives? £5-35 each for a piece of f'ing plastic is rather extracting the urine (especially when you need 8 or 16 of them)!

 

[dixieandfinn]

we use milk crates can set them at 3 heights cheap as chips!

 

[milliepops]

Was going to say crates, or tyres are useful if you can get hold of them.

 

[qwertyuiop]

Just not sure where I would find enough crates and/or tyres, let alone store them at the yard...

 

[milliepops]

Can you get any logs? If you got some about 6" thick they wouldn't roll about and you could chop them into lengths to prop poles up on? You could be really clever and chop a groove in them to stop the poles from rolling if your horse taps them...

 

[Cop-Pop]

Breeze blocks

 

[spookypony]

Can you pick up some wood and make some? I keep meaning to make cavaletti, the old-fashioned way with Xs at either end of a pole...need a clear afternoon...

 

[sillygillyhorse]

Dont bother with polepods, the most useless invention ever as they just topple over with the slightest touch, only use mine a markers now!

 

[ester]

we use 25L old creosote drums filled with water (upright or on side depending on height required, if thats still to high you can stand on them and squash them in the middle

tyres, every garage/tyre place will have stacks of old tyres they will be happy to let you have.

 

[emma69]

Please don't use milk crates, they can cause really horrible injuries if a horse steps on one - the plastic breaks into sharp shards and can severe blood vessels etc in the leg.

 

[qwertyuiop]

I am going to try Polepods as there is nowhere at my yard to store anything larger. If they are too light, I will fill them with water, sand, or concrete. Still f'ing expensive for a piece of plastic though!