Do you tie up using baler twine?

[GinaB]

Aftr reading the post below, seeing others opinions on the forums and those at the yard.

Do you tie up using baler twine? If yes, do you use a 'full' piece or do you split it? If not, why not? Do you use another gadget or do you not trust baler twine?

I tie up with baler twine which has been split, as this is what I was always taught to do!

 

[spike123]

I tie up with split baler twine as well. Providing you only use thin strands it will give when the horse pulls.

 

[MrsMozart]

We use two strands of baler twine - our neds are all perfectly capable of breaking them (and have done). We've found that for ours it's the optimum amount, giving a level of breakability and yet still a level of holdability

Our neds can break the two strands if they are feeling so inclined

. One of the neds nearly took the side off my lorry when he decided he'd had enough of being tied up

, luckily I was to hand to sort him out before m'poor box came apart at the seams

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[charlie55]

I just put my leadrope through a strand of my haynet, not tied, but my boy thinks he is lol.

 

[Enfys]

Not now.

I used to, but I looped the twine through a spare metal ring and tied the rope to that, rope doesn't tighten around a ring as it does twine.

 

[black_horse]

i use a quick release clip which attaches to itself and will break apart under force. i never use twine, too many horror stories!

 

[woolly]

We use literally 3 strands of bailing twine. We nearly lost a horse to a horrific bailing twine accident. She was tied to a post and rail on old, but unthinned bailing twine. Quick release knot , correct manner. She panicked and reared when her stable mate went out of view and managed to get her front legs over the top rail which was relatively high. She was stuck there pivotig on her belly not able to push off and was thrashing so violenly it was impossible to get to the quick release. She then got her back legs stuck in the bottom rail and went over on her back. It the end she removed 35 ft of post and rail and 2 metal posts...and most of her legs. All this happened with 20 seconds. The horse had no knees left and when she eventually got up, she was still tied to the broken fence and we cut her free. 8 months of box rest and £thousands later she had severe psychological problems but was successfully rehabilitated. It was the most awful accident I have seen. Never ever use unthinned bailing twine.

 

[ester]

I use normal twine, not split. It has broken easily enough if our pull back

 

[ladyt25]

Always use baler twine to be honest, will split it to one or two strands for my neurotic pony but will use the full twine for my horse. I know my horse will not panic, he just won't (had him that long). The pony can flip out if he feels anyway caught up though so it has to be made breakable if anything upsets him. Also though the pony has more manners and if he's tied up he wouldn't try and break the twine.

As for the horse (no manners!) he will lean on it if he's after attention so, trying him to just a strand or two would not work. I wouldn't ever tie to a non-fixed object like a gate or anything though, ours are always tied to string on a ring attached to a wall.

 

[Jingleballs]

I use baler twine or just loop the rope though the haynet (without tying it)

 

[somethingorother]

I think it has to depend on the horse. Some ive worked with would just rear up and snap at least one strand of baler twine without a second thought to wander off for some grass. Or leadropes on more than one occasion. The strength in one a particular beast snapped draw reins when they got caught so 2 strands of baler twine would have been no trouble to him.

But i would always be more careful after an older gelding (bit weedier) was tied up to a gate with 1 strand and had a panic, nearly pulling the gate off. Couldn't undo the quick release knot as had been pulled so tight around the twine and it was a trigger clip lead rope with not enough give to unhook as he was pulling back to hard. I'm suprised that gate didn't come off, in the end we had to just wait for him to calm down and give a tiny bit to unclip the lead rope.

Have always used quick release leadropes since then. Stupid as it sounds i never considered splitting the twine but shall do that from now on as well!

 

[bex1984]

I use baler twine, but then my pony is a Fell X Rhino, and can quite easily break baler twine if he wants to, and has done so plenty of times.

 

[RobinHood]

I tie to bailer twine thinned to only one strand, and then an elastic bandage tied to unthinned bailer twine. My horse has problems with his neck and poll which makes him pull back, which then makes his neck and poll worse, and it continutes in a vicious circle.

The bailer twine is so thin it breaks if he even puts his head down to eat scraps of hay off the floor but the bandage stops him from getting loose. I try to avoid tying him up if at all possible!

 

[china]

i dont, i use a bungee type thing that releases when they pull as my horse tend to pull back if startled but as soon as the headcollar gets tight he keeps pulling back in fright, so the bungee releases straight away, its only £2.50 for 2 peices. think you can get them in robinsons to.