My biggest challenge is hay soaking due to my dodgy back. My horse has a large haynet which I soak in a plastic half barrel. The problem is pulling the wet hay out of the water and hanging it up to drain. I then have to tip the container over to empty it. I've often thought that I need a container with a plug that is accessible whilst the hay is in it and a grid or similar at the bottom so that I can just take the plug out and leave the hay in the container to drain.
I could split the hay into smaller nets but that's just more faffing around filling nets. The alternative is to use haylage but I find small bales expensive. Livery yard does not allow large bales and I wouldn't use it before it went off.
Have you looked at the Harmony Trickle Feeder? I don't think it would work in a field but for stable use it looks as though it would help with trampled hay.
My biggest challenge is hay soaking due to my dodgy back. My horse has a large haynet which I soak in a plastic half barrel. The problem is pulling the wet hay out of the water and hanging it up to drain. I then have to tip the container over to empty it. I've often thought that I need a container with a plug that is accessible whilst the hay is in it and a grid or similar at the bottom so that I can just take the plug out and leave the hay in the container to drain.
I could split the hay into smaller nets but that's just more faffing around filling nets. The alternative is to use haylage but I find small bales expensive. Livery yard does not allow large bales and I wouldn't use it before it went off.
Extreme trail courses, with a variety of obstacles that riders can use to train their horses for all sorts of situations - crossing water, opening gates, crossing different surfaces, banks, gaps to squeeze through, narrow bridges, flagss- there are boundless possibilities for fun and learning. You could have a section with "scary" objects like a tractor, bicycle, caravan, whatever, all in a safe environment with supportive instructors on hand to help. If I had suitable land, that's exactly what I would do with it.
I regularly ride over a couple of bridges over railway lines, and another ride takes us through a quite low and narrow tunnel under a dual carriageway... Might be hard to simulate those conditions, though.
Get one of those wheelbarrow liners? Best think for getting water to a fieldA way of getting water to stable or field, that doesn't involve either carrying buckets or dragging them!
That is a really really interesting idea. Brilliant idea actually because it really would be amazing to be able to simulate a road situation, but in a safe environment! thanksExtreme trail courses, with a variety of obstacles that riders can use to train their horses for all sorts of situations - crossing water, opening gates, crossing different surfaces, banks, gaps to squeeze through, narrow bridges, flagss- there are boundless possibilities for fun and learning. You could have a section with "scary" objects like a tractor, bicycle, caravan, whatever, all in a safe environment with supportive instructors on hand to help. If I had suitable land, that's exactly what I would do with it.
Just use caravan water rollers.A way of getting water to stable or field, that doesn't involve either carrying buckets or dragging them!
Well if you can do indoor waterfalls
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