How do you raise your raised trotting poles?

[Walrus]

Silly question really but wondering how people raised their trotting poles. Seems a bit long winded to faff about getting jump wings out but those pole pods cost a fortune!!! Has anyone tried something more"home-made"

thanks

 

[JinglebellJessi & MistletoeMagic]

Small block of wood, upturned lowfeeder buckets. Anything really, i use cones and position the pole along them so it can go very low or 16 inches high

 

[HaffiesRock]

Potties from the pound shop!

 

[Polos Mum]

Potties from the pound shop!

This - works perfectly and v cheap.

 

[Tinsel Town]

Potties from the pound shop!

hahaha i've now got this image of all these potties dotted around a posh arena!

I just get out the jump wings to be honest

 

[HBM1]

Potties from the pound shop!

genius idea!! I was actually sitting this week working out how I can make some with wood, which I could do, but this tops that completely! Easy to get and just the right height! Thank you

 

[spike123]

hubby made these

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y129/mahali/Photo0298_zps9d0050f7.jpg

 

[eggs]

Potties from the pound shop!

Ditto this

 

[Dowjones]

I use tyres

 

[Sussexbythesea]

I've got a few pole pods and they are useless anyway as they fall over too easily. Potties sound a lot bettr!

 

[Bertolie]

I got some very strange looks from customers and staff in Poundland when I went through the checkout with a dozen potties! The look on their faces when I told them they were for the horses was priceless

 

[mulberrymill]

potties and old tyres from my sons racing carts

 

[Boysy]

Potties here too, nice lavender color ones from any old pound shop, they stop the poles rolling anywhere.

 

[FinnishLapphund]

Silly question really but wondering how people raised their trotting poles. Seems a bit long winded to faff about getting jump wings out but those pole pods cost a fortune!!! Has anyone tried something more"home-made"

thanks

I've posted these image before on HHO, found through Google image search, they were originally posted on a Swedish horse forum, easy and homemade, make two "uneven" cubes by taking 4 bits of wood of 4 different heights, and putting them together into a cube shape =

An example of how you can use the "uneven" cubes:

 

[Enfys]

I just steal logs from the wood shed and cut notches in them

 

[purplerain]

Potties work really well with either standard poles or telegraph poles

 

[Charlie007]

I rest my trotting poles on other poles if that makes sense? I have 4 or 5 poles placed horizontal then rest them on poles either side placed vertically.

 

[Auslander]

I rest my trotting poles on other poles if that makes sense? I have 4 or 5 poles placed horizontal then rest them on poles either side placed vertically.

Having done this when I was young and foolish, I'd never ever do it again. Young horse tapped the pole, which rolled the full length of the poles it was resting on, and took the horse out by the roots. Not a pleasant experience, and took a very long time to persuade the horse that poles were ok after that.

 

[MagicMelon]

I just use bricks...

 

[Highlands]

Potties from the pound shop!

My dad thinks I have lost the plot using them too!

 

[tankgirl1]

tyres