making jumps, how????

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I want to make some jumps in my field but don't know where to start!!! I looked at prices to buy but they are soooo expensive, so I thought I would make some using bits and pieces I can find. You know like tyres, or large plant pots, barrels etc. Are they are things I should bear in mind with regards to my horses safety, should say he didn't clear a jump. I.e. how heavy should the wooden bars be, do they need to be secured or best they can fall if it? Any and ideas would be great. I don't want to make anything huge just some little jumps I can build my confidence with and just have some fun with. Thanks everyone.
 
I want to do the same thing. Havn't gotten around to it yet but i googled cross country course building and got loads of ideas for jumpa from a few different sites, with all safety issues explained. Hope it helps, let me know how you get on.
 
hi, i have made my own set of jumps.... here goes with how it was constructed....
1) Large plant pots half filled with cement
2) Drill a hole in the bottom of the pot for wing to stand in
3) Fill in any holes that would allow for pole to move in base with expanding foam
4) Drill holes in at different height for cups to sit in (use the old style pin cups)
5) Paint poles

Hey presto your own set of jumps.
hope this helps :D
 
Hi, We had to chop a large oak tree down a couple of years ago and the trunk was used in the x-country course but some of the larger branches were chopped into smaller chunks and a groove cut into them for the poles to sit in.
We also have a couple of plastic oil drums where again some holes were put in the plastic for the poles...just make sure the poles can fall if hit.
My hubby made some wings by using pallet wood. It only took him a couple of hours. All you need is a saw, drill and nails...ohh and some gloss paint!!! One pallet made one and a bit wings and then you just buy the cups.

For poles...of course you can use long branches but we also go to our local carpet shop and ask for the cardboard tubes which go inside the carpet. They give them to us for free.
Fill them with sand or soil to add some weight and you can paint them with gloss paint. Only downside is you have to keep them indoors as they melt in the rain but a cheap and easy pole and doesn't matter if your horse breaks them!!!

My friend also uses traffic cones both to rest poles on and as fillers.

Hope these inspire you to have a go at doing your own? :)
 
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