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My yard doesn't have any jumps at it.

We have old wooden wings (don't belong to us) and a few rustic poles. Another livery has her own wooden jumps.

I recently bought some jump for joy jumps.

3 jumps to be precise, the intro set.

Now, I've said I don't want anyone using them, is this reasonable? Does anyone else do this? or am I being a cow?

It's just, they were very expensive and I know they will be overly used as they as so light and easy to use.

An alternative I've thought is to hire them out, but like anyone would be honest enough to pay, i work so people would prob use them anyway.

Thoughts, should I lighten up???
 
I don't think this is unreasonable!! Like you say, you paid for them, and guaranteed there will be at least one person who won't respect that and with snap them!!

If everyone else wants jumps, then all who want them should put money in the pot and go shares on a set, its only fair!!

Stand your ground!! I'm sure if someone asked if they could join you in a jumping session, that would be ok wouldn't it?
 
Its a tough one - if you dont want them used then i would make sure they arent accessible for others or they will be anyway and then youll end up arguing with people.
Personally i wouldnt care if anyone at my yard used my jumps as long as they were respectful of them.
At my yard we have bits and bobs of everyones plus we have shows each year to raise enough money to buy more things we want.
 
personally i dont think you're being unreasonable. Jump for joy sets are really expensive. Do you have a trailer or box you can lock up? if so, put them in there when you're not using them
 
I'd lighten up to be honest.... At our yard, YO has a few jumps for everyone to use, then another livery bought some jump wings (hugely expensive) and I bought a load of fillers. Everyone uses them, and it's fine - I don't mind. Everyone is very honest on our yard though, and if anything got broken, they would own up and replace it. It depends how trustworthy the people on your yard are.
 
Don't think you're being unreasonable - you bought them after all, and there's always the risk of them getting broken (although I know they're very sturdy)
But I would put them out of temptation's way, and perhaps chain and padlock them together, so that people are absolutely clear. Think this will cause less ill-feeling than leaving them lying around and people saying 'Oh I didn't think you'd mind'
Equally you'll have to be diplomatic about when you use them - ie not when other people are wanting to ride.
 
Lippyx, that's just what I was going to say!
Put money in the pot and buy a set. If 'shares' are owned, perhaps a 'share' could be sold to a new livery if someone leaves?
 
I don't think it's unreasonable, as long as you let people know.

This caused problems at our old DIY yard - one livery spent a fair amount on jumps, but always left them out. So they got used by others - the livery was obviously unhappy, but rather than saying anything, or putting them away, it all got bottled up & ended up in an almighty row.

Your jumps, entirely your right not to let others use them, imo
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I'm all for sharing, really I don't mind, but it's just the expense and if someone snapped or cracked them, I'd be gutted. Maybe I could just put a bike lock round them, or put trust in people???

Happy for people join in with me but just not unsupervised/on their own, and I feel a bit like if we had all put money together we could have got a better set, but no one was up for that.
 
Trouble is with these lightweight type jumps they damage so easily, ok if someone owns up but not many will.

My friend sometimes uses my sand school and jumps, she rides a hulk of a beast with dinner plate hooves and he came down on one of my lightweight poles which dented and wont go back into shape so now looks like a banana. It was errm awkward to say the least as I was there watching, she went "errm oops" and that was it. I am too much of a pussy to ask for the money and she is to cheap to offer lol so there we go I lost out. These lightweight modern jumps in Norway are expensive due to being mostly imported from Sweden, so you pay a higher price for the transport plus 25% vat and a custom charge.

I guess you have to think about how you want to play it early to set ground rules from the get go. I know I am a fussy bugger and expect everyone who uses my things to be as respectful as me but as I am so fussy people rarely match my fussiness lol. Also when it comes to these jump poles horses wear and tear on them is the big factor on life span, the jumps are unlikely to break from human misuse.

Sorry I have not been so helpful, I just thought my own experience might help ;-)
 
Tell them this. You could put a board up in the tack room and say "these jumps are mine, BUT if you want to join in on a jumping session, I will be using them on XXXXX day, please feel free to join!!"

Only far. Definitely lock them up! Just don't boast about it, let people know and leave it at that!!
You wouldn't buy a horse and let tom, dick and harry ride it when ever they felt like it!!
 
Not been boasting tbh i've had them since hickstead only just put the bases on them. Think I might see how it goes, if it becomes an issue will rethink my approach, but for now I'd rather only I used them
 
If you are locking them up then people could only use them when your around anyway. Could you tell people they could use them while you are there but if they do damage them then you do expect them to be replaced if they cant be fixed (or even make them sign something saying they would do this - i know this is ultra formal but at least its in writing :-/).

I don't think that it is at all unreasonable to not let others use them - I have a lovely set of jumps that were hand made and i let everyone on a big yard use them, luckily for me I did not have any trouble with damage but they were wooden and very solid. However the few plastic poles I had did eventually get broken and were never replaced as I didnt know who did it. So I suppose it depends on how much you would trust people on your yard to replace them if damaged.
 
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