Those who drive...I need advice

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any advive on this product for a first time cart buyer? It would be for a Shetland. I have a local man trying to sell me a very similar product for about $150 more.

Any negatives to this cart? What about the wheel type? anything I should be looking for that this cart does not have and how does it appear to be made (quality wise) I am not looking to invest a lot as this will be a trial to driving for me but I do not want a dangerous hunk of junk either that will fall apart.


Here is something I found today

seem ok?

http://cgi.ebay.com/New-Easy-Entry-Horse...1QQcmdZViewItem


be honest with me
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I am a novice to this sort of thing
 
Looks ok. I can't see any tug stops on the shafts but careful putting to would probs be ok. If you havn't already PLEASE go go have a lesson with someone before you have a go yourself at home. I wouldn't buy anything like this on ebay without seeing it in person tho and carefully check the welds as unfortunatly things are often cheap for a reason. Pnumatic tires can often be heavy but these look pretty light. There is something similar in robinsons at the moment but i don't have any experience of it.
 
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Looks ok. I can't see any tug stops on the shafts but careful putting to would probs be ok. If you havn't already PLEASE go go have a lesson with someone before you have a go yourself at home. I wouldn't buy anything like this on ebay without seeing it in person tho and carefully check the welds as unfortunatly things are often cheap for a reason. Pnumatic tires can often be heavy but these look pretty light. There is something similar in robinsons at the moment but i don't have any experience of it.

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I am working with someone in regards to driving. I have an Amish man that has taken me out and will also be working with me and my pony. My pony will be remaining there for training if I go through with it and hopefully the pony works out for driving. If not and I choose to continue I may have to get one that will. This is all on a trial basis . I have been wanting to try it out for AGES and tried for the first time this summer and loved it!

He is also the man that has the carts for sale.

I do not want to "put the cart before the horse" though
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So I will be purchasing the cart after we see how it initially goes.
So you think an Ebay purchase is bad for something like this then?
 
An ebay purchase can be fine, you just need to be careful. We have bought four carriages of various sorts through ebay, and have had no regrets.
This looks like a decent vehicle except the missing tug stops, which can be added fairly easily. As you have someone helping, he/she can advise about the height. As a rough guide, with the shafts held level, so the vehicle is level, measure the distance from the tug stops to the ground - in inches - and divide by 3. The result gives the suitable animal size in hh. This will give you a near measurement of the size animal it will suit. This is for vehicles with fixed shafts like this one.
Eg. shaft height at tug level 30", divide by 3 = 10. This would suit a 10hh pony.
 
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The reson you can't see the tugs is cause it has a wooden swingletree which the traces attach to.

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I fail to see the relevance of that TBH - the reason you can't see tug stops is because there aren't any. That's completely unrelated to the swingletree/ traces! (Tugs are on the harness btw, tugstops on the shafts!)
 
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