This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "Karen McCarthy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I suppose this query will bring up the perennial spares kit > question, what do you carry and why. List??? ( Hobbles, twine,a > leatherman, and 2 socket wrenches that fit all my nuts are high on my > list!)
A halter and lead rope are highly desirable, to attach the animal to something while you fix whatever broke. My kit includes a hoof pick/knife, one of those hammers that has a bunch of screwdrivers in the handle, wrenches for the wheels, a hole-punch tool, assorted leather thongs, nylon rope, baling wire, lineman's pliers (can both cut wire and bend it as needed), electrical tape (duct tape works wonders, too), and a spare bit. (That was left over from when I was driving the donkey in a rubber bit, which might break.) I've also got a spare "tractor pin", which is what I use to keep the traces on my singletree (instead of the traditional leather thong). And, I've usually got a swiss army knife in my hip pocket. I keep all this stuff in a roll-up pocket thingy (like some socket-wrench pouch sets) that I sewed up out of denim. I got a couple of bicycle baskets (the kind that go on either side of the back wheel of a kid's bike) and used computer cable-ties to attach them under the seat of my pipe cart. The mesh on the baskets is a little coarse, i.e. a lead rope can escape if it's not clipped to something, but the baskets can support something like a small pack or other cloth bag to contain stuff. Marsha Jo Hannah Murphy must have been a horseman-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] anything that can go wrong, will! 30 mi SSE of San Francisco, Calif. -------
