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Single brown Beta Camptown lines. Stainless hardware, 3/4 inch width. Horse,
15 feet. Lightly used. $30 plus $12.35 Priority Mail.
4 Trace adapters, to go from slotted traces to chain, to pull stuff like logs
with your carriage harness
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I have a set of brown Beta pair lines to sell. These were scarcely used. I
normally used 7/8 lines. Used, yes, but in very good condition. No wear at
all to the billets that attach to the bits.
Specs: 3/4 inch width, suitable to all
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I came across two new carriage lamps. Not antiques. Good quality. Set up for
candles. Don't make me turn them into front porch lights! Ask for pictures if
interested.
$100 for the pair, plus actual ship cost.
Pair of unique single
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The neck collars, hames and all Glory Bits are sold.
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I need to withdraw my offer on the carriage lamps. They might be a little
better than I thought. Apparently they came from Robert Ensko, NY. I'm open
to offers on them.
Dave
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Collars, hames, bits, blue single lines, Camptown pair lines.
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Going to Kim in Maryland.
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As we are moving, I have sorted through Fjord stuff I have.
3 Fjordhestlag t shirts. (All L)
1 t shirt with Fjords pulling carts on the way to Briksdal Glacier in Norway.
(l)
1 T, N Fjord Horse, head picture,(L)
2 T, NM I Bruk Av
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I've dug a little deeper, and found a few more books. All of the first list of
books has sold.
Equine Accupuncture, A Working Manual, by Zidonis, Snow and Soderberg. Like
new. New price, $29.95. My price $18.00 plus 3.99 ship.
Horse
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Ben Green and Jack Meagher were sold in 11 minutes. Others still available.
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Saddle Tramps book is gone.
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All of the books are spoken for.
I forgot and left out one more. It too is one of the great ones:
Conditioning Sport Horses. Hilary Clayton. This is perhaps the best guide on
conditioning. The real thing, by a veterinarian who
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Mistake. I have two left, including the Hilary Clayton book.
The other is:
Horse Training in Hand, A Modern Guide to Working from the Ground.
Scuthof-Lesmeister and Mistral. 2009. Very good. New, $31.95. Price. 22.00
If someone wants
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We are moving once again, this time into Seattle for grandchild proximity.
Some books have got to go. Perhaps they will interest some of you.
I am pricing based on Amazon and half.com, and will charge a bit less, plus
their $3.99 each
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A few years back, Jennifer Wells drove a pair of Haflingers in the parade. She
told me she didn't have a lot of rules laid on her, but that the most important
one seemed to be the one about waving. She said she was required to wave
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I had a chance to see the Parade real time- real place! Horse friends in LA
invited me to join them, as they knew I would want to witness the Fjord horses.
I had the benefit of local knowledge. We watched from very near the end. I
had
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I have long been a participant on this list, but quiet more recently as I have
sold my last two horses. Pam and I had many many fine years of experience with
these fine horses and we also had much occasion to become friends with
Norwegians
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I sent prematurely.
The film can be watched at:
http://salmonconfidential.ca/
The news about Norway's second thoughts:
http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2013/06/the-mother-countr
y-turns-on-salmon-farming.html
I strongly
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With the horses gone, I am needing to sell the competition wagon. This was
one of a number built by Lou Thiesen. He is the partner of Nancy Lenhert. He
took an interest in driving her Fjords, and, believing he could build a better
wagon
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http://daveontrail.blogspot.com/ This is the correct address.
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I am making a one month trip through warm country. Check it out if you
like.
www.daveontrail.blogger.com
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I might not have seen every one of the posts about hauling, so might
duplicate what someone has already said.
Over the years I have done quite a few miles of hauling other people horses,
and so can see it from that perspective
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I had a conversation a couple of weeks ago with a woman who was recently the
Washington State Veterinarian. She said the NAIS program for horses is dead
in the water. It was ill-planned and is going nowhere. Whole story. She
should
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It's hard in a few paragraphs to properly tell the story of a two-week trail
drive, but I'll try to give a few glimpses.
Basic info and statistics: we covered about 270 miles, from western
Washington in the mountains, to the Idaho
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A couple of months ago, Liz Lasell-McCosh invited me to participate in
Washington's John Wayne Trail Ride/Drive, which starts next week. I
protested I didn't have an appropriate wagon, and she offered one they have.
What could I say? I
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A couple of months ago, Liz Lasell-McCosh invited me to participate in
Washington's John Wayne Trail Ride/Drive, which starts next week. I
protested I didn't have an appropriate wagon, and she offered one they have.
What could I say? I
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There is a picture of my pair boldly representing the whole breed (wasn't my
idea!).
http://www.drivingpairs.com/index.php?pg=6b=9
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I understand Camptown is selling bright Pass Slow and Wide signs for the
time being for $20. Usually these are more. That is pretty inexpensive
for something that could save your life! Their value isn't really the
writing
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Sample weights from scales of horses I've had:
13.2H medium to slightly drafty - 950
14.1H medium 1050-1100
15H medium 1150-1200
Nothing works better than the scale!
Dave
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I wrote this for the Driving Pairs List, but think it might as well have a
wider audience. I very much welcome any expansion of or argument with these
ideas.
I'd like to develop a bit on what Hardy wrote, that tandem is not all
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Wow, Joanna and Curt, thanks for the kind words!
It is true I have studied the shape and size of Fjords, almost to the point
where some day I could create one from numbers.
Our move to Washington so far has been a great success. I have
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I'm in the big time now! Equine Journal did a nice review of my book, in
their Bookshelf department, which vanity permits me to copy here. There
was even a bit of Fjord promotion. The book can
still be shipped for Christmas...
Text
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I'm in the big time now! Equine Journal did a nice review of my book, in
their Bookshelf department, which vanity permits me to copy here. It can
still be shipped for Christmas...
Text:
In 1993-1994 Dave McWethy hitched three Norwegian
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I happened into the annual gathering of the Friesian Horse Assn of North
America, which happened to be in Washington this year.
I was attracted for several reasons. One prominent one was a presentation
to be given by Dallas Goble, DVM
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Just a quick one. I'm in Carlisle PA picking up email at the J, on my way
to Curt Pierce's place in WVa.
I flew back to NH on Sunday just in time to see the results of the flooding
that morning. It was in the town we had lived
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Just a note to say the sleigh runners are sold, and will head to northern
Minnesota, where snow is assured. They will be in good hands. Thanks for
the list's forbearance.
Camptown Dave
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High bid on the runners is currently $125.
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Current high bid for the runners is $75.
I looked them up in the Buckeye catalog, dated 1992. The price new was
$265. These runners are going to be a bargain.
I know, it's summer. But it will snow again, and gas prices might be $95
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I have a pair of sled runners for my Buckeye cart, which has flush hubs.
They have steel braces, wooden runners which is steel clad on the bottom.
They go on shafts in place of the wheels, with the wheel bearing nuts
holding them in place
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Thanks for your response. All of these items are now sold.
Dave
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Sue wrote:
Well, Dave, you have ruined me! My husband thinks I have a hardwired
connection to the PC. The book is addictive and it is wonderful. And the
pictures are great. It gives one a different and richer perspective
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Here is the inventory list of surplus harness. I have had a large response
so far, and hope there is something for everyone. Eve Dexter has kindly
offered to post it on her website. Go to:
http://66.49.169.132/oldbellfarm.com/Camptown
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If anyone else wants to receive the inventory list, please email me by
Sunday, and I will add you. There is no obligation, so if you are just
curious, that is fine. If, however, 500 people respond to this, I will just
print on the Lists
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Putting together your own spares kit is easy and does not need to cost much
at all. If you need splices for your kit, email me. I have rein and trace
splices. They will go with 3/4 inch driving lines and for 1.25 inch wide
traces
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What is this - a bunch of Johnny Cash fans? Whew! I had't anticipated the
kind of response I got, and I need to rethink a bit, because I don't want a
certain number of folks to get what they want and the rest to feel somehow I
had
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I have a variety of surplus harness parts. Most of them are brand new. Any
that are used are in like new condition, barely used. I assume someone
somewhere is making do with a part that doesn't fit. See if any of these
might improve
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In preparation for moving, we are still dispersing books.
We're talking Yard Sale, here. Same price for any, $4, which includes
shipping by mail.
I will list a few here:
Vaulting. From German Nta'l Equestrian Assn. 1987 Offical
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My book, now named Blessings of the Open Road: A Journey Across America by
Horses and Wagon is now complete. I had set myself a deadline of last
night, prior to heading this morning to New Mexico (with some books in
hand
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We have listed our farm with an agent, and here is the description. It is a
great place to have horses: barns, lots of pasture, ring, miles of carriage
roads. People from down country look at the price and say, You can't buy a
house
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That probably was from our Camptown website. The leaders (intellectuals)
were mine and Fjords. The wheelers (in this case, the muscle) belonged to
Dave Hirsh. We took them in that configuration to the CDE at Gladstone.
Dave helped out
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You will get some good training advice on this List.
I would distinguish between ground driving and long lining. For the first
you would use driving lines. For the second, use longlines, which are the
length of longe lines (35
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Maybe it was out of frustration that I got into the harness business. I
remember the difficulty of getting a good fit on a bridle when I was trying
to buy them. Now, from my current perspective, it is hard to see why
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I was at the Expo in the My Lady's Manor Driving Club booth (which was ADS
booth also), and made a point to visit the Fjord booth. We have a bunch of
loyal dedicated folks representing the breed, and doing a great job of it.
The longer I
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On March 5th 6th in Sturbridge, MA, the first annual DRIVING FORUM - A
trade show for carriage/driving enthusiasts will be held at the Publick Inn
in Sturbridge.
The Driving Forum is organized by Linda Roth, who has been a friend
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Good post, Brian or Ursula. I know you both have good horse common sense,
so it could be either.
This advice should be posted every year, to help be sure people are doing
the best horse care, and preventable colic does not occur.
My
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I'll add a word about Chimacum Tack. In my visit to Washington in December
I finally met Janey Amdal, of Chimacum. We had talked on the phone before,
and she had given me some excellent leads for things that were helpful while
I
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I want to announce that Pam and I are moving out of New Hampshire and
heading to Port Townsend WA. I know this will come as a surprise to some -
afterall we've lived in the same place 25 years, and in the state some years
more. We're
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I have an Eby aluminum stock trailer that I am in the process of hauling to
Oregon this week - I'm now in Iowa. I love it. It is flawless after maybe
5 years, or 6. They may not sell them as far west as MT. My second
choice
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Hi Linda
Fascinating to hear your account of Shetland history. We are so fortunate
to have people on this List from all over. If we all wrote a paragraph
about what we see out our windows, it would be amazing.
My knowledge of Norsk
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Hi Kay
It was a pleasure to work on your horse. He was the perfect horse.
My knowledge of English history started around the time of the Magna Carta.
I was amazed, reading a history of Norse invasions, to discover that the
Norse folk
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Phil,
How do you work it with the horses? Where are they when you are hunting?
How great a distance do the horses pack out?
Dave
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Yesterday I joined Sam Stanley to help her with a Fjord Horse demo at a
large Sons of Norway Skandi-Fest in Topsfield MA. Sam showed off her
mother-and-daughter mares (three month old filly), and I showed driving. As
you would expect
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My horses live outside all winter, with temps down into the minus 20's, and
they do fine with trimmed manes. If you don't trim them, the manes tend to
divide in the center, and create a part. If anything, I think this would be
colder
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My experience with pairs is that they are definitely more stable than
singles. Horses like to go out together more than by themselves.
Furthermore, when there is a spook, it almost always tends to be one of the
two horses, and not both
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All of these posts titled Modellen, and no mention of the guy himself! So
I will do it.
I have some history with Modellen. It went back to when Judy and Erik
Utheim owned him. Erik imported him and worked extensively with them when
he
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I have spent over a year deciding to sell my special mare pair, Signe and
Mari. I had not expected to do this, but need to do it so I will
concentrate on the next pair which needs that attention. Someone will
benefit from getting
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We have been making synthetic (combined with leather padding) harness for
eight years. Joe Glick's comments on synthetic and on leather harness is
pretty much on the mark. I would only add to his comment on harness forming
to the horse
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I saw this today and thought it might be of interest to anyone thinking of
going to the Norwegian evaluations this year:
SAS Scandinavian Airlines dumped its nonstop flights to Oslo, Norway,
shortly after the 9/11 terrorist
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I enjoyed Dagrun's account about Odin. She gave us an account of the best
elements of horse training, which starts with the deep appreciation of the
horse. You could feel the consistency of her efforts with him, the
steadiness
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Deb,
I remember Hauglinda and what a fine mare she was. As I am pretty sure you
remember, she had lost a foal years before you got her, in an accident, and
she grieved horribly. She lost weight until she was as thin as any living
horse I
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About the WNV vaccine being a new vaccine, last spring I was discussing
the vaccine with a veterinarian who because of her endurance connections,
has ongoing contact with horseowners and vets around the country. She made
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I'll second Karen's comment on Laurie Neely. Laurie has become a good
friend, after meeting her online on the CD-L. You'll get personal
conscientious attention from her, and she knows her saddles. I got my ski
joering
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I saw a Przewalski horse in western Nebraska in 1994. He was one of
several from near Broadwater, on the North Platte River. In this case, he
was very wary, and would not approach people.
This horse, too, had such an astonishing
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We had a nice visit yesterday from Philis Anderson, from Minnesota. She has
her own herd of Fjords there. We had become acquainted when she was
ordering harness from me a year ago. It's always nice to have someone drop
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Hi Taffy
You might see if Gail Russell still has her Camptown work harness. She
said she intended to sell it, so if she hasn't sold it yet, it is one that
would likely fit your horse.
If it's gone, we can make you a new one.
Dave
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Before giving the West Nile Vaccine, I consulted with a veterinarian I know
who is in touch with horse vets all over the country. She made the point
that the type of vaccine it is, is similar to other virus vaccines which
work well, and from
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I know some on this list read the CD-L, but want to mention that I had
competed four in hand at Gladstone last weekend. Well, in a way, we
competed, since we were the only four, put in with pony pairs, two of them.
We competed as the Camptown
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