Bye!!!! Jack we'll miss ya. Make sure you let Travis show you the door maybe it will get locked behind him.
Seeing a few like this at the moment. We are having extreme wet then extreme dry conditions with the weather at the moment and the weaker footed horses are falling apart. Also seeing a few horses getting wire injuries from going loopy on all the fresh grass!
Since when are you shoeing horses in southern Delaware? The soil conditions down there by the beach can be a challenge sometimes. I'll bet you got that one cleaned up just fine, but do give me a ring next time you're on the coast. I would drive down and share a pint with you . . . maybe do some surf fishing. Yea.
Guessing that's 1/2 inch stock? What size are the studs and have you ever had them push the studs through the heavier stock? Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
I've only had experience using them 5/16 stock. Was just wondering if you've ever had the horse drive them in further than you left them.? Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
Josh, my experience with the tapered studs is that if the stud is harder that the the material(the shoe) is ,then it can ,with direct blows or pressure go deeper, and all the way to the bottom, I have not seen it happen when on the horse because I don't think that enough concentrated force is applied. If the stud is hammered or driven all the way back to where the hoof can push back ,I call that bottomed out, then the hole has become equal to the largest part of the stud, the friction fit is lost and often times the stud may fall out. Not always of course but often. Regards Ray steele
Eric, that looks like it was probably a tough one to nail. Maybe not as bad as it looks. Did you get any pics of the top of the hoof? I did one like that Friday afternoon, and I had to build some hoof wall with equilox so I could get something solid to nail to. New horse that had been shod two weeks ago, I was told. The girl had a clinic to attend Saturday. Any advice on nailing when the wall is destroyed like that? Regards
My thoughts on nailing come in when I'm shaping and fitting the shoe. If I'm nailing I'm assuming the nail holes are in a good location and just drive nails as usual.
