Hi chris, I believe it was the british army. I only said that because i respect him as a man and he got there due to hard work and attitude...
Going back to the original topic as i have digressed. I would struggle to travel the 30 + miles to shoe in case any emergencies pop up with these...
Does it matter?
No it was John Hayes, a great tutor and great farrier.
I'm still relatively young in this job and have a lot to learn but keep trying to hit as many targets as possible. One thing ive realised...
When i was training at warwickshire college, one of the tutors there instilled the following formula which still rings true today: Speed +...
Same foot as August contest with jizz on the feet... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
13.2hh pony from today no electric tools on the feet, I'll put some pics on everyday shoeing with all the jizz on the same foot. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Around 85% of my work is within a 10 mile radius, my aim is to have all of it within that region in the next 6 months.
Good on ya Kim, theres a worldwide shortage of good vets. 90% of this horses problems can be addressed with the trim. Best of luck :)
The feet look the same as they did when you first saw them now. I would get the owner to find a vet that works with horses! This sort of level of...
I don't understand why you wouldn't want peoples best efforts with their finishing. Justin's entry is fantastic.
Thank you David. I have used flat bar shoe combined with plastic wedges and equipak before and got more or less the same result - a much improved...
Equipak will stay in with mesh however soft impression material will not. I have seen ali plate welded in ali graduated shoes before with a large...
Hi Ray I took pics of my job which ill put on later the foot i shod could take either 3/4 or 7/8 but decieded to go with 3/4 to assess the issue...
ah fair play, what section did you use? i bet it came out good
I made a pair of graduated fronts from 3/4 x 1/2 concave the other day I put a bump on each heel and drew down the toe in the straight before turning...
Could that still not be achieved with a graduated steel shoe and modern materials?
I made a pair the other day only added 5 mins to making a standard pair otherwise there are: ackermans GE ali graduated bar shoes JB graduated...
An open question for all..... Why would you use a plastic wedge pad instead of a graduated steel shoe?
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