[TheForge] Fw: [EK-Equine] Trailering question....

[Rick Crawford]

YES!  Mules are lots of fun!  I have one and there is a mule/donkey show
this weekend that we are going to.  It is in Springfield, IL at the
faairgrounds there.  www.theexpo.org and go to the "events" link at the top
of the page.  Should see some fine animals there.  My wife, Jean wants a
donkey.  She dearly wants to call our business "The Ass and a Half Forge".
So we are going looking.  Hope to see someone there.  My son lives with his
wife in Champaige, so we will be staying the weekend there.

Rick Crawford at Rafter Lazy C
Home of Rick's Forge and LEM the Wonder Mule
In the middle of Northern Illinois
http://www.rafterlazyc.com
rick@rafterlazyc.com



----- Original Message -----
From: "Phlip" <phlip@99main.com>
To: <theforge@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 9:59 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Fw: [EK-Equine] Trailering question....


>
> Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
>
> > Several times for myself or someone else I have priced the materials to
> > build a trailer, always turns out I could buy a trailer already  built
> just
> > about as cheap.
> > Randy Mundt
>
> Yeah, I've thought about that, and I've been looking at things both ways.
> The trouble is, if you buy a commercial trailer, they're set up for how
MOST
> people would use them, not necessarily for how YOU would use them. The
other
> problem is that too often people who build trailers take less expensive
> short cuts, so you never really know, for example, how well protected it
is
> against rust, until it starts rusting.
>
> What I want to find is a good, solid double axle set up, which uses
standard
> 14 or 15 inch tires and good brakes. If I can find that, then I can
> construct my dream trailer, designed the way _I_ want it. My intention is
a
> modified 4 horse trailer, set up with room for two horses, or 1 horse and
> equipment (actually, I'm seriously thinking about a mule).
>
> Phlip
>
>  If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
> cat.
>
> Never a horse that cain't be rode,
> And never a rider who cain't be throwed....