[TheForge] Hitching post

[Rick]

Hi Guys  -

    I know not all of you guys have much horse related experience, but I do 
and will share.  Have been around horses now for over 30 years, and they are 
STRONG.

    I dont think a lag bolt will do too much against a horse.  Think about 
the strength they have in their neck and head.  I have seen pictures of 
people who left their horse's bridle on while out in the pasture.  BAD 
practice.  i saw a pic of a horse whose owners used an old bathtub for a 
watering trough.  They left the faucet and handles on and the horse caught 
his bridle on it and couldnnt get loose.  This horse picked up a cast iron 
bathtub full of water andwalked around with it.  LOTS of strength there. 
Straps over connections are for further strength against a rearing horse. 
They are needed, and a lag bolt in shear has a lot more strength than in 
tension.  I have straps over my hitching rails even though they are made out 
of 6x6 lumber with 1" wooden dowels at angles holding them.

Rick Crawford at Rafter Lazy C
  Home of Smoky Forge and Lem the Wonder Mule
   In the middle of Northern Illinois

    http://www.smokyforge.com
     rick at smokyforge.com



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>
To: "theforge" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 10:06 AM
Subject: [TheForge] Hitching post


>I have a customer that wants me to make the hardware for a hitching post to
> decorate the front of his shop in a historic village.
>
> I don't know anything about such things, but my idea was to have a metal
> band to go around the top of the post and steel ring hanging from it.  I'm
> thinking I can attach the ring either with a "U" bolt or an eye bolt using 
> a
> fluch rivot in the inside of the band.
>
> Anyone have experience with such things or access to original pieces.
>
> I thought maybe a lawn jocky sculpture, but that was way out of his 
> budget.
>
> Robert Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo.
> eforge at centurytel.net
>



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