[TheForge] Hitching post

[Bob Ehrenberger]

Rick,

So you don't think that a bath tub makes a good hitch? I don't think it
would look right in front of the store either.

Does your hitch rail have rings on it?  If so how are they connected?


Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick" <rick at smokyforge.com>
To: "Bob Ehrenberger" <eforge at centurytel.net>; "Sponsored by ABANA"
<theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 4:59 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Hitching post


> 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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