Posted by Rick Burten on March 10, 2003 at 21:49:40:
In Reply to: Re: HorseShoe'n Time - building up the heel posted by Edith on March 10, 2003 at 11:32:54:
: : : : For those of us without the small dish who missed seeing Ralph this week I offer this synopsis.
: : : : This week A/P balance or as ralph calls it "Keeping both legs on the booger the same legnth"
: : : : Usefull tips.
: : : : 1.) Find the sole plane and then leave a thick rim of sole extending above it. Keeping this rim the same legnth on each foot insures both legs will be the same legnth.
: : : : 2.) Many horses will not have enough heel to then match the pastern angle keeping the toe this way. The solution is a product call Level-It. Ralph and his young blonde student from vermont showed us how to run beads of glue over the heel buttress and then place the foot in the kitty litter box full of the level It. It took 3 or 4 "dips" into the kitty box with glue applied between each dip to achieve proper A/P balance on the demo horse.
: : : : Your man with the dish.
: : : : Fred
: : :
: : : has anyone tried that stuff? on the Drafts I work on I would think they would push that stuff right out of there .
: : : Frank
: : No, but I have had several people try to push it on me. I don't plan on using it either. I can level it with my eye and rasp.
: : Phil
: And thank you Fred... what would we do with out the "Man with the DISH"
: Edith
Back when Level-it first came out, I bought the package including the fancy wooden box with the pretty little brass plate with my name custom engraved on it. I'm not sure if they still do, but for a while it was being marketed to trail riders in a small package as as emergency shoe if one was lost while out riding and far from camp or farrier. With the advent of the newer hoof repair products, especially Superfast, I have long since quit using the level it. Currently it resides in its fancy box with the glittering brass name plate somewhere under the workbench in my garage. For all I know, the RGM(resident garage mouse) has found his way in through the hole in the lid and has established residency. That said, in its time, the product worked fairly well, but was , for me, unwieldly to carry around.
Perhaps at the next monthly annual meeting of the FIN, we will induct Fred with the new Fugawi secret name of "waaanaaahaahaaaagonohanogochitobecoso" Which translates to "Dish Man" Whether or not this occurs may have much to do with how many peyote buttons are consumed prior to the naming dance.
Rick