What type of Keg shoes do you use, why, and what are you paying?

[SlowShoe]

What type of Keg shoes do you use, why, and what are you paying?

I know, its a loaded question..

I have not used a ton of differant shoes, maybe only 2 or 3 differant kinds. I seem to like the St Croise Forge Extra EZ's cuz they seem to fit real well out of the box and are wider, yet thicker than most shoes that wide. I dont like that the nail holes are set so far in, could be trouble for thin walled horses. I picked up some in NewHolland PA (Amsterdam Ferrier Supply) when I was down at the auction last week and they were 62.00 for 25lb of 1's and 70.00 for a 25lb box of 00Hinds. This seems a little high.


How about you?

-Josh

[Rick Burten]

Go to the Marketplace here on the site and you can easily compare prices of just about anything. remember that you will have to also allow for shipping costs.

Generally, I prefer the St. Croix Eventer over the Xtra E-Z. I also carry Kerkharts, St. Croix lites and lite rims, aluminum shoes in a variety of configurations , urethane shoes, and both aluminum and steel bar stock(I hate to get somewhere and not have precisely what I need)

Don't fall into the trap of "they fit good right out of the box". Most all of the shoes are going to need some modification and it is that/those modification(s) that is going to get you the best fit and location for your nail holes.

And, IMNTBCHO, those Extra E-Zs can be a lot of shoe for a thin walled horse to wear, especially if they are not clipped up and fit correctly.

Rick

[Gary Hill]

I kinda like the Extra-EZ's on thin walled horses myself. I fit the nailholes to the whiteline and then grind the shoe all around to blend with the hoofwall. I like the extra sole support the wider web has to offer. If the hoofs are really thin walled then I hand make a wide web shoe and punch the nails to the outside of the web and then have lots of sole support with the extra web over the sole. Have a good work day! Gary

[Red Amor]

for a long time we used odwyre shs ,shsh light to medium concave and his flat hacks
classic had a flat hacl that wasnt bad to use
then we finally got someone inporting the kurkarts stcroi spelling ;)
and the indoiasion shoes , so mostly I , we use them
good variety shape sises , good nail placement choise of weight ,webbing ,clips etc