PerformanceHorseshoeing wrote:
When you start driving nails higher you'll change to something with a little length!

What is the E head that you prefer for the classic rollers? I usually get those with like an 1/8 inch sticking ou after I drive it in all the way in.

PerformanceHorseshoeing wrote:

I like to use whatever nails kind of fits that's already in my box!

00 to 1 vx 50 or 5 city slim. 2 to 3 vx 60.

capewell reg. 16

cause they're big

10s or 12s on smaller feet

Mustad 41/2 RN for Equine sliding plates and Capewell 5RN for St. Croix lites rimmed or not, I shoe Reiners and Barrel horses. Depends on the case of plates if I have to fore punch a bit, I hate rasping nail heads and the Mustad 41/2 rn fits the plates the best I found!

But Trevor, looking at the stirrup length compared to the horse, are you that tall or is that one of the small cutter types? Possibly the one with 000 feet?

Thanks Matt! That is my colt who's feet are featured in the 'Bruising' thread I posted last week. I need to reset his front feet today, drop him down a smidge in the heels, and grind some heel checks too.

I have to keep him rode down or he has been known to buck just a little....I'm glad he isn't taller than he is (14.1) or it would be a long ways down. He has thumped me pretty good twice and I'm not ashamed to admit it! It had been a while since I had been bucked off, and in the years between, someone had made the ground a lot harder than I recollect!

Jack,

I'm 6'3 with 40" Wranglers, I tend to ride longer stirrups. He's not really a little horse, but not the biggest either, what he lacks in size, he makes up for in heart. He has some big moves for a small horse too, he really moves out nice. He's been fun to ride, and I have just started roping calves on him. He can take a jerk from some big calves and not care.



Have a good week!

Trevor

Fuzzy navel!

E 4 slim ,E5 slim ,the realy good one is M60 for high nailing . sliders ,i like to use E3 or Reg 4 .

and Mr Hall if you run out of feed ,we will take your horse ,good looks!

Hey, Trevor my fav alltime horse (and I had her for 34 years) was about that size. Course I'm nine inches shorter than you and its all in the legs (30" Wranglers unless I blunder across some 29's).

I really like Ray Steele's nails as well. I use a bit of the mx50-60 depending on what Im doing. I these mexican nails ray carries as well. Capewells are alright. Sometimes they are a bit too hard for my liking. I like the 3.5 - 4race on the standardbreads I do. I dont like deltas too much at all.

MUSTAD.......only

i only use EXL nails from mustad nowadays.

SlowShoe wrote:
you need options cause you can´t drive a nail?

My preference is the Lord 403/19. I can't drive a nail nearly as well as Josh.