Hello All,

This is my first post on the board with a question about the tensioning & height adjustment screw on the hoofjack. From the video, it appears that the end of the screw makes contact with the side of the post to set and lock the height. Has anyone had problems with slipping, especially with heavier drafts?

Andy

Never used one on drafts but I love the stand. No issues at all. Everyone that I have ever talked to seems to like theirs alot as well. Worst case scenerio you can always drill it out and put a pin through it. Much quieter then my aluminum for sure.

I have one draft that I do and have had no problems with the hoofjack. It holds the extra weight fine. I also love my hoofjack and I am not sorry for the money I spent on it. I would buy another one in a heart beat.
Wayne

A. Wheatley wrote:
Yes I have had problems with it slipping when my former apprentice would use it for a stool.
1. I've never seen the vidieo, but I do know that you have to get the set screw tight as you can when you use it for a draft horse.
2. Once you use the stand for a while the post will be mared with places you have previously set the screw. Try to find a portion of the post where there are the fewest marks and thighten the screw there.
3. Another problem is that after time the point on the set screw will wear slightly and though this won't be a problem on light horses, but with drafts and lazy apprentices you might have to tighten the screw a little more than you would normaly have too

T.N. Trosin wrote:
Maybe your apprentice ate too much turkey

j/k

never had a problem with mine..... even with a couple of big Clydes.......the post looks like it was shot with birdshot, but everything still works...... my peeve with them is you just can't buy an extra base, so you have to keep swapping the cradle back and forth with the post if you use it...... AND you will........Dave

I was able to order an extra base from meader supply in NH. Been using one base for the cradle and one for the toe stand for about 18 months. No swapping is nice.

I do about 35 drafts. Mix Clydes percherons, belgians, shires and one suffolk punch, and one gypsy drum. Never had the shaft slip just make sure its tight.

George

hay George........ thanks for the base info...how close was the $ to buying a whole new setup? What some more drafts???????? lol Dave

The only time I have had issues with the adjustment screw not holding was after a bunch if guys at a NB clinic used mine and over tightened it. (just like most guys do with the faucet handles at home..the jar lids in the fridge, the hand chuck on their drills and and everthing else guys tighten by hand ).
I had to use a wrench to get it loose when they were done, and after that it would not hold. Hand tight is all it takes. If it does begin to slip with the ghorses foot on it, it does so slowly, not just letting go. You an just reach down and give it a tweak with the foot still on the stand.
Patty

Dave,

It was a while ago and Wayne called the hoofjack guy to get a price. I seem to remember that the base is a little more than 65% or so of the price of the whole thing but I would not stake my life on it

Hey ill swap you some minis for some drafts! Getting on my knees to do the little guys makes my knees hurt. I use a gardeners kneeling pad but kneeling for long periods of time aggrivates an old parachuting injury.

George

They do make a HoofJack in a Draft Size.