Elk come in an clean up after the horses from the picket line. Thank you Don Gensler for the photo!
With the high arm we can hang the Kangaroo feed bag and the Tub on the trailer for easy and safe feeding and watering.
The park provide cable does not give and it is tool low, the mules would be hug up. So with the picket pole, Ronda and Cletus were able to safely high line their mules.
Kangaroo feed bags, Picket leads, sleeping halters, picket line tightner, one tree saver, one rope cleat, horse positioners with rings and the picket pole are used in this set up. The pans on the ground are filled with water.
Here is why I like the "sleeping halters" with the safety snap. When the horses sack out for the night, sometimes they do not lie down just where their head can rest on the ground, so with the wider straps of the halter their head is gently cradled.
After a long ride the horses go flat. Resting up for the next whorl-wind ride. We un-hook them from their leads and they just seem to stay put. But we always have a one horse on the line. The others will not leave their "leader" behind
Some parks they have their own cable hi-lines. I find that in many cases the lines are too high for me to reach. So I use the Horse Positioner with a ring, making one loop over the cable thus lowering it, allowing me to reach up and hang the hay bag. However I DO NOT use the cable for picketing my horse. The cable does not give and does not allow for any play that is needed for your horses comfort. Using the poles provided, I run my own picket line rope as you can see in the photo.
Picketing between trailers using lead ropes
Keep horses 8 feet away from trailers
Notice the spacing between horses and from posts and trailers.
Picketing between trees
Proper length to set line to ground
Chores on the picket line
Horses waking up from sleeping on the line
A yearling on the picket line - very safe.
But we will change the halter at night to a wide strap nylon halter that
has a break away snap. It is more comfortable for lying down and
sleeping at night.
Picketing between trailers
Kelly watering from the Ranch Handler Cart.
Horses on the picket line with adjustable picket leads
Picket tightner with Sure Knot Rope Cleat
Tree saver with Sure Knot Rope Cleat
How we hang feed bags on the line
Watering from the Ranch Handler!
Relaxing.
Keep horses 8 feet from trees, so not to injure the tree bark and roots