Posted 2006-02-10 7:32 PM (#36918 - in reply to #36902) Subject: RE: stand offs
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Posts: 379 Location: Columbia, TN
Are you talking about the tie lines that mount to the side of your up high to tie your horse to are a pole so you tie your animal to the end of the pole??
Posted 2006-02-11 4:52 AM (#36931 - in reply to #36899) Subject: RE: stand offs
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Posts: 189 Location: nashville, In.
I've seen them advertised in Western Horseman and Horse & Rider I think. Also in some of the horse supply mags, Country Supply, VAlley Vet, etc..........
Posted 2006-02-11 11:09 PM (#36978 - in reply to #36899) Subject: RE: stand offs
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Posts: 2453 Location: Northern Utah
There are a number of them out there. Hitie, SpringTie, Tie right.
I looked at most of them and bought the Hitie. They are $300 each. I think they are the better of the choices available. Easycare bought the rights to them a couple of years ago. (Same people who produce the Easyboot) So you have a substanial company behind them now, vs a small start up.
Here is a comparison of the various product. A couple years old, but still informative.
They can be ordered directly from Easycare or from various tack supliers. Do a search on Hitie in google.
One caveat. My trailer has a fiberglass roof that like a cap sits down over the walls of the trailer. This creates a high belt line if you will. Even though my trailer is 7foot tall inside, This beltline is not that high on the outside. I had to fasten my Hities below that beatline. Since everything above that beltline was a Radius and didn't offer any flat surfaces, The roof is also Fiberglass and doesn't offer the metal studs to pass bolts through for added strength. My Beltline is only about 8' off the ground (including tires). This positions my Hitie not much higher than the top of my horses head. Other trailers I've seen them on offer places to mount them up higher. Just a small problem with my trailer and my 16 hand horses. My knots and snaps are right in my horses ears. Look at your trailer and see where you might mount them prior to buying them. The mounting brackets are about 2" by 6" maybe 7", They have two large bolts that should go through one of the metal studs that your trailer is built around. (vs just through your aluminum skin)
As far as use. I use them when I camp and can't set up a highline or electric corral. They are quick and easy to set up. They isolate me from the horses tugging on his lead rope all night when tied to the side of the trailer. I get a lot better nights sleep, with out the occassion tug shaking the trailer. I see them used a lot at CTR rides where you have to tie your horse to the trailer. I've never seen one fail. The HiTie units can be mounted either horizontally or vertically. So when you collapse them, then can either drop down or swing over (either direction) which make's it so you don't block you drop down feed doors.
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