I saw this video a couple years ago. I made hobbles following your directions using 3/8 soft nylon braided rope. They work great! I'll never use anything else. Thank you for sharing your experience!
Mine are about 7-8". As I said below, that gives a little more room than standard hobbles, gives the horses a little more freedom of movement, and discourages them from learning to gallop with the hobbles on. They just learn to take short steps instead. However, there is no set length. Suit to your taste.
You must have very calm horses. I tried this method for hobbling a kicking milk cow. She kicked out of it in half a second. Back to searching for DIY cow hobbles.
The larger the diameter of rope you have the longer rope you need to compasate. I would suggest to start with main line hobble knots first to set desired length then work the loop and lock knots. In other words work it backward than he is instructing with plenty of rope and after you are satisfied with your work cut the excess. Mine ended up way to short. It's a good hobble idea I just have to start over with much longer rope.
Tied a set from 48" of 3/8" rope. Ended up at 5" between the center knots and 18"overall length. Too short for my taste. Will use 50" for the next set. For sideline hobbles I'll try a 75" piece of rope. Too long should not be much of a problem. You can always shorten them by tying knots between the center knots.
I'm assuming when you say 48" you're talking about cutting that in half? Obviously the rope you have on table is not 4' long. However, when I tried to tie from 2' long pieces it was way too short. What length are you actually using for each individual piece?
I guess that's the magic of video. The pieces I used in the video were exactly 48" long. However, as mentioned above, 1/4" diameter rope is too thin. Use 3/8" diameter rope and, depending on the kind of rope you use, cut the pieces to 50" or longer and trim to suit.
There is no set length. I generally like about 7-8" between the knots in the center section. That's a bit longer than most hobbles. It seems to allow the horse to move a little more freely and discourages them from learning to gallop with hobbles on.
The 1/4" rope I used was too thin. It was just what I had on hand for demonstration. The blue ones, which I use on my horses on pack trips, are 3/8" soft braided nylon and they have never left a mark on my horses. Also, you might notice I leave a little more space between the hooves than regular hobbles. I find that leaving a little extra space discourages the horses from learning to gallop with hobbles on. Rather, they just take small steps.
I saw this video a couple years ago. I made hobbles following your directions using 3/8 soft nylon braided rope. They work great! I'll never use anything else. Thank you for sharing your experience!
Best hobbles! Thank you so very much!
A great idea. I will make a set.
Thank you
well this is awesome. thanks!
Thanks for this, hugely helpful
Love it Thanks
Whats the distance between the 2 center knots
Mine are about 7-8". As I said below, that gives a little more room than standard hobbles, gives the horses a little more freedom of movement, and discourages them from learning to gallop with the hobbles on. They just learn to take short steps instead. However, there is no set length. Suit to your taste.
You must have very calm horses. I tried this method for hobbling a kicking milk cow. She kicked out of it in half a second. Back to searching for DIY cow hobbles.
Tie, dress and set.
The larger the diameter of rope you have the longer rope you need to compasate. I would suggest to start with main line hobble knots first to set desired length then work the loop and lock knots. In other words work it backward than he is instructing with plenty of rope and after you are satisfied with your work cut the excess. Mine ended up way to short. It's a good hobble idea I just have to start over with much longer rope.
Good idea.
Tied a set from 48" of 3/8" rope. Ended up at 5" between the center knots and 18"overall length. Too short for my taste. Will use 50" for the next set. For sideline hobbles I'll try a 75" piece of rope. Too long should not be much of a problem. You can always shorten them by tying knots between the center knots.
Good info. Thanks for posting.
I'm assuming when you say 48" you're talking about cutting that in half? Obviously the rope you have on table is not 4' long. However, when I tried to tie from 2' long pieces it was way too short. What length are you actually using for each individual piece?
I guess that's the magic of video. The pieces I used in the video were exactly 48" long. However, as mentioned above, 1/4" diameter rope is too thin. Use 3/8" diameter rope and, depending on the kind of rope you use, cut the pieces to 50" or longer and trim to suit.
Can you please put the length of the hobbles the center piece
There is no set length. I generally like about 7-8" between the knots in the center section. That's a bit longer than most hobbles. It seems to allow the horse to move a little more freely and discourages them from learning to gallop with hobbles on.
Have you ever noticed they are too thin and cause problems?
The 1/4" rope I used was too thin. It was just what I had on hand for demonstration. The blue ones, which I use on my horses on pack trips, are 3/8" soft braided nylon and they have never left a mark on my horses. Also, you might notice I leave a little more space between the hooves than regular hobbles. I find that leaving a little extra space discourages the horses from learning to gallop with hobbles on. Rather, they just take small steps.