Horse Jumps

[harvey b davison]

Hi, has anyone got any experience of making horse jumps.

 

I would like to know what timbers to use,construction methods, paint etc and also is there any money in making them. I looking for ideas for things to make alongside my gates.

 

Thanks.

[Yorkshireman]

pm Treemonkey on here

[Stubby]

Light and easy to fall if they get tapped by the horse . So poles not made of something dense and heavy like ever green oak !

[Chris Sheppard]

I used to build horse jumps for a few years - started off as a wet day thing and then ended up being full time for a few months of the year and a weekend/evening thing the rest of the year.

 

Painting is by far the worst bit and there is no real easy way to do it.

 

I stopped in the end as I got fed up of the type of people I was usually having to deal with and Painting properly sickened me off it - the smell of gloss paint brings back nightmares!

 

To make it pay, you need to have templates/jigs made up fr everything and make in big batches.

 

The best profit is in working hunter fences or mobile cross country as the difference in cost between them and painted isn't much but they are a lot quicker to treat.

 

EDIT: Forgot to say - Treated planer regd carcassing in 50x75 and 100x50 is what you'll use most of, with 150 x 50 for the feet.

 

Most of construction is coach bolts and nails. There's a lot more thought goes into the design than you'd first think though, gaps need to be bigger than X or smaller than Y so as not to trap feet/hooves/heads etc and also bits need to break or fall off if hit hard enough so as not to trap also. BSJA used to sell sets of plans for the BSJA competetion spec stuff but most people don't need that good - I just used same plans but more conventional sized timber so as to bring prices down for end user.

Edited January 20, 2013 by Chris Sheppard

[Chris Sheppard]

Light and easy to fall if they get tapped by the horse . So poles not made of something dense and heavy like ever green oak !

 

You'd be surprised just how heavy some of the tanalised softwood poles can be if they've been done fairly green too.

 

Cup design is more important IME

[tree monkey]

if you use nails wen the horses continual bang them the nails work loose when we made them we used spax screws miles better imo.

if you gloss paint them it holds moisture in an makes them rot quicker.

size of fence also depends on what class of rider you are making it for

[hedgesparrow]

new product out save gloss paint bedec barn paint or msp do it loads of colours and easy to put on and protects wood .like emulsion paint use it on bus shelters and park benches and makes a cracking job. will not use normal fence paint or saolins again. and half the price of sadolins promain stock majority of the paint £45 for 5ltrs delivered next day

[Chris Sheppard]

if you use nails wen the horses continual bang them the nails work loose when we made them we used spax screws miles better imo.

 

Perhaps, but the idea is if the horse gets smashes a rail/slat etc and gets stuck a nailed piece is easier to peel off in a hurry than a screwed on one.

[tree monkey]

if you use nails wen the horses continual bang them the nails work loose when we made them we used spax screws miles better imo.

 

Perhaps, but the idea is if the horse gets smashes a rail/slat etc and gets stuck a nailed piece is easier to peel off in a hurry than a screwed on one.

 

perhaps but you have to prize off so potentially putting extra pressure on trapped limbs if unscrewed it doesnt do that.

and with modern cordless tools its pretty quick to undo

not saying your wrong chris its just what i was taught

[pycoed]

You can make a horse jump by whispering "Tesco" in his ear!

 

Boom! Boom!