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Name: Paul HeitschmidtSubject: nails
Email: phnjh@digisys.net
I've been using the same nails for the past few seasons, but I have noticed something I've never really thought of before. I've noticed this year that the shoes have been coming off one or two weeks before my next scheduled appointment, when I look at the foot, it looks like the nails were sheared off between the foot and the shoe. Is it possible that the nails I've been using are made of a softer metal and are not holding up like they should? or is it something that I'm doing wrong? any thoughts or comments? thanks, Paul
Email: phnjh@digisys.net
I've been using the same nails for the past few seasons, but I have noticed something I've never really thought of before. I've noticed this year that the shoes have been coming off one or two weeks before my next scheduled appointment, when I look at the foot, it looks like the nails were sheared off between the foot and the shoe. Is it possible that the nails I've been using are made of a softer metal and are not holding up like they should? or is it something that I'm doing wrong? any thoughts or comments? thanks, Paul
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Name: Don McWhorter
Email: twhstallion@earthlink.net
Sounds like the horse is standing in mud. Mud will literally suck the shoes off, breaking the nails off at the hoof. Glad that the nails are soft enough to break, if not
the wall would be missing..
Email: twhstallion@earthlink.net
Sounds like the horse is standing in mud. Mud will literally suck the shoes off, breaking the nails off at the hoof. Glad that the nails are soft enough to break, if not
the wall would be missing..
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Name: Don Jones
Email: dprost@ev1.net
Nails actually have a tremendous holding power but a very low
shear risistence. If the shoe is able to move from side to side at all
or twist the nails will shear of and you will find all the nails still in
the foot. The shoe needs to be level and the hoof level so that fit
tightly together. If not there will be a tendency for the shoe to move
and then shear the nails. If this is not the case try a differnt brand of
nail and see what happens.
Email: dprost@ev1.net
Nails actually have a tremendous holding power but a very low
shear risistence. If the shoe is able to move from side to side at all
or twist the nails will shear of and you will find all the nails still in
the foot. The shoe needs to be level and the hoof level so that fit
tightly together. If not there will be a tendency for the shoe to move
and then shear the nails. If this is not the case try a differnt brand of
nail and see what happens.
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11/ 5/2003 - 4:23 pm
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Name: Bill A
Email: marbil13@sbcglobal.net
Paul,
Do you hot seat your shoes? That will keep them from shearing as much, or so I think.
Bill
Email: marbil13@sbcglobal.net
Paul,
Do you hot seat your shoes? That will keep them from shearing as much, or so I think.
Bill
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Name: Dennis Terry
Email: dnpterry@whidbey.net
Has this been going on all season or just the last couple of weeks and have you used several small boxes of nails or bought bulk? Sometimes the nails get improperly heat treated at the factory and are not up to specs! I would check with your supplier or manufacturer of the nails to see if anyone else is having the same problem, especially since you have been using these nails previously with no complaints.
Email: dnpterry@whidbey.net
Has this been going on all season or just the last couple of weeks and have you used several small boxes of nails or bought bulk? Sometimes the nails get improperly heat treated at the factory and are not up to specs! I would check with your supplier or manufacturer of the nails to see if anyone else is having the same problem, especially since you have been using these nails previously with no complaints.
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Name: Patty Stiller
Email: calshoer@vanion.com
I used Mustad MX50 nails for several years with no problms until recently. It was a rare occasion in past years to lose a shoe and those were almost always pulled off.
I recently moved from the S.F. Bay area (very wet in winter, dry in summer) to southern Colorado where they are having the worst drought in 25 years.
Now I have nails shearing off (at the level of the foot surface of the shoe) right and left. It is really frustrating. Nothing else has changed in shoeing technique except the geoography.
I have switched back to Capewells and am also trying Coronas(made by Delta) to see if it remedies the problem. Anybody else have trouble with Mustad lately?
Patty
Email: calshoer@vanion.com
I used Mustad MX50 nails for several years with no problms until recently. It was a rare occasion in past years to lose a shoe and those were almost always pulled off.
I recently moved from the S.F. Bay area (very wet in winter, dry in summer) to southern Colorado where they are having the worst drought in 25 years.
Now I have nails shearing off (at the level of the foot surface of the shoe) right and left. It is really frustrating. Nothing else has changed in shoeing technique except the geoography.
I have switched back to Capewells and am also trying Coronas(made by Delta) to see if it remedies the problem. Anybody else have trouble with Mustad lately?
Patty
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Name: Mark Holifield
Email: makinmotion@msn.com
I have used the same brand of nails for nearly 20 years. Until recently (the last 2 years) I have noticed the quality of these nails have dropped conciderably. The manufacturer was purchased by another manufacturer, which owns most of the nails in the U.S. I think the type of metal and the quality control has probably dropped due to the lack of compitition in the nails manufacturing.
Email: makinmotion@msn.com
I have used the same brand of nails for nearly 20 years. Until recently (the last 2 years) I have noticed the quality of these nails have dropped conciderably. The manufacturer was purchased by another manufacturer, which owns most of the nails in the U.S. I think the type of metal and the quality control has probably dropped due to the lack of compitition in the nails manufacturing.
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