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Use Your Rig To Boost Your Bottom Line

Farriers share ideas for cutting costs and generating revenue
By Jeff Cota posted on May 15, 2017 | Posted in Business Practices, Clients, Equipment
You work hard to make a living with your farrier rig. Perhaps it’s time to allow your rig to do some of the heavy lifting. There are a number of ways to let your rig shoulder the economic load including charging for your time behind the wheel, advertising and selling products.
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Good Ideas To Improve Your Rig

Farriers, manufacturers share tips to make your job easier
By Jeff Cota posted on November 7, 2016 | Posted in Education, Equipment
When a farrier starts opening up a shoeing rig at a clinic, a curious thing occurs. The stories that are being swapped among the small pockets of congregants in the parking lot begin to lose their allure, and an easygoing migration begins. Like moths to a flame, farriers can’t resist checking out someone else’s shoeing rig. They amble on over, greet the farrier who graciously offers the welcome distraction and casually explore the mobile office.
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Creating A Simple And Functional Workstation

California farrier maximizes time and money by converting air compressor trailer
By Jeff Cota posted on May 9, 2016 | Posted in Business Practices, Equipment
If you’re handy and looking to save money on a farrier rig, a do-it-yourself project might be the way to go. Both handy and looking to save money, Sam Fabila had big plans for a small U-Haul 3x5 box trailer that he converted into a rig.
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Online Extras: May/June 2016 Issue

May 9, 2016

Web-exclusive content for this issue includes:

  • Videos with Ritner Goff discussing his successful apprentice program
  • Videos with Ian McKinley detailing his process for lacing and patching cracks
  • Videos with Fabio Gnoatto talking about his trimming and shoeing philosophy
  • Information about the 2016 National Farriers Week and submitting your farrier tributes
  • Article about using a TIG welder
  • Video with Sam Fabilia showing his DIY farrier rig workstation

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Farrier Education: Heartland Horseshoeing School

Farrier Education: Heartland Horseshoeing School

Farriery requires knowledge and skills to provide proper equine hoof care. In this series, sponsored by VICTORY, American Farriers Journal visits Heartland Horseshoeing School in Lamar, Mo. In this edition, Chris Gregory discussed his journey to becoming an educator, his focus in teaching farrier students and the state of farrier education.

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