Alle die Kutschen
I try to be wise with my money and, for the most part, I am pretending the large lump that is sitting in my account after the business sale does not exist. We put $5k in each of the boys accounts and I paid off one of my cards and plan on paying off the other shortly.
I blame Chris. He put out the idea first of possibly using it to get another horse-drawn vehicle. I was thinking a nice two-wheel cart like the Wagner Carts that would be multi-functional. I could, hopefully, use it for everyone and it's compact enough I could load it in the trailer with a horse to show or trail drive. Chris had bigger plans and this weekend we spent a good amount of time looking at carriages.
The one Chris really likes weighs about as much as the Roberts Carriage we have now. I have a second one on list that's about 100lbs less. Both are pretty sporty looking, though we currently have no real idea on cost.
Chris' frist choice is the Kutzmann D6 Challenger, which is a bit like a wagonette crossed with a marathon carriage on steroids.
I wish they had better info on their website for specifications.
The one I'm leaning towards due to the lighter weight mostly is the MSF1, also by Kutzmann.
The MSF1 is specifically a marathon carriage and while I don't really have designs on doing high-powered CDEs I would like something that I can be a little zippy in and will be appropriate for that use as well as pleasure and trail driving. There are color options. I would not be going stainless and red!
We'll be meeting with the Kutzmann rep in our state on Monday to see a couple carriages he has on-hand and talk more about what we want and what would be appropriate for our purposes. He's thinking that both the D6 and MSF1 will be a bit heavy for what we really want, but we'll see. He has a catalog and, I imagine, an actual price list as well as more knowledge about driving horses than we do so we'll see how it goes!
Of course with the acquisition of a new four-wheeled vehicle we'll move the Roberts Carriage on. It has served its purpose and done well. The sale of the Roberts will probably go towards a nice cart that I can use between all of my drivable horses (the big carriage might be a little much for Kitt and look disproportionate) as well as being better than the forecart for teaching on. The forecart does stay as it does both single and double plus you can attach implements to it and it should make a good breaking cart with it's weight and sturdiness. It's also super noisy, which is a good thing for a young horse to get over and deal with.
Short version: My husband is encouraging me to spend money on expensive horse stuff. Not complaining.
I blame Chris. He put out the idea first of possibly using it to get another horse-drawn vehicle. I was thinking a nice two-wheel cart like the Wagner Carts that would be multi-functional. I could, hopefully, use it for everyone and it's compact enough I could load it in the trailer with a horse to show or trail drive. Chris had bigger plans and this weekend we spent a good amount of time looking at carriages.
The one Chris really likes weighs about as much as the Roberts Carriage we have now. I have a second one on list that's about 100lbs less. Both are pretty sporty looking, though we currently have no real idea on cost.
Chris' frist choice is the Kutzmann D6 Challenger, which is a bit like a wagonette crossed with a marathon carriage on steroids.
I wish they had better info on their website for specifications.
The one I'm leaning towards due to the lighter weight mostly is the MSF1, also by Kutzmann.
The MSF1 is specifically a marathon carriage and while I don't really have designs on doing high-powered CDEs I would like something that I can be a little zippy in and will be appropriate for that use as well as pleasure and trail driving. There are color options. I would not be going stainless and red!
We'll be meeting with the Kutzmann rep in our state on Monday to see a couple carriages he has on-hand and talk more about what we want and what would be appropriate for our purposes. He's thinking that both the D6 and MSF1 will be a bit heavy for what we really want, but we'll see. He has a catalog and, I imagine, an actual price list as well as more knowledge about driving horses than we do so we'll see how it goes!
Of course with the acquisition of a new four-wheeled vehicle we'll move the Roberts Carriage on. It has served its purpose and done well. The sale of the Roberts will probably go towards a nice cart that I can use between all of my drivable horses (the big carriage might be a little much for Kitt and look disproportionate) as well as being better than the forecart for teaching on. The forecart does stay as it does both single and double plus you can attach implements to it and it should make a good breaking cart with it's weight and sturdiness. It's also super noisy, which is a good thing for a young horse to get over and deal with.
Short version: My husband is encouraging me to spend money on expensive horse stuff. Not complaining.