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hi all ,I came across this site a few weeks ago ,I keep coming back to read so I figured I should join up . i went to school appx 13 years ago but did not finish .I finally got my own horse a year ago ,she has been bare foot up till two weeks ago . I made my own shoes out of 5/16 th x 3/4 bar stock, a little light for her size I think at 1450 lbs. the shoeing went ok but will pull the shoes in a week or so to do a better job with some 3/8 x 7/8 concave . anyways that s a little about me .

Picks?

View attachment 3992 ok here are the pic s I may need to take more .

I don't know what just happened but I will take more pic s tomorrow but this will give a idea till I get better pics

Stock width looks abit narrow for those size feet in my opinion...what breed and job does it do?

percheron/morgan cross appx 1450 lbs. gary she is my horse and I trail ride with her ..waiting for some 7/8 stock to show up should be here by tues

Smitty would know the stock you would need; he's does 1" stock a lot.

If I was you, I wouldn't go anything less than 1/2", 3/4" would be better.

had someone send me this question and felt it should be posted "Im new to this as well , and I was told to ask why,. So im honestly asking, why do you have the heel of the shoe so far forward?. thank you ."my reply is I was aiming for about 1/4 inch past my trim on the fronts and just did the same on the hind .but looking at it now maby I should have given more steel in the hind .by posting these pic s I am feeding myself to the wolves I realize this .but I wont get better at this if I worry about getting stepped on . the reason I put on the 3/4 inch stock was because my horse came back from a ride with sore feet .so I needed to get her soles up off the ground .3/4 inch was all I had .

Mike how much did you cut off ? i would be tempted to put 1" x 3/8 " on it

when I measured her feet to the trim I got 15 1/8 on the fronts the hind I think were 14 3/8 .I made a practice shoe with the 3/4 stock and minus 2 1/8 to account for the bend and I came up even with my trim on the steel so on the shoes she has on I minus 1 1/2 and came out appx 1/4 past the trim on the heels .for the trim I did on her I took off 1/4 inch on the toe not touching the sole the heels were rasped flush with the frog .to give an idea of width on these shoes they are 6 inches wide appx.

I would go 1 x 1/2 or better if it was 15" up

Linda, would those be considered "draft horse training plates"???? LOL
did ya happen to notice the nail placement?

yes, draft horse training plates..........making the horse plow faster, LOL LOL!!!!

yes on nail placement.

you guys make a front and hind out of 1x 1/2
and give him some pointers

what size nail ?

Now Chris we went to the same school

ok you win , i would use an E9 because i have plenty of them

in 1x1/2 I like a 7 or 8 max

always used 8s or 9s , just happen to have loads of nines at the minute , those big hairies will take a 9