Glue shoes

I was Emailed this article today , I was wondering if anyone has personally seen them being used.. Im feeling skeptical and several questions come to mind . Thank you .

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ves-making-nailing-horseshoes-thing-past.html

They are pretty brazen to say that these things will spell the end of nail on shoes. They will be a fad at best.

shoes have been glued for many decades , that rules your fad theory out , lets be realistic it will not be too long before nailing shoes on becomes the past , there has to be a better way that is just as cost effective around the corner , vacumn packing ?

What did you think of the Glue-U demo we saw the other day, Chris?

We put a pair on at our last MFA clinic. They are quite easy to do, don't fit very well, look "clunky", and the horse walked off looking kind of clumsy, but will probably sort that out with time. I think toe biggest draw back for regular use would be wear and price. There's no way they could wear as well as steel, and I believe the cost was about the same as Sigafoos, over $70 per pair.

Regards

I wasn't suggesting glueing on shoes was a fad, I do my fair share of that. These shoes however look to me like something that could get really big for awhile and then drop off. Also if someone comes up with a way to hang shoes that can be accomplished in the same amount of time, for the same money and last just as long then I'll be more than glad to try it. I dont think it will happen in my career though but hey, I've been wrong before.

it was good Gary , a lot of us have been doing it for years , it was promoting a new adhesive on the market at a better price and quicker setting , i will definitely give it a go next season

some of these modern sythnetics last and wear as good as some steels , the hardest bit is removing them and not causing damage IMO

But Chris, nails damage hooves, repeated applications of sodium polyacrylate or something similar is "natural".

Jack glue a few on and tell me which does the most damage , it wont be long as i said before an good cost effective way of applying a horseshoe will be made available , the answer IMO is not adhesives , nailing horseshoes as all farriers know is not the best way , it is the most cost effective and practical way at the moment . % wise more horses are made worse by mis-application and removal of glu-ons , than nailing on

I think nails are much more natural than glue. Iron and carbon are natural elements that occur without human intervention. It is even more natural when coal or coke is used as a heat source. Propane is created by a human process and then deliberately given an unnatural bad smell.

Steel and aluminum are more "green" than polymers and adhesives. Steel and aluminum can be easily recycled over and over again. You can't recycle glue or Kevlar.

you can mash up used glue and kevlar with your hammer and mix in with new glue to fill holes with

Landfill is big business as well

LOL! Holes in what?

BTW, try mashing kevlar with a hammer and you'll find out why they use it for body armor.

Patching pot holes with Kevlar . . . I wonder if it could wind up as bumps sticking up after the road has worn away.

let some air out of your tyres , it will soften the ride

my observations , too many glu on shoes for the wrong reasons and incorrectly , more glue is not better , sole pressure being the worst offender the secong being removing the shoe ripping off wall making the original reason of application even worse

They are pretty practical as far as glue on shoes go. They are less messy than Sigafoos and you can shape and fit whatever shoe you like to the foot.
As for wear and tear they seem to be doing well judging by the pictures in their page.

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