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poles and barrels................?
how can i make my own poles for pole bending and how far does poles have to be apart and how far are the barrels apart
how tall for the poles and what can i use as a base to hold them up
6 Answers
- 10 years agoFavourite answer
Take large horse supplement containers.
Pour concrete mix into the bucket and use 6 ft PVC pipe (small diameter) and put the pipe into the bucket and let it dry. Put a cap on top of the PVC to keep things out of it. You need about 6 poles. They need to be 21 ft apart.
The barrel measurements are:
90 ft between barrel 1 & 2
105 ft between 1 & 3, 2&3,
60 ft to scoreline from 1 & 2
Source(s): Experience - 10 years ago
For the poles one of the places I go to put cement into a small bucket the when it wasn't to wet they stuck a actual pole bending pole into it. Or you can buy some, for like $20 a pole. And poles go 21 feet apart and there's six of them. Barrels in depends on the arena, look that yup on Google or Yahoo.
Source(s): http://forums.horsecity.com/index.php?showtopic=27... http://www.valleyvet.com/ct_search_results.html?ga... - 10 years ago
the info you have received so far is good, but one thing has been left out- Put a long screw through the pvc pipe before pouring the concrete in the container or else the pipe will eventually come loose and come out.
- Anonymous10 years ago
If you can get a hold of these http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/thumb_54/1145597063Hj...
construction poles.
Just cut the tops off and put in a plastic hollow tube to make them taller.
Work great and usually pop up if you bump them.
- 10 years ago
Well for poles you can use PVC piping or logs. for walk poles, one of your strides apart. trot poles 2 strides apart. canter poles 4 strides apart. Distances may vary depending on your horses' size.
Look at this pic for barrels:
