horse etiquette

[Gee Ray]

Your $100,000 car smells because you drive over road apples. Damn I would buy a horse to ride up and down the lane if I was your neighbor. People that think they are special because they have money make me sick.

Have your chauffeur wash the car more often.

Or build a path next to the road for the horses. Otherwise the people have as much right to use the road as you do.

 

[bunyip]

A barkers egg on the bottom of your boot is way more offensive than a pony pellet, especially in the confines of a car.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

In my youngster days I worked on every kind of farm there is; I would rather shovel horse pooh all day, than an hour of sheep, pig, or cow pooh...

 

[ponytug]

In my youngster days I worked on every kind of farm there is; I would rather shovel horse pooh all day, than an hour of sheep, pig, or cow pooh...

Amen.

 

[3 Horse Ranch]

There is a neighbor..Not part of the 5 or 6 that own the road..Who has a stable where they teach people to ride. They use our road to access other trails. Could be 1 horse..could be 10.. depends on the day. My specific issue with it... We have a few vehicles in the 100K mark and horse crap is not a perfume I like to spray up under the wheel wells.

Put a sign out by the entrance to the road PRIVATE ROAD FOR THE USE OF THE RESIDENTS ONLY---ALL OTHER USES PROHIBITED. Unless there is some binding use agreement with them. But first, I'd go talk with them and explain the problem and possible solutions. All else fails, install a gate on the road. It should be quite manageable in a community that can afford several 100k cars.

 

[oosik]

My mile long driveway is open on the north side - all the way from the outer gate to my inner gate. The neighbor to the north is a cattle rancher. I gave up dodging poo piles looooong ago.

I have mud flaps on the Taco Wagon. So most of the poo I hit will coat the wheel wells. Even the really slimy, gooey stuff.

I hose out the wheel wells when I hose down the TW in the summer.

Hey - you should be out on one of our paved county roads when a rancher is moving 500 to 1000 head of cattle from one grazing area to another. They use the county roads - it's perfectly legal. You approach the herd - pull over - turn it off - wait. They pass - you start up and move on. There will be acres of cow poo to either attempt to dodge or just drive thru.

You drive thru the herd - like many city folks do - be prepared for dents and gouge marks.

Life goes on ...........

 

[ponytug]

Get a manure fork, clean your driveway, and move on. Not worth getting wound up about in my book. Life is way too short. Enjoy seeing the driveway up close. Be the person the neighborhood bemoans the loss of, not the one they celebrate losing.

When we are out riding, or hiking, we pick up litter whenever we see it, and a ride is typically 15-25miles. It is just the right thing to do for your fellow beings. No point at getting annoyed at how the litter came to be there. It is there, and we eliminate it. We have come to know a mountain biker and a gaggle of walkers who do the same thing. The walkers asked if they could use our trash and recycling bins, and we said "of course!". The guys are a really sweet bunch; every Saturday they walk five plus miles and 2000' vertical feet up to the park nearby, (a stiff hike by any metric), hike another 5-10 miles in the park and go home, laughing and chatting the whole time. We have had their kids over to meet our cows. Every time I see them on the road, it reminds me to be grateful for everything that I am so lucky to have in my life; great family and friends, clean water and air, a roof over my head, indoor plumbing, heating, enough to eat, and something to do.

Life is really good.

All the best,

Peter

 

[TMGT]

Far higher up on my list is board spamming with a 'sent by my whatever .... ' thingey.

Tell me how to get rid of it and I'd be happy too, but its not high on my list of things that matter.......

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[Tomtint]

Your $100,000 car smells because you drive over road apples. Damn I would buy a horse to ride up and down the lane if I was your neighbor. People that think they are special because they have money make me sick.

Have your chauffeur wash the car more often.

Or build a path next to the road for the horses. Otherwise the people have as much right to use the road as you do.

Well your type of arrogance ..or ignorance is exactly the type of neighbor I would not want. Had you taken the time to read a few earlier responses to questions that were asked... I actually own the road with other neighbors. The people riding down the road do not. So they actually do not have the right to ride a **** dropping horse on the road. I had said earlier that I have just felt with it over the years until it has now become a daily issue. The fact that we have vehicles that are relatively lends to the aggravation. If we were driving farm trucks..not a big deal..but we don't. So in the meanwhile

 

[Citydude]

I wouldn't want horse crap on my gravel entrance road either if it was avoidable. The type of vehicle or how much money I have is irrelevant.

 

[dirttoys]

There is a neighbor..Not part of the 5 or 6 that own the road..Who has a stable where they teach people to ride. They use our road to access other trails. Could be 1 horse..could be 10.. depends on the day. My specific issue with it... We have a few vehicles in the 100K mark and horse crap is not a perfume I like to spray up under the wheel wells.

LOL you got me!! I was trying to figure out why horse crap would be harder on a car with 100,000 miles on it

While I don't think more expensive cars have a god given right to be cleaner...Thank heavens my opinion on your issue doesn't matter.

If it is a private road the owners should be able to restrict use or put any requirements they want on its use. Talk to your co-owners. I would certainly not let my neighbors cats, dogs, horses, kids, or elephants crap on my driveway everyday.

I hate shared roads, had a weekend house on one for several years. The neighbors were great, just hated worrying about pets getting ran over, or hitting someones car when moving equipment around. I was absolutely certain I would not live on one full time.

I don't know why, but, this thread reminds me of the old joke "what is the difference between a BMW and a cactus.

Best,

ed

 

[K5lwq]

Do you have a rock rake for the L3700SU? You could work the gravel road and spread the manure at the same time. Who knows you may enjoy the seat time.

 

[Gee Ray]

Just the kind of response I would expect from a the privileged. There are several farm trucks that cost more then $100,000. And they smell as they run down the road hauling bovines.

You have a nice day.

 

[Tomtint]

Just the kind of response I would expect from a the privileged. There are several farm trucks that cost more then $100,000. And they smell as they run down the road hauling bovines.

You have a nice day.

I'm privileged..to work 60plus hours a week, I'm privileged to get up at 3am to go to said job and work without stopping all day. I'm privileged to enjoy the fruits of my labor. So I'm privileged to buy nice things , that I like to keep nice. I'm well aware farm equipment is expensive and can easily cots 10x or more than any of my vehicles. That's not the point. Farm equipment is a tool for the trade. It has a certain degree of expectancy that it will smell, look, and be treated as a farm tool. I choose to not have our personal vehicles look, smell or be treated as such. When someone else ..due to their ignorance, callousness or indifference of other peoples areas..I have issue with that. I wouldn't litter on your yard or anyone's property for that matter. Filth is a pet peeve of mine.

 

[grsthegreat]

If its a private road, put up an automatic gate, and be done with it.

if i had a private road i wouldnt want other people using it. In that respect its your right to keep it clean.

 

[Tomtint]

Do you have a rock rake for the L3700SU? You could work the gravel road and spread the manure at the same time. Who knows you may enjoy the seat time.

I maintain the road, I have a land plane grader that I use. The base is really hard packed blue stone so I don't think a rake would bite enough to do much grading.

 

[Tomtint]

If its a private road, put up an automatic gate, and be done with it.

if i had a private road i wouldnt want other people using it. In that respect its your right to keep it clean.

The gate would not likely work. There are 5-6 homes with numerous kids, guests, Ups, amazon etc vehicles on a daily basis that travel on it. Not to mention that a horse...probably just go around it anyway.

 

[grsthegreat]

Do what they do all over texas…install cattle grates on the road with side fences to prevent walk arrounds.

i worked at a ranch that painted cattle grates on the road, and neither the horses or cattle would walk over them.

 

[Tomtint]

Do what they do all over texas…install cattle grates on the road with side fences to prevent walk arrounds.

i worked at a ranch that painted cattle grates on the road, and neither the horses or cattle would walk over them.

I'm not sure I know what a cattle grate is. .. if it's something that lays down on the road, it could be a problem when plowing snow or grading the road ?

 

[Tomtint]

I'm thinking that I have a loader on my tractor.. I could scoop it up and return it to them for free and drop it off in their front walkway.