Driving Lessons

[Sanhestar]

I found these on my computer today - years ago someone sent me these of his boer goats.

There are several things to critique/discuss



no breeching on a cart that apparently has no breaks. There's also no strap whatsoever from the breast collar to the middle shaft at least and from the looks the loop holding the shaft can slide right along the whole length of the shaft = no breaking at all.



the picture isn't very clear here so I can't tell if the saddle is padded or not. If it was me I wouldn't use an unpadded saddle for driving a two-wheeled cart. There's always the possibility that the cart unbalances and pressure is put on the goats back/spine.

What's nicely done is the double shafts but it's always more difficult for two animals to balance a two-wheeled cart than for one animal alone.

The traces are attached directly to the cart. If you use a breast collar and drive longer distances and/or faster than a walk this can cause soreness around the chest/shoulder area.

And I won't go into the number of kids sitting on the cart, etc......