Old timer at the Montgomery County fair set me straight on hoof angles

I had a guy who's been shoeing since before I was born watch me work at the fairgrounds last spring. He said I was setting my front shoes way too flat, like I was treating them all as draft horses. I changed my angle to match each horse's natural stance and now I'm getting way fewer quarter cracks. Has anyone else had an old farrier give them a tip that rewired how they think?

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morgan.logan11d ago

Buddy of mine thought he knew everything about sharpening chainsaw chains, swore by the manual angles. Old logger watched him for five minutes, showed him one adjustment to match his cutting style. Said he never went back to the book after that.

anna_ross1911d ago

It's funny how that works, same thing happens with car maintenance if you ask me. People follow the manual like a bible instead of actually looking at the wear patterns on their tires or belts. I learned that lesson the hard way after killing a set of brakes early because I didn't adjust for how I actually drive versus what the book says.

nancy47511d ago

Read something similar about guitar setups actually. People get too hung up on factory specs for string height but your hands and how you play matter way more than what just worked for whoever built the guitar.