I notice in your profile that you also do carriage driving.
What do you use for a training cart?
Need something sturdy, strong, and easily fixed.
What do you use?
I was very pleased when I saw the price tag for the Jerald. 
I hope you get to try one out and let me know!
the car hood turned upside down with welded on rings for attaching the harness? I always thought it was a thrifty idea, and it is easier to fix than a cart if the horse spooks… plus you can vary the weight by putting on concrete blocks or jugs of sand… Or am I crazy? (I shouldn’t say “or”… 
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JoHn (WiNgLeT)
“No one teaches riding better than a horse.”
-Lewis Carroll
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If I get another raise, mummy could have one for Christmas! What size though? I would think the 96 inch shaft Horse model, unless it’s still too small for Wings (and Maddie when she’s older)
JoHn (WiNgLeT)
“No one teaches riding better than a horse.”
-Lewis Carroll
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we jog out horses in a jog cart, i have a picture of what one looks like.
ErinB from Florida never ever give cpr to a lizard
Steve, a jog cart is an excellent training vehicle but, considering a new purchase, not one that suits me.
In the jog cart, one must be spry. The requirement to climb in and place my feet in a position similar to that of the one requested by my OB/Gyn while behind a young horse is not possible for me after one knee surgery and another pending.
The easy entry also allows for two people to ride, the groom and driver, and so can be used for low level competition as well as pleasure driving.
I figure the Jerald easy entry combined with a horse sized Zilco harness (everything we have is pony sized) will set me back around $1,500. Then I can make a new wish list with a Bellcrown Carriage and set of Freedman’s harness on it!
Winglet and I went to a seminar on proper fit and care of harness that was hosted by Driving Essentials and the guest speaker was Mr. Freedman. It was very informational.
I notice in your profile that you also do carriage driving.
What do you use for a training cart?
Need something sturdy, strong, and easily fixed.
What do you use?
Now I know you guys are certifiably nuts!
Driving a horse feels like driving a car on ice to me!!! No sense (or false sense as the case may be) of control! 
But you go girl!
“The older I get, the better I used to be, but who the heck cares!”
I currently have a pony sized Meadowbrook cart but those are not ideal for schooling/starting a horse to driving.
In the past I have used a bicycle wheeled metal cart, very simple and basic, the shafts and body including the floor are all light metal and it has a wooden board seat. I have seen an easy entry cart that I would like to have for future use, getting in and out safely is of utmost importance!
Estate Horse supplies has a nice one, The Jerald Runabout, comes in mini, pony and horse sized and inexpensive - well within a budget (shipping can be a problem with carts so I am trying to locate one nearer that I can go pick up)
Driving Essentials is a lovely store with wonderful goods.
Thanks, ETBW - great suggestions.
I was looking at the Pacific Carriage 2-wheeler, but it’s expensive and now I hear they use hollow stock for their axles. Have to check that out.
The Jerald Runabout is a great, affordable choice. Jerald isn’t far from me - I’ll call & see if they can provide the cart with moto-cross wheels. We have gravel roads, dirt tracks and fields to drive on - not exactly groomed.
If you can wait until spring, it’s very possible that you could order from Jerald, I could pick up the cart or have it delivered here (no big deal, there’s a trainer who acts as a Jerald rep not too far) and meet you halfway - Ohio maybe? - as I’ll probably be taking a trip that direction around that time.
Houghton and Serafin each make a nice wood wheel cart, but not as easy entry as the Jerald Runabout. More expensive, too.
