An old guy at the Montana fair told me my toe clips were too short.

He said, 'Son, you're leaving too much leverage on the table with those nubs.' I was working on a quarter horse and had been using the same 1.5-inch clips for years. I switched to 2-inch clips on my next shoeing job and the difference in holding the shoe was night and day. Has anyone else had a simple piece of advice totally change a basic part of your routine?

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piperf403d ago

Absolutely. Had a similar thing with wire nuts on a big lighting job. An old-timer watched me twist one on and just said "You're not filling the skirt, kid." Started using the next size up for the ground wires and suddenly my connections weren't coming loose in the ceiling anymore.

mason_barnes2d ago

Honestly, "not filling the skirt" sounds like overkill. I've seen guys use undersized wire nuts for years with zero callbacks.