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Goncalo Alves used for interior of horse stalls
Does anyone know if this wood is toxic to horses? I would like to use
it for the interior of my barn including the stalls. I plan on having 2" thick wood planed and either joined or T&G added so the boards will be flush. Metal channels will be on all edges so they can't chew the wood. In case you're wondering, I found this wood at a local store. It dried too fast and has some checking. They want to get rid of it because while it still has some nice stripes, it's not as heavily striped as they want. That, in addition to the checking (that can be planed out) it's cheaper than pine. SO.. will my horse get sick if he licks this wood? |
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"backinthesaddle2006" wrote in message
SO.. will my horse get sick if he licks this wood? Call your local county extension agent, or an equine veterinarian. -- www.e-woodshop.net Last update: 10/01/06 |
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"backinthesaddle2006" wrote in message ups.com... Does anyone know if this wood is toxic to horses? I would like to use it for the interior of my barn including the stalls. I plan on having 2" thick wood planed and either joined or T&G added so the boards will be flush. Metal channels will be on all edges so they can't chew the wood. In case you're wondering, I found this wood at a local store. It dried too fast and has some checking. They want to get rid of it because while it still has some nice stripes, it's not as heavily striped as they want. That, in addition to the checking (that can be planed out) it's cheaper than pine. SO.. will my horse get sick if he licks this wood? I don't know about Goncalo Alves, but during a visit to a local sawmill, I was told that horses will not crib on red oak. I had a cribbing horse and if I had known this, it would have saved me a lot of anxiety and expense. If you buy the red oak rough from a mill, using inferior grades suitable for stalls and corrals, it isn't that expensive. When your dealing with $1,200 to $12,000 animals, it is worth the consideration. I've never had one of the expensive horses, but if you add the vet bills, they got expensive. My buckskin quarter horse was really registered as APHA (American Pet Horse Association). They are the most expensive kind of horse, sort of like my Black Lab, :-) |
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"Lowell Holmes" wrote in message
I don't know about Goncalo Alves, but during a visit to a local sawmill, I was told that horses will not crib on red oak. I had a cribbing horse and if I had known this, it would have saved me a lot of anxiety and expense. A horse with a really bad habit of cribbing will/can crib in mid-air, with _nothing_ to bite on. -- www.e-woodshop.net Last update: 10/01/06 |
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:31:05 GMT, "Lowell Holmes"
wrote: "backinthesaddle2006" wrote in message oups.com... Does anyone know if this wood is toxic to horses? I would like to use it for the interior of my barn including the stalls. I plan on having 2" thick wood planed and either joined or T&G added so the boards will be flush. Metal channels will be on all edges so they can't chew the wood. In case you're wondering, I found this wood at a local store. It dried too fast and has some checking. They want to get rid of it because while it still has some nice stripes, it's not as heavily striped as they want. That, in addition to the checking (that can be planed out) it's cheaper than pine. SO.. will my horse get sick if he licks this wood? I don't know about Goncalo Alves, but during a visit to a local sawmill, I was told that horses will not crib on red oak. I had a cribbing horse and if I had known this, it would have saved me a lot of anxiety and expense. If you buy the red oak rough from a mill, using inferior grades suitable for stalls and corrals, it isn't that expensive. When your dealing with $1,200 to $12,000 animals, it is worth the consideration. I've never had one of the expensive horses, but if you add the vet bills, they got expensive. My buckskin quarter horse was really registered as APHA (American Pet Horse Association). They are the most expensive kind of horse, sort of like my Black Lab, :-) The last time I built box stalls for my mother's horses I got a mixed load of 8/4 red and white (green and rough). It didn't seem to make a bit of difference to the resident cribber which got chewed on. I got out the brake and bent up some caps out of some galvie sheet stock. Sumbitch chewed that too. There's no curing stall walkers and cribbers, I guess. (ps - never buy anything that eats.) Regards, Tom Watson tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email) http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/ |
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"Tom Watson" wrote in message There's no curing stall walkers and cribbers, I guess. Not really, IME. There is a collar with a hinged device that goes under the neck. When the horse tightens his neck muscles to suck in, it pinches the hell out of the windpipe ... still only marginally successful. -- www.e-woodshop.net Last update: 10/01/06 |
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On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:56:39 -0500, "Swingman" wrote:
"Tom Watson" wrote in message There's no curing stall walkers and cribbers, I guess. Not really, IME. There is a collar with a hinged device that goes under the neck. When the horse tightens his neck muscles to suck in, it pinches the hell out of the windpipe ... still only marginally successful. That collar did not work. Next idea. Well actually not. Cribbing is supposed to releae some endophine I think. Kind of hard to stop pleasure. |
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On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:58:12 GMT, Jim Behning
wrote: On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:56:39 -0500, "Swingman" wrote: "Tom Watson" wrote in message There's no curing stall walkers and cribbers, I guess. Not really, IME. There is a collar with a hinged device that goes under the neck. When the horse tightens his neck muscles to suck in, it pinches the hell out of the windpipe ... still only marginally successful. That collar did not work. Next idea. Well actually not. Cribbing is supposed to releae some endophine I think. Kind of hard to stop pleasure. We could insist that horses get married. That usually stops it. Regards, Tom Watson tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email) http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/ |
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"Jim Behning" wrote in message ... On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:56:39 -0500, "Swingman" wrote: "Tom Watson" wrote in message There's no curing stall walkers and cribbers, I guess. Not really, IME. There is a collar with a hinged device that goes under the neck. When the horse tightens his neck muscles to suck in, it pinches the hell out of the windpipe ... still only marginally successful. That collar did not work. Next idea. Well actually not. Cribbing is supposed to releae some endophine I think. Kind of hard to stop pleasure. The collar didn't work for me either. |
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"Tom Watson" wrote in message ... On Fri, 20 Oct 2006 13:31:05 GMT, "Lowell Holmes" wrote: "backinthesaddle2006" wrote in message roups.com... Does anyone know if this wood is toxic to horses? I would like to use it for the interior of my barn including the stalls. I plan on having 2" thick wood planed and either joined or T&G added so the boards will be flush. Metal channels will be on all edges so they can't chew the wood. In case you're wondering, I found this wood at a local store. It dried too fast and has some checking. They want to get rid of it because while it still has some nice stripes, it's not as heavily striped as they want. That, in addition to the checking (that can be planed out) it's cheaper than pine. SO.. will my horse get sick if he licks this wood? I don't know about Goncalo Alves, but during a visit to a local sawmill, I was told that horses will not crib on red oak. I had a cribbing horse and if I had known this, it would have saved me a lot of anxiety and expense. If you buy the red oak rough from a mill, using inferior grades suitable for stalls and corrals, it isn't that expensive. When your dealing with $1,200 to $12,000 animals, it is worth the consideration. I've never had one of the expensive horses, but if you add the vet bills, they got expensive. My buckskin quarter horse was really registered as APHA (American Pet Horse Association). They are the most expensive kind of horse, sort of like my Black Lab, :-) The last time I built box stalls for my mother's horses I got a mixed load of 8/4 red and white (green and rough). It didn't seem to make a bit of difference to the resident cribber which got chewed on. I got out the brake and bent up some caps out of some galvie sheet stock. Sumbitch chewed that too. There's no curing stall walkers and cribbers, I guess. (ps - never buy anything that eats.) Regards, Tom Watson tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email) http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1/ I guess that mill owner wanted to sell wood. I can't imagine him telling me a story like that. :-) |
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backinthesaddle2006 wrote: Does anyone know if this wood is toxic to horses? My horses don't crib and it was going to be put into steel channels so there won't be a place to chew directly on the wood. I was mainly worried about them licking it. btw... I went and picked up a board of this wood today. It's beautiful, BUT, it has deep checks in it. It doesn't seem to hurt the strength, but should I be concerned aobut the deep checks going all the way through over time? The other question is how much will it cost me to get Tongue and Grooves put into these boards? I need it to be dimensioned and T&G and maybe planed. |
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