DECISIONS. DECISIONS. When it’s time to weld a horseshoe, farriers have more than one option for getting the job done. And for most shoes, oxyacetylene torch welding and the various types of electric arc welding will all produce a strong weld.

TOM MARTIN GOT the idea of converting an emergency vehicle into a shoeing rig from Vern Hornquist, another New York farrier, from Lockport (See “Paramedic Vehicle Makes A Great Shoeing Rig,”).

PROBABLY NO OTHER TOOL in horseshoeing can generate such widely differing opinions as hoof testers.

WHEN BOB SCHANTZ buys a new hammer, he doesn’t just head for the shop and start pounding away.