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Overhead Vs. Ground Cable

Discussion in 'Products & Equipment' started by Breogan, Dec 30, 2007.

  1. treezpitz

    treezpitz CH Dog Staff Member

    Figured the wire would cut the o ring. Have you used just a o ring before?
     
  2. postmandan

    postmandan Big Dog

    it will in time----thats why the few i have i put 3-4 rings on when i was makeing the runner. sure makes it easier when you have to replace one==dan
     
  3. treezpitz

    treezpitz CH Dog Staff Member

    Thanks for the info, PMD. Would you feel better using 3-4 rings or a pulley rated at 420lbs? That's the strongest one that I've found in stores here locally. At this point I just have my guard dog on one but am thinking about putting the bulldogs on them also. And do you prefer over head or ground? Thanks.
     
  4. Laced Wit Game

    Laced Wit Game Yard Boy

    I wouldnt use the pulley. Thick coated cable and I thick o ring id assume should do it. As far as it not holding up, I guess it depends how active the dog is.
     
  5. treezpitz

    treezpitz CH Dog Staff Member

    Man, I don't know about the o ring deal. I know somebody who tried a chain hooked up to the cable without a o ring or pulley and the cable sliced the chain in a day or so. Just don't see how the o ring would be stronger than the chain. Could be wrong, just don't see the logic in it.
     
  6. AGK

    AGK Super duper pooper scooper Administrator

    I dont know about the ground set ups but if i was going to do an above ground wire run Id get at Keystone. He has the nicest overhead wire set ups i ever seen.
     
  7. treezpitz

    treezpitz CH Dog Staff Member

    I second that, AGK. His are/were the nicest I've seen. I just don't know if the pulleys they have over there would be able to be found over here. I'll have to pm him.
     
  8. SOULDOG

    SOULDOG TEMPLE OF THE DOGS

  9. SOULDOG

    SOULDOG TEMPLE OF THE DOGS

  10. treezpitz

    treezpitz CH Dog Staff Member

  11. shotgun wg

    shotgun wg Big Dog

    If u need heavy duty pully get a snatch block. I have one for my side by side that is rated at 5000 pounds. Cost lil over $20. That with a cold shut or just cable attatchments to it should work.


    Shotgun
    Arkansas
     
  12. treezpitz

    treezpitz CH Dog Staff Member

    Thanks a lot, Shotgun! I think that's going to be the winner right there. $20 is exactly what I was hoping I could find some for. Good looking out!
     
  13. treezpitz

    treezpitz CH Dog Staff Member

    I went a looked at a snatch block but ended up getting one of these from TSC instead. I put a washer on the lower bolt so the wire didn't get caught up there. Working great so far. Rated at 2000 lbs.
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  14. ELIAS'PISTOLA

    ELIAS'PISTOLA CH Dog

    As Bamaman taught me, the choice of a proper set up depends on the dog and the terrain...
    Enviromental factors such as trees, soil etc... can change the performance of the set up...
    Overhead cable runs are far the best way to tie out an active dog as they get plenty of exersize...
    Ground cables work better in dryer areas with less/no trees to fasten cable to, and build of leafs and branches...
    Other debree such as mud/snow can tangle ground set ups also...
    Ground set ups work well in the desert with a heavy ring that needs attention ever so often...
    If you dont have trees to tie the cable to, using alternative posts works great and beats a ground set up...
    There was a sled team in canada that that had a nice site on differnt set ups and dog houses...
    They used a 10' by 6" steel tube cemented half in the ground for above cable runs, they had superb pics of multiple overhead runs set up in feeding rows like Komosinski place, a real masterpiece...
    Their houses were the typical two ply/two room set up with a removable roof and styrafoam insulation...
    The site was real nice and had how-to instructions on the cable set ups and houses, it seemed to be shout down in 2012 or i would share the link...Back to terrain and set ups, this kennel mentioned that they had a shorter hair pup sleeping at the end of a cable during the day in the sun but when night fell the up couldnt get back to its house as the chain was froze in the ice away from its house...I can only imagine this scenerio with ground set ups in bad wheather., whether being exposed to the cold or the heat...
     
  15. CajunBoulette

    CajunBoulette CH Dog

    Nice treez
     
  16. treezpitz

    treezpitz CH Dog Staff Member

    Thanks a lot, Cajun.
     
  17. 87buick

    87buick Top Dog

    I been around rotties a good while, they tend to get aggressive if chained up. Now this is from my own experiences. Of The few I been around and raised, the free roaming ones were better mannered and still did there duty. The once on chain spot's (males) would eat your ass alive. Being 130 lbs and aggressive sure makes for a bad situation if the wrong person gets to close. Wrong person means anybody that did not feed it.
     
  18. treezpitz

    treezpitz CH Dog Staff Member


    Thanks for sharing your experience and thoughts, 87. My ideal situation would be to let her roam the property but stay away from the bulldogs. I don't see that happening right now so I'm trying to get her used to being on the cable run right now. I'm hoping over time (after I fence in property) that she'll be able to run free but stay out of the dog's spots.
     
  19. 87buick

    87buick Top Dog

    I got a female at home going on 10 this spring. Great house dog, great with new people BUT! let something be out of the norm and its go time. Very easy to handle animal, but like I said anything thats not the norm like a visitor while I'm out of the property its that persons ass! Or the scariest is when we get a late night visitor which is rare ( I'm talking past 9pm) She will let her presence be know with a serious bark and charge at the door ways. Besides that you would never know that a 95 lb Rotwieller is in our home. My whole family to include small children love to visit because they can verbally control her and she loves there attention.
     
  20. treezpitz

    treezpitz CH Dog Staff Member

    lol Sounds like you have a great dog there, 87. I'm hoping this one here doesn't get any bigger than 95 like yours lol. I do know that I'd get more of a bond with her if I kept her inside like you do yours. But the sole purpose of me getting her was to be a guard dog for part of the yard. I understand I could have got a better breed to do that job but I didn't really want to spend a whole lot of money right now on a guard dog. She does get time when I bring her in to bond with us more but I intend on keeping her outside. I was around this breed when I was younger but it's been a while but it sure does remind me how well minded the females tend to be. Again, just like yours, this one here listens well to voice commands. Mine is real young still so she's still a big puppy. Chasing shadows most of the day lol.
     

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