Mav responded, inter alia: PS Singles, pairs, and tricorn hitches are all fairly common, though a tricorn hitch would more normally be used for really heavy work like pulling a binder (precursor of the 'combined harvester' or combine).

The breadth of experience displayed on this board never ceases to amaze me. Thanks Mav. You've explained a couple of things which I didn't understand about what my unc did (with his horses, of course). Damn - that just made it worse, didn't it?


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