Building
Horse Camps
| I'm right in the middle..*L*....This is the crew of our last work party at Joe Graham Horse Camp near Timothy Lake on the other side of Mount Hood. We belong to a volunteer organization called Oregon Equestrian Trails, or OET, and worked in conjunction with the US Forest Service and NorthWest Land Management on this project. To find out more about this organization click on the link above. |
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| (Left) Drilling post holes...(right) Setting Posts...
This is the first step in building a corral...digging holes and setting the posts.... |
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| Screwing nuts and washers on some All-Thread.
This is one of the first jobs we do while someone is using a chainsaw to notch the rails and posts. We use this to attach the posts and rails together. |
| Notching Posts and Rails... |
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| (Left) Drilling holes....(Right) Pounding All-thread...
First a hole gets drilled through the rail and post, then the all-thread gets pounded through with a heavy hammer. Another washer and nut is attached to the other end and is screwed tight. The rail is then "sucked" up tight to the post and a good secure fit is made. We generally use three rails to a post so either ponies or draft horses are held tight. |
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| (Left) Drilling Ridge Poles...(Right) Making Chain Gates
Once the entire corral is built we place ridge poles on the top of the corrals. These are to place tarps over in order to keep the horses dry or shaded. The chain gates are made with steel chain and are attached to the posts with all thread once again. This helps insure they don't get stolen by unthreading the bolts. Finally you have a finished corral, all ready for your horses. |
"JOE GRAHAM HORSE CAMP
was reconstructed by
OREGON EQUESTRIAN TRAILS
in cooperation with
UNITED STATES FOREST SERVICE
Dedicated May 25, 1998"
