November 26, 2009
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IMDB rating: 5.80 Plot: L.A. in the early 1930’s: racism, poverty, and disease color the Bunker Hill neighborhood where Arturo Bandini, a lover of men and beasts alike, has arrived from Colorado to write the great Los Angeles novel. After six months and down to his last nickel, he orders a cup of coffee, served by Camilla Lopez, beautiful, self-possessed, and Mexican. Arturo gets advice, encouragement, and an occasional check from H.L. Mencken, so he keeps writing and he keeps seeing Camilla. But, he’s mean to her for no apparent reason, so the relationship sputters. A housekeeper from back East suggests a way out of his jealously and fears. “Camilla Bandini”: is it in the cards? |
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can i use bedding (shavings) as an arena footing?
i asked a question earlier about controlling the insane amounts of dust in the arena, and one response was to use bedding. since the barn owner doesn’t do anything around the barn besides give horses hay, i’d have to do this/pay for it myself. i need something REALLY cheap. i would only be using it from like now through february/march, then never again as i’ll be moving. shavings would be a good option because of this. although, i would think shavings would be sort of slick? the arena’s pretty small, so when we canter we take really tight turns. to me, this seems like it could be a dangerous footing if he loses his footing underneath him. what do you think? any more ideas?
i don’t want wood chips, i want shavings, the soft bedding you put in a horse’s stall
meagan: that’s the problem, i can’t water it. there is no footing at all right now. it’s dirt & more dirt. if i water it, it turns to mud and gets slick. i’m talking more about the finer bedding, not the chip kind. i would water that, saying as it wouldn’t turn to mud every time.
yeah that’s what i meant, sawdust ha. my horse isn’t in a stall so i’m not completely familiar with the different types of shavings. i don’t think you guys realize how small the arena is, lol. its tiny. i guess if it will be expensive though, i might as well scratch it.
I wouldn’t do it. To get as much shavings as you need to affect the arena is going to be very, very expensive. As someone above said, you’ll have to be constantly replacing them. Shavings break down over time, especially when they’ve gotten wet.
I also agree with you that shavings would be bad footing. They’re very slick and I just don’t think a horse would have enough traction to canter and turn on them safely. Sawdust shavings would offer more traction, but they’re usually more expensive than wood shavings and will cause an insane amount of dust.
I would try looking a different kind of sand. Try looking at a feed or supply store nearby, often they make thicker sand specifically for arenas.
Good luck!
Zurby. | Nov 21, 2009
I suggest wood shavings isn’t a very good idea in case you fall off the horse. It could cause nasty injuries.
Wight chemist | Nov 21, 2009
No, no no no NO. Sorry, but that would probably become a catastrophe, and it wouldn’t necessarily reduce dust.
It wouldn’t be cheap, because it would take insane amounts to even have somewhat of an effect on the whole arena. You’d have to continually replace it, etc, just like one giant stall. And shavings really don’t have that low of a dust content, so the initial purpose would be defeated it…. It would just be a mess.
Can you get a sprinkler system (I guarantee this would cost less than the massive amounts of shavings you would need), or some type of way to water the arena?
Meagan K | Nov 21, 2009
I recommend sawdust. The owners of my old barn used to put the wet sawdust that they needed for bedding down in the arena to get it to dry. That was sort of slippy, but once it was dry it worked really well, and falling off into it didn’t hurt much. Only thing is if you fall off funny you might get a mouthful of sawdust, which happened to me. I didn’t actually fall off, my friend and I were just jumping over the jumps in the arena on foot and I caught my foot on one and I fell. It was actually really funny. It also helped reduce the dust factor, which sounds weird but is true.