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How to Use a Stall Jack as an Anvil

Of particular use to farriers for cold shoeing, a stall jack is essentially a portable anvil, being a smaller, lighter version of a solid piece of shaped metal on legs. A standard stall jack is about 17 inches high and weighs in the region of 18 lbs., so you can set it down next to a horse. Further, you can easily transport it to the racetrack, unlike a proper anvil.

Things You'll Need

  • Stall jack
  • Farrier's tongs
  • Farrier's hammer
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Instructions

    • 1

      Drive your stall jack into the ground to make a solid platform, advises farrier Robert F. Wiseman.

    • 2

      Follow farmer F. Thomas Breningstall's advice and hold your aluminum shoe with tongs rather than by hand, to avoid painful vibrations. Place the shoe on one of the specially shaped grooved arcs on the nose of the stall jack, with the part you intend to hammer uppermost.

    • 3

      Strike the shoe cleanly and firmly with the hammer, appreciating you may need more than one blow to get the job done.

    • 4

      Carry the shoe to the horse, touch the horse with your hand to let it know you're there, then try the shoe against the hoof.

    • 5

      Assess where any further shaping is required. Carry the shoe back to the stall jack and continue hammering -- and checking -- until you achieve a perfect fit of shoe and hoof.


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