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Margaret Brockie
Posted on Wednesday, 16 September, 2009 - 1:45 pm:   

The first thing you should do is check that your harness, specifically traces and breeching are correctly adjusted. The easiest way of stopping your swingletree banging on the body of the vehicle is to put 2 straps one at each end of the swingletree and attached directly backwards to the body front so that they restrict the movement. If one side can only go forward so far then the other side cannot go back as far as the vehicle and vice versa.
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Julie Dennis
Posted on Sunday, 13 September, 2009 - 10:46 pm:   

Hi, I'm very new to carraige driving and advice would be appreciated. I find the swingletree on my gig seems to move excessively when going downhill and clatters on the footplate. Do I need to adjust anything to reduce this? or should I just get some foam / padding to reduce noise and damage to thve vehicle?

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