Author Topic: New Style Hoofies what do you think (Read 26544 times)

Jason · « **on:** April 04, 2008, 08:35:46 PM »

Hi All

I've had Man flu recently and as most of you know I seem to invent when I'm ill

So here are the latest Hoofies they are a little more permanent that the other type (take about 10 mins a hoof to change) and depending on where they wear they may be reversable (not sure about that yet only had them on for about 6 hrs)

You have to have a set of the bolt-on rubbers that are in good condition to fit them to (baddly worn ones won't work well)

And a set of special bolts and nuts (which I would supply in the kit)

Only for the bolt-on type obviously but they should work out a lot cheaper than the current ones

I was thinking about selling a kit with all the bolts and a set of rubbers and then you could just buy rubbers at a lesser cost

So have a look at the pics and give me your comments

Jason

Spud · « **Reply #1 on:** April 04, 2008, 08:40:33 PM »

looks really good jason. They look like they could be the most secure "tire socks" ever made.

Locky · « **Reply #2 on:** April 04, 2008, 09:34:10 PM »

they look super sweet. Excellent stuff jason.

Paul-Self · « **Reply #3 on:** April 04, 2008, 09:38:02 PM »

awesome as usual Jason =) !

webmaster · « **Reply #4 on:** April 04, 2008, 10:02:18 PM »

I'm impressed more so than usual! Looks much neater than any other sock and an extremely snug fit

Opal · « **Reply #5 on:** April 05, 2008, 01:14:04 AM »

Looks great! When can I buy some, and how much?

Jason · « **Reply #6 on:** April 05, 2008, 10:48:33 AM »

Thanks for the nice comments guys and gals

I want to test them for a short while before I put them on sale (just to make sure I haven't missed any problems) so give me a couple of weeks and should be available
Also got to do a fitting walkthrough as they are easy if you do it right and very easy to get wrong

As for price I think I will be looking at £10 inc UK p&p for the kit which will include a set of 8 nuts and 4 studs and a set of rubbers

The replacement rubbers should be about £6 inc UK p&p and I should be able to reduce the postage if you buy more than 1 set at a time as they will go 1st class letter and fit the size easily

Jason

Sx Nutta · « **Reply #7 on:** April 05, 2008, 12:59:25 PM »

they look good jason, what we need now is a conversion set for the non bolt-on feet, lol

Spud · « **Reply #8 on:** April 05, 2008, 01:03:07 PM »

Quote from: Sx Nutta on April 05, 2008, 12:59:25 PM

they look good jason, what we need now is a conversion set for the non bolt-on feet, lol

That seems like a pointles exersise

webmaster · « **Reply #9 on:** April 05, 2008, 01:04:19 PM »

Agreed Spud, Nutta you have the old style "cute" hoofies for that!

Nero · « **Reply #10 on:** April 05, 2008, 02:29:57 PM »

they look super cool, ill be getting some of them when i get some pj's

GRS · « **Reply #11 on:** April 05, 2008, 02:45:28 PM »

look sweet Jason. Will these also work for the new metal feet that go a bit higher up covering the rubber fully?

Jason · « **Reply #12 on:** April 05, 2008, 08:03:24 PM »

Yes they will work with any of the bolt-ons I've fitted them to both types but my older PJ's are normally used for testing as I use them at work so get more outside time on them

Jason

K-rock · « **Reply #13 on:** April 07, 2008, 09:43:08 AM »

They look wicked Jason

aidanh1 · « **Reply #14 on:** April 07, 2008, 04:02:22 PM »

jason youve managed to amaze us all again

and does this one replace the original rubber hoof thing

Jason · « **Reply #15 on:** April 07, 2008, 09:44:05 PM »

No the bolt on bit goes in the middle and needs to be in fairly good condition also I know that the later style molded hoofs can be replaced with the bolt-ons as I did my set but I've never done a 1st generation set (the ones with no bend in the foot) so don't know if they can be replaced

Jason

Nero · « **Reply #16 on:** April 10, 2008, 01:38:46 PM »

Errrrr jason i want some, like now though

pleeeeeeeeeeease?

K-rock · « **Reply #17 on:** April 10, 2008, 01:40:40 PM »

I second that notice I slipped so much yesterday I nearl lost the will to bock

Jason · « **Reply #18 on:** April 10, 2008, 08:51:40 PM »

Hi Nero and K-rock

I will get them tested as soon as I can and you two are at the front of the list

Should take a week or two to make sure they work OK

Jason

zendalfire · « **Reply #19 on:** April 12, 2008, 03:31:38 AM »

Great work. Now to convert everyone to bolt-on hooves..

Nero · « **Reply #20 on:** April 12, 2008, 10:03:24 AM »

cool, ill try and be patient then jason

Kiola · « **Reply #21 on:** April 12, 2008, 12:32:36 PM »

id like a set please

just the rubber though as we wouldn't need the studs

Jason · « **Reply #22 on:** April 12, 2008, 09:27:22 PM »

I was thinking about that Kiola I will do a walk throught on fitting and all the stud sizes as I think a lot of people will be happy to cut their own studs and supply the nuts themselves as they are fairly easy to make (if a little time consuming)

I will get the walk through done soon as they were a tad hard to fit until I figured an easy way
The hard bit was getting the rubber to line up on the under bolts (act like spacers and lock nuts for the studs) then I used some penny washers to press the rubber on and it stays in place while you fit it to the Hoof

One bit of bad news is that the present Studdies don't fit over the top of them so a redesign of the Studdies is on the drawing board

Jason

Spud · « **Reply #23 on:** April 13, 2008, 10:11:56 AM »

Quote from: zendalfire on April 12, 2008, 03:31:38 AM

Great work. Now to convert everyone to bolt-on hooves..

I really don't get this. The other type of hoofies fit the non-bolt on hoofs.

Jason · « **Reply #24 on:** April 13, 2008, 05:01:15 PM »

I'll explain Spud

Normal Hoofies cost £18
Replacement rubbers for them cost £10

New bolt on style Hoofies kit will be about £10
Replacement rubber for them about £5 (and may be reversable (yet to try and depends on the wear patten) so might work out about £2-50 an end )

In other words the new ones look better and cost 1/2 the price (and maybe 1/4 of the price if I can use both ends)
And another good bit is the new ones don't slip to the side like tyre socks (at least mine haven't yet)

Hence the want to change

Jason

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