Marathon obsticles

This spring we realized finally (!!! :D ) that it would not be too much trouble to build some marathon obsticles at our farm, we have a few nice spots for them here, too. In the mare herds winter paddock there is a nice area with trees, which is suitable for one obsticle, so I raked the whole area and we cleaned some stumps and branches to make a safe ground to drive on. We got old tires from a car repair shop, GTE here in Lohtaja village. The tires we will pile up around poles to make an obsticle and to soften it up a bit.

I have been sending e-mails to several companies to get material to a few obsticles more and I was so happy recieving e-mail yesterday from Svarvar trävaruhandel, a timber/wood/pywood company, who gives us material to four "barrel like" constructions! These we can make portable and use at our farm but also if needed transport them elsewhere. We also buy material for one obsticle part, so totally we get five barrels. To make a good and safe obsticle we consulted Ben Simonsen for advice and this is what they will be looking like:

Besides five barrel constructions we build a few fences and plan is to use one more birch forest area and build a simple and low bridge there which can also be avoided. That would make three obsticle areas. We have one more forest area that could be used and I also thought of having a water obsticle with just poles and simple fence construction but that would definitely need a sponsor to afford all the groundwork needed for the water with pool making and gravel needed. I really hope to get a few sponsors more to help us! But with what we got already it is possible to train obsticle driving properly and hopefully we have an training event later this summer! Will take more photos of the areas soon as we get them ready. We will probably go to Svarvars at Saturday to get the material so maybe at Sunday possible to start building! :)