Our "seasoned veterans" are Shorthorn breeders and will be home by the time we go down. But, we're going to see if we can take their son back down with us. I read some old posts that said the tie-outs were horrible (really PACKED)
packed, and if it rains then a section becomes unuseable
so most everyone ties to their trailers (which I'll need to add rings).
at least half are tied to trailers
At the county shows we do our own tie-outs (t-posts and a gate) does NAILE provide the tie outs?
In their tieout area, yes
Are you assigned a stall?
are you talking inside, or tieouts? Inside is handled by each breed association. Tieouts are first come, first served
We always double-tie (use neck ropes) but does someone sell one long enough that at the trailer they can still lie down? The ones we have arent that long.
What's the difference between tieing at a trailer and tieing at a gate?
We have 3 endgates.. usually use two for the cattle and the extra one for our tack... is this allowable down there?
Shouldn't be a problem.
Where do you do your grooming? Was going to do it all at home but would I do touch-ups in the stall or is there an area for grooming?
You can do it in the stall, or take your own grooming chute and place in the aisle the day of the show. I think it costs $20 for the chute, we don't take one so I'm not sure on the cost.
Do I have to have all my shavings or can they be bought down there... if they're expensive I'll just take my own but would like to save some space in the trailer if possible.
Bedding of all sorts is available, at a cost of course.
I'm assuming as the arenas are all inside/conditioned spaces that fans aren't needed like they are at summer shows? So many questions....Thanks for any info...
Some people still run their fans. We generally don't since there are enough people who do that the air movement is nice, and the building is temp controlled.
