Three rigs, one system, no missteps: A place for everything and everything in its place, plus workstations on wheels, make for maximum efficiency with minimum effort

摘要

IF YOU THINK organizing one shoeing rig is a challenge, consider Red Renchin. He uses three pickup trucks for shoeing: A Ford F250 and two Ford F350s. The oldest is vintage 2001, the newest is a 2007. One rig is used in Florida, where the Hall of Famefarrier often shoes during the winter, and two are kept at his home in Mequon, Wis., just outside of Milwaukee in the southeastern part of the state. He sometimes sends his two apprentices — he prefers to call them associates because they are an important part of his business — to shoeing jobs in one of the rigs, while he goes to shoeing appointments in the remaining truck. "It also gives me a spare," he says, "so it gives me the flexibility of not having any down time because I don't have somethingto work out of."