The Amish areas are nice, but the roads do suffer. The metal wheels on their buggies cut into and polish slick, parts of the roads and the roads are littered with "road apples".

Keith

Wheel damage here is minimal compared to the rut the horses dig, especially on hills.

Yes , love those home made Whoopie Pies

Well I guess it all gives the county transportation Dept. job security repairing the roads . Repair needs doing all over here too, just after a winter. Cracks, fissures, potholes always need filling for a while.

I have seen many horses in Draft Horse pulls wearing similar shoes. They need good traction in some of the arenas.

For skidding. Usually across Frozen lakes hauling Timber or Ice.