There are clear and purpose built advantages between the TR3 E Series and all other arena drags. These advantages deliver significantly better arena footing maintenance results and multi-function capabilities to manage your property.
1 – More Work with Less Horsepower
At the core of the TR3 E-Series is a welded main frame built upon 2″ x 3″ tube steel. The frame is fully welded, except at pivoting joints, for rugged and long lasting service life. Every component of the TR3 E-Series is truly commercial-grade to take the abuse of hours of daily use. Commercial-quality construction and design excels when other tools fail! The TR3 E-Series is the toughest and most versatile ATV tool on the market.
2 – Ease of Use
The everyday equestrian is not a professional ground prep contractor! Ease of use and “no skill required” were the foundation of the TR3 E series design. To keep your arena footing depth consistent, an arena drag MUST have a grading blade. The problem is that a fixed grading blade means you need to be a skilled operator. Not so with the floating drag bar of the TR3 E Series. The floating drag bar will catch your highs and fill in your lows without the operator having to control the three point hydraulic arms of the tractor. The floating drag bar, in conjunction with the stabilizing wheels, offsets the dangerous dipping and gouging that comes with all other three point arena drags.
3 – Multi-Function
The primary purpose of the TR3 E series is arena footing. But make no mistake this tractor attachment is perfect for gravel road maintenance and light pasture and seed bed work. With the ripping or scarifying teeth, floating drag bar and the profile blades, the TR3 E Series will turn your pothole filled gravel road into a brand new road in no time. If you think the TR3 E Series is an incredible arena drag, just wait until your neighbors think you’ve spent thousands of dollars on a new gravel road!
4 – Safety
80% of all soundness related injuries are a result of poorly prepared arena footing. How your arena footing is prepared below the first 1″ is fundamental and critical to keeping your horse sound. With moisture in your footing, and as your horses travel throughout the arena, they compress the footing to the point where there are hard inconsistencies that you and your horse cannot see…but your horse can feel! Simply dragging a chain harrow or simply designed arena drag that’s purpose is to smooth out the hoof prints, will not prepare your footing for safety…it only covers up the issues. But the profile blades and floating drag bar on the TR3 E Series will completely eliminate any unseen compaction clear down to the base and will keep the depth of your footing the same throughout your arena.
5 – Performance
Horses are reactionary animals and have a natural “flight” mentality when they sense danger. As equestrians, we ask our horses to do things that are very unnatural in the wild. If we don’t give them a footing that makes them feel safe they are most often going to tense up and not respond to the cues given by the riders seat, legs and hands. You work hard to get your horses mind in sync with your desires and direction and poorly maintained footing will break that mental bond and leave you both frustrated. With the TR3 E Series, you can eliminate that worry from your arena training. If you properly prepare your arena with the profile blades, floating drag bar, grooming rods and adjustable finish rake, you and your horses stand a much better chance of success!
6 – Longevity
Your investment in your horse is not just about time and money…it’s also about your relationship! You don’t have the luxury of buying new horses every few years. When your horses are lame or unable to compete at the next level, your choices become limited to replacement or retirement. The wisest investment you can make in the longevity of your horses is in the arena footing where you ride and train. The TR3 E series gives you the advantage of increasing your horses’ longevity to provide you with many years of love and enjoyment!
7 – Grooming
Although ABI Equine believes that it is critical to the safety and performance of your horses to properly prepare your footing, sometimes a quick and simple grooming is what’s needed. The TR3 E Series floating drag bar, grooming rods and finish rake produce a beautifully groomed arena. One of the attention to details that ABI put into the finish rake is the slightly upward concaved end pieces. This minor, but important, detail helps to leave a more beautiful finish without the deep lines that hard edge usually will leave on the footing.
8 – Properly Prepare
If you believe that your arena footing plays an important role in the soundness, performance and longevity of your horses, then you have no choice but to invest in an arena drag that can prepare the entire profile of the footing and not just the first 1/2″. ABI Equine’s profile blades and floating drag bar are two of the critical components that create consistent depth and eliminate inconsistency in compaction. Because these components are patented, nobody but ABI Equine can offer them on their arena drags.
9 – Renovate
There is no such thing as a horse arena that never gets out of grade. It happens, and from time to time it is mandatory to get the arena back in its original condition. With most other arena drags, you would have to get out a box scraper and disk to make that happen. And, if another arena drag can renovate…it’s very difficult to use for the everyday equestrian. Not with the TR3 E Series from ABI Equine. The TR3 E Series is easy for anyone to use and yet when using the ripping or scarifying teeth and then locking the floating drag bar down, it can be turned into a powerful rough grading tool that can loosen the hardest material move yards of it anywhere needed to bring your arena back into perfect condition!
10 – Return on Investment
As horse owners, you spend a lot of your hard earned money on horses, trucks, trailers and property. You do this for the love of horses and there is no more important place to allocate your money than on the ground where you and your horses spend most of your time. So you want an arena drag that will actually keep your horses sound, performing to their maximum ability and partnering with you for a long time. That’s your ROI or return on your investment! Not only that, but the TR3 E Series is a multi purpose tool for property maintenance so your basically getting 2-3 tools for the price of one!
