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Location: Never in one place long | I bought a Sundowner trailer about 2 mos ago and I like it except that the saddles are always slipping off the rack! It never happened with my Exiss trailer but I can't seem to keep them on. The saddle rack is plastic... any tricks to keep them on? some kind of grippy material maybe? |
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  Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I have to bungie cord mine on :/ |
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 Miss Laundry Misshap
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| Depending on how the racks are set up, you might have to turn your saddle around. In my Kiefer Built the saddles have to go on horn first to stay put. Never had a problem since I turned them around. |
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Location: Never in one place long | Nateracer - 2014-11-10 8:58 AM
Depending on how the racks are set up, you might have to turn your saddle around. In my Kiefer Built the saddles have to go on horn first to stay put. Never had a problem since I turned them around.
Lol, maybe that's the problem! I will have to try that. good suggestion. |
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| I have a bp Sundowner and the saddles always slid off when the saddle rack was in the back tack. It got moved to the dressing room (so now they are straight instead of sideways in the trailer, if that makes sense) and I no longer have that problem. |
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I'm Over It!!
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| I store my extra and old pads underneath mine to keep them from rocking from side to side with the motion of the trailer and they rarely fall off.
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 Super Bumper
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Location: At the Brownderosa | Ditto on the bungee cords if you can! :) |
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 Ms. Poutability
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Location: In my own world | I have a feather lite and mine do it too. I bought some of that stuff you line cabinets with that's kind of tacky. I'm going to glue it to my rack and see if that helps |
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Location: White Mountains of AZ | Bungee Cords!!! |
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | I have a friend that has a Sundowner and she has to use bungees as well! |
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Location: Never in one place long | Longneck - 2014-11-10 11:53 AM
I have a friend that has a Sundowner and she has to use bungees as well!
Darn! dissapointing! Sounds like Sundowner needs to engineer a better saddle rack! How annoying!! Mine never ever came off my exiss but it was a totally dif design and carpeted. Guess I'll be diggin up some bungee cords and getting some grippy material on them. |
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Location: Sperry, OK | DLV - 2014-11-10 11:55 AM Longneck - 2014-11-10 11:53 AM I have a friend that has a Sundowner and she has to use bungees as well! Darn! dissapointing! Sounds like Sundowner needs to engineer a better saddle rack! How annoying!! Mine never ever came off my exiss but it was a totally dif design and carpeted. Guess I'll be diggin up some bungee cords and getting some grippy material on them.
Maybe try to buy some cheap indoor/outdoor carpet and glue to them.. that is what I want to try to do to my Featherlite, mine fall off everytime my trailer moves! Along with my bridles coming off the hooks, everything is alway in the floor when I open the door. |
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Location: NE Texas | Buy my trailer in my siggy.....problem solved! |
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 I Chore in Chucks
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Location: MD | I upgraded to these type of racks and haven't had an issue since. You could stick carpeting on them and I bet it will keep them on?
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Location: Winging It in KY | I had the same issue with mine. If you look in my album you can see some photos of how I fixed mine. Not sure how you would attach it to a plastic saddle rack but you will get an idea. |
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Duct Tape Bikini Girl
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| Bungee cords work. Bout ready to buy some dang Velcro strips too. |
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Location: Never in one place long | Wow, glad to hear I'm not the only one with this problem! never had it before but def not happy when you open the door and it's all on the floor! |
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Location: Southeast Louisiana | Yep... bungee cords.
...I soooo want your trailer, Herbie. Just not ready to buy one right now. :( |
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Location: Texas | I use a lead rope and tie it thru the candle of the bottom saddle to the top saddles d rings works great! |
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Location: East Texas | Like others have said. Just cut and glue on some scrap carpet and I have a feeling problem will be solved. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | CrossDRanch - 2014-11-11 9:51 AM Like others have said. Just cut and glue on some scrap carpet and I have a feeling problem will be solved.
I agree |
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Location: Finally horseback again.... | Crowned Image - 2014-11-10 12:36 PM I upgraded to these type of racks and haven't had an issue since. You could stick carpeting on them and I bet it will keep them on?
I have these in my Featherlite, however, if you put the blanket racks above the saddle, your horn slips in the center and keeps the saddle from falling off.
On the Sundowner I used to have I had the same issue. I ended up using a bucket strap. Clip it to the rack above and simply loop the end over the horn of the saddle below it. They may move sideways, but wont fall. |
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Porta Potty Pants
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| I have the same problem .. had it in the Sundowner I owned as well as the Featherlight … Gonna try the carpet or indoor/outdoor grass and see what that does … Not sure what to do about the bridle racks .. stuff ends up on the floor all the time. It's so annoying and I'm not a wild driver either! |
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Expert
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| I agree. We got a heavy industrial carpet and screwed it in with a drill. Works great |
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Location: Oklahoma | wyoming barrel racer - 2014-11-10 8:54 AM
I have to bungie cord mine on :/
This ^^^ And I have carpet on my saddle racks. If I don't bungee them down, they'll all be on the floor. I just hook it underneath the rack, go up around the horn a couple of time and back down to hook under the rack again. Works great. |
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Location: Where Tall Corn Grows | I have a featherlite trailer and the saddles are always off the racks. The old featherlite had better saddle racks and I never had a saddle slip. If those who use the bungee cords could post some pictures, I'd sure appreciate it!
Thanks in advance!! |
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Porta Potty Pants
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| Chicken Fried - 2014-11-11 3:46 PM
I have a featherlite trailer and the saddles are always off the racks. The old featherlite had better saddle racks and I never had a saddle slip. If those who use the bungee cords could post some pictures, I'd sure appreciate it!
Thanks in advance!!
^^^ yes photos please.
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 Certified Snake Wrangler
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Location: North MS | Seems like we need to petition for better saddle/bridle racks. I've never thought of turning the saddle around though. How simple! But I've got a bridle rack problem. I've got a Kiefer and purchased it used. My bridle rack was installed on the side with the horses. How crazy was that! Also if anyone has a 2000 model kiefer and can send me a pic of the butt bar setup I would appreciate it. Mine came lacking one and now I'm getting paranoid thanks to the I-20 accident. |
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Location: Piedmont, OK | Bungie cords |
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 Making the post season
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Location: your guess is as good as mine | wyoming barrel racer - 2014-11-10 7:54 AM I have to bungie cord mine on :/
Me too... |
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 Lived to tell about it and will never do it again
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| bluerose2001 - 2014-11-11 11:24 PM Seems like we need to petition for better saddle/bridle racks. I've never thought of turning the saddle around though. How simple! But I've got a bridle rack problem. I've got a Kiefer and purchased it used. My bridle rack was installed on the side with the horses. How crazy was that! Also if anyone has a 2000 model kiefer and can send me a pic of the butt bar setup I would appreciate it. Mine came lacking one and now I'm getting paranoid thanks to the I-20 accident.
For the butt bar issue
When mine broke off in our old Keifer I just went and bought some chain and hooked it to the ring that the old butt bar was hooked to. Put a bull snap on the other end, problem solved. |
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