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Location: Texas | How do you get them to stay put? Bungee cords? If so how do you put them on to secure them, because I'm not doing it right. It is so annoying to get somewhere to find my saddle/saddles on the ground.
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Location: Jersey Girl | I used bungee cords. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Glue on some outdoor carpet. |
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| Slow down!! Just kidding, kind of.  I have a long, bumpy gravel drive and sometimes the top one shimmies off the side and falls on me when I open the door so I have bungee cord hold it on. |
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| My husband took a short bungee cord, drilled the ends in a loop on the front end of the rack. You loop the cord over the saddle horn. |
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | I discovered the more crap I had hanging from each saddle, the less likely it was to fall off :) Does that help :) |
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Location: Got Lobsta? | I found some flexible twist cord at Home Depot - I wrap them underneath the saddles and than wrap around the horn. It really helped. My husband kept accusing me of driving like a mad woman because the saddles all kept falling off. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | batkitty - 2015-11-18 11:19 AM How do you get them to stay put? Bungee cords? If so how do you put them on to secure them, because I'm not doing it right. It is so annoying to get somewhere to find my saddle/saddles on the ground. Thanks!
Are these the hard plastic saddle racks that the new trailers have in them now adays? |
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Location: Winging It in KY | I just drilled holes in the front of the saddle rack, installed a metal ring and then took a piece of inner tube adjusted to size to snuggly go over the horn to hold the saddle down.
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| Yeah, it's a balance thing. If I let the front and back cinch hang, they stay on the rack. If I have it laid over the saddle, they fall off. |
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Location: **Cactus Country down in South Texas*** | I will half to try some of these ideas, I have that problem all the time. And being short doesn't help when putting all the saddles back up lol |
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| cuckleburr - 2015-11-18 1:33 PM
I just drilled holes in the front of the saddle rack, installed a metal ring and then took a piece of inner tube adjusted to size to snuggly go over the horn to hold the saddle down.
This is good!!! I have two snaps jerry-rigged from the above rack to clip to the breast collar rings. All saddles must be seat belted in in my trailer. :) |
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Location: Central Texas | Mainer-racer - 2015-11-18 1:11 PM
I found some flexible twist cord at Home Depot - I wrap them underneath the saddles and than wrap around the horn. It really helped. My husband kept accusing me of driving like a mad woman because the saddles all kept falling off.
I did this but with just some cheap regular cord. Works like a charm. |
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Location: Texas | cuckleburr - 2015-11-18 1:33 PM
I just drilled holes in the front of the saddle rack, installed a metal ring and then took a piece of inner tube adjusted to size to snuggly go over the horn to hold the saddle down.
This is awesome. I will try this! First I'm going to have to do a better job of bungee cords. |
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Location: Texas | No they are metal triangles. I thought I wouldn't have as much trouble with them but I still do.
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Location: Texas | missroselee - 2015-11-18 12:12 PM
I discovered the more crap I had hanging from each saddle, the less likely it was to fall off :) Does that help :)
actually it does help. The balance issues makes sense. Thank you! |
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Location: Texas | veintiocho - 2015-11-18 11:58 AM
Slow down!! Just kidding, kind of. I have a long, bumpy gravel drive and sometimes the top one shimmies off the side and falls on me when I open the door so I have bungee cord hold it on.
LOL, if my husband was driving that can definitely be an issue. But I also live on a bumpy road, so that bears some responsibility of it. I was just surprised when his roping saddle was off the rack. |
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| We use bungee cords. Connect it to the bottom of the rack, take it up through the hole in the front and around the horn and back down through the hole to the bottom again. Rarely have an issue with them. |
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Location: North Dakota | Huh. That's interesting. I've NEVER had a saddle fall off the rack. But fortunately, I usually don't have to drive too much gravel.
I've had bridles fall off the hooks but that's about it.
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Location: Texas | r_beau - 2015-11-19 8:39 AM
Huh. That's interesting. I've NEVER had a saddle fall off the rack. But fortunately, I usually don't have to drive too much gravel.
I've had bridles fall off the hooks but that's about it.
I never did either until I bought my bumper pull and then again with this trailer (gooseneck) but in my old trailer the saddle racks had wider bases and were "rod" not solid. I'm just happy to have a trailer with a weekend package. I will deal with the saddle issue. |
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Location: White Mountains of AZ | BMW - 2015-11-18 9:59 AM
My husband took a short bungee cord, drilled the ends in a loop on the front end of the rack. You loop the cord over the saddle horn.
This ^^ when I had the rear tack. My mid tack saddles don't budge an inch :) |
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Location: Texas | QH<3er - 2015-11-19 10:11 AM
BMW - 2015-11-18 9:59 AM
My husband took a short bungee cord, drilled the ends in a loop on the front end of the rack. You loop the cord over the saddle horn.
This ^^ when I had the rear tack. My mid tack saddles don't budge an inch : )
You bring up a good point. My other trailer had a front tack and rear tack, but my saddles were always in the front tack. Maybe this is why they didn't fall off. |
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Location: White Mountains of AZ | batkitty - 2015-11-19 8:42 AM
QH<3er - 2015-11-19 10:11 AM
BMW - 2015-11-18 9:59 AM
My husband took a short bungee cord, drilled the ends in a loop on the front end of the rack. You loop the cord over the saddle horn.
This ^^ when I had the rear tack. My mid tack saddles don't budge an inch : )
You bring up a good point. My other trailer had a front tack and rear tack, but my saddles were always in the front tack. Maybe this is why they didn't fall off.
Yea it's werid. I guess there's more movement in the back? Like a roller coaster LOL |
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Location: Piedmont, OK | I bought long bungee cords and tied it around the pole to hold the saddles and run one end of the bungee cord thru the opening by the saddle horn and hook the 2 hooks together. I have an Integrity trailer and if i don't do that my saddles are in the floor of the tack everytime! |
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| My saddle racks are in my tiny LQ. Most of the time I only have problems with one particular saddle and it has a wider gullet than the others. If I put it on the top rack, it will fall off no matter who drives, or how they drive. If I put in on the middle or bottom rack, it stays put much better. The anchored bungie looks like a good idea! |
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Saddles falling of the saddle rack in my trailer