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#1 ·
Wasn't sure where to put this...​

Has anyone here made items or supplies for their horses or barns?

I’m all for buying a needed item that can’t easily or safely be made, but in the interests of up-cycling or saving money to spend elsewhere on an item I cannot make, I like to use what I have.
If something costs say $100 and I can make it for $10, then I would rather make it and spend the $90 difference to get a nicer pair of riding boots, a nicer horse blankets, higher quality bit…. or whatever.

It can be any horse related item or supply…. feeders, hay racks, feed storage bins, saddle racks, bridle hangers, blankets, saddle pads, tack, leg wraps, tail bags, …..anything.

I’ll go first, I’m working on a crochet saddle pad. I have a new Aussie saddle and I’m not crazy about the pad choices out there for them. Since I have alpacas and yarn, I’m going to experiment with a both a regular stitched pad and a felted pad, like the super expensive merino wool ones.
(Alpaca is nicer anyway… :thumbsup:)

I’m also making my own saddle racks. $8 of materials will give me two removable wall racks.

Still trying to figure out how to make a slow feeder system for hay and found this site with some great ideas-
http://slowfeeding.com/constructions.htm

 
 
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I've made...

...a bit warmer out of a scoop of rice and some leftover fleece material. Place it in the microwave for 1 min and voila, a small hot beanbag to warm the bit. My cost = $0

...4 saddle racks out of an 8' 4x4 some rings and some hooks. It can be unhooked to hang down against the wall or removed when not in use. My cost less than $15 for 4 racks

...blanket bars out of some rope, 3' lengths of 1.5" pvc pipe (I used these for agility poles for my dogs too), some wall screws with eyelets and quick clasps (carabiners). They work great and cost me less than $15 for 4 blanket bars.

... 3 sets of jump standards using for each set: 1 x 8' 4x4, 2 x 8' 2x4's (I used some old ones that were lying around and leftovers from our yard fence), jump cups and some screws. I also bought 6 12' round poles to go with them. It cost me around $50 in materials to build 3 functioning sets of jumps with standards.

Hubby has made a leather breast collar, leather saddle bags and a leather crupper for his Aussie saddle.

Although I am not much of a seamstress, I also wash and sew all my own blankets rather than send them out for cleaning and repair. Once I they are beyond my ability to repair them, it is time for new ones. This is the 4th or 5th winter I have had and used some of my turnout blankets, and they weren't terribly expensive to begin with.
 
#9 ·
I've made...

...a bit warmer out of a scoop of rice and some leftover fleece material. Place it in the microwave for 1 min and voila, a small hot beanbag to warm the bit. My cost = $0

...4 saddle racks out of an 8' 4x4 some rings and some hooks. It can be unhooked to hang down against the wall or removed when not in use. My cost less than $15 for 4 racks

...blanket bars out of some rope, 3' lengths of 1.5" pvc pipe (I used these for agility poles for my dogs too), some wall screws with eyelets and quick clasps (carabiners). They work great and cost me less than $15 for 4 blanket bars.

... 3 sets of jump standards using for each set: 1 x 8' 4x4, 2 x 8' 2x4's (I used some old ones that were lying around and leftovers from our yard fence), jump cups and some screws. I also bought 6 12' round poles to go with them. It cost me around $50 in materials to build 3 functioning sets of jumps with standards.

Hubby has made a leather breast collar, leather saddle bags and a leather crupper for his Aussie saddle.

Although I am not much of a seamstress, I also wash and sew all my own blankets rather than send them out for cleaning and repair. Once I they are beyond my ability to repair them, it is time for new ones. This is the 4th or 5th winter I have had and used some of my turnout blankets, and they weren't terribly expensive to begin with.
Thanks for the idea I am so making a bit warmer!!!!!
 
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Take the rope end and thread it through the snap bottom for the halter, then fold it back along itself and use pliers to attach this clamp.
I just bought some of them from TSC to make some leads with. They have little grippy teeth on the inside that clamps into the rope.
Because those fancy long "clinician" lead ropes are really expensive I'm trying to make my own.
(pic in next post, it went wonky in this one)
 
#16 ·
Lockwood what did you put on the other end of your rope?
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#17 ·
I didn't make the lead in the picture, just snagged that pic off google. :)Depending on the rope fiber you could burn the end if it has nylon in it, or if it is a cotton rope you could use duct tape with a little glue for better hold or dip the end in some type of rubber cement from the hardware store. It is about just trying to keep the human end from fraying so probaly anything would work.
 
#18 ·
I make new things all the time, me and Drum are very crafty and we always seem to have new ideas.

One of my most useful thing I have come up with was a boot hanger i guess you could call it.

I just attached Velcro straps the the wall of my tack/feed room (its really the inside of the door).
 

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The poly rope at Home Depot or Lowe's is already braided and ready to go, you just add the clip and clamp..That's why I like using it..It's dependable and lasts..I usually get 30ft or so and cut into 3 pieces of equal length..I try to make my lead ropes around 9 or 10 feet a piece..
 
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Some halters I made this weekend. buy the rope and make em for half-price and they fit better than the store-bought ones. I probably make about half of my riding and shoeing gear. Shoeing boxes, stands, reins, headstalls, saddle strings, hoof picks, tools, martingales, rowels, whatever. Anybody can do it
 
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Some halters I made this weekend. buy the rope and make em for half-price and they fit better than the store-bought ones. I probably make about half of my riding and shoeing gear. Shoeing boxes, stands, reins, headstalls, saddle strings, hoof picks, tools, martingales, rowels, whatever. Anybody can do it
I swear it looks like old telephone spiral cord on the nose piece in the first pic. Is it?
If not, what exactly is it that you used?

You know, I have been thinking about buying myself a mig welder for my birthday to fix stuff around the farm and to make trinkets with (I know... look out folks... woman with a welder in her hands :hide: )

Do you know if a mig welder can attach small things to old horse shoes?
 
#35 ·
Yeah mine get lost too so that's why I make em. Same way with halters. They get left at customers barns.

You can do several different styles. The one I use now was made from an old gate latch and I just modified it. But usually make them from old horseshoes. Helps to have a forge or cutting torch, make the metal easier to shape. But you can do it cold. Just cut a shoe in half and bang out the shape you want. Then take an angle grinder and sharpen the point however you want.

Hoof picks are so easy to lose. Sometimes I paint mine bright orange or put bright vet-wrap on them
 
#37 ·
ive made lead lines and lunge lines from bailing twine, very sturdy for stallions. i took 9 pieces of orange bailing twine and made three seperate braids then braided the three braides together. its for SURE not going to break. then i attached a clip on one end and knotted the other. do it all the time. you always have bailing twine laying around!
 
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