Pack Saddles

[VB RANCH]

anybody pack loose salt
just wundrin whats the
best way
never have used a horse
to pack anything

 

[gcreekrch]

A three sided frame made of 1/2 inch angle iron to fit 2 blocks and hinged on the top side. Leather strap and buckle on side opposite horse to tie it all down. 2 straps or ropes to go over the sawbucks.

Prefer using a 4 wheeler now than dragging a pack horse through the mud and mosquitos. :wink:

 

[Denny]

Around here you can drive a pickup to about every location needing salt.

 

[jodywy]

A three sided frame made of 1/2 inch angle iron to fit 2 blocks and hinged on the top side. Leather strap and buckle on side opposite horse to tie it all down. 2 straps or ropes to go over the sawbucks.

Prefer using a 4 wheeler now than dragging a pack horse through the mud and mosquitos. :wink:

olny seen a L shap made out of hard wood with staps to hold blocks. Loose salt we just used canvas panyards then a sack on top the sawbucks and a squaw hitch to hold the panyards . Then everybody riding got a sack of salt to hold on front of thier saddle :roll:

 

[gcreekrch]

A three sided frame made of 1/2 inch angle iron to fit 2 blocks and hinged on the top side. Leather strap and buckle on side opposite horse to tie it all down. 2 straps or ropes to go over the sawbucks.

Prefer using a 4 wheeler now than dragging a pack horse through the mud and mosquitos. :wink:

olny seen a L shap made out of hard wood with staps to hold blocks. Loose salt we just used canvas panyards then a sack on top the sawbucks and a squaw hitch to hold the panyards . Then everybody riding got a sack of salt to hold on front of thier saddle :roll:

The old paper sacks would have spread salt all the way to the range.

Packing salt was the best way to teach colts to keep away for trees. My knees thanked every block of salt I loaded. :wink:

 

[VB RANCH]

Around here you can drive a pickup to about every location needing salt.

pickup dont teach a colt crap
salts a good way to get a cow
to cover a pasture

 

[jodywy]

A three sided frame made of 1/2 inch angle iron to fit 2 blocks and hinged on the top side. Leather strap and buckle on side opposite horse to tie it all down. 2 straps or ropes to go over the sawbucks.

Prefer using a 4 wheeler now than dragging a pack horse through the mud and mosquitos. :wink:

olny seen a L shap made out of hard wood with staps to hold blocks. Loose salt we just used canvas panyards then a sack on top the sawbucks and a squaw hitch to hold the panyards . Then everybody riding got a sack of salt to hold on front of thier saddle :roll:

The old paper sacks would have spread salt all the way to the range.

Packing salt was the best way to teach colts to keep away for trees. My knees thanked every block of salt I loaded. :wink:

Havent you packed eggs before

 

[VB RANCH]

whats the difference
between the sawbuck
and the decker as far
as fit and function

 

[gcreekrch]

whats the difference
between the sawbuck
and the decker as far
as fit and function

Never used a decker.

 

[gcreekrch]

olny seen a L shap made out of hard wood with staps to hold blocks. Loose salt we just used canvas panyards then a sack on top the sawbucks and a squaw hitch to hold the panyards . Then everybody riding got a sack of salt to hold on front of thier saddle :roll:

The old paper sacks would have spread salt all the way to the range.

Packing salt was the best way to teach colts to keep away for trees. My knees thanked every block of salt I loaded. :wink:

Havent you packed eggs before

Uh huh, I'll have to dig up some old photos of a colt we packed the kitchen on years back for a cariboo hunting trip. You had to blindfold him to pack and he could cow-kick you by feel. We packed the eggs in plastic cartons and didn't break one. I had packed salt on him a few times so the packboxes never touched a tree. He could sure buck though. :shock:

After 10 days of dealing with the BS he found a new home in a Doctor Ballards can. Win some, lose some. :wink:

 

[leanin' H]

We have always used sawbucks around here too. We use those heavy canvas and armor hide panyards and carry 4-50lbs blocks per pack horse. A great way to teach a colt to lead, follow trails and stay on them through ledges and cedars trees and give him one more wet saddle blanket to remember. We pack salt about 4 times a summer and it's one of my favorite things to do. 4 wheelers are sure handy, but everytime you get on one, there's a horse standing in the corral not learning a thing. :wink: