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On another posting, somone came up with the idea of all of us posting a picture of what kind of gear we all use. Ought to be good to get a few arguments started! :lol:

I'll go download some and come back and post one of mine. :)
 
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Hope this shows up.

This is my nice 5 year old colt. I am riding him in a bosal and mane hair mecate. I have just started letting him pack a spade bit, but this wasn't the place or job for it! He's just starting to pick it up and in a year or two, I'll probably be riding him in just the bridle, without using any mane hair mecate hooked up. This is the traditional, slow way of going from hackamore to spade and I've had pretty good results with it. It ain't fast, but hell, I like to get my horses pretty broke by the time they are 12 to 15! :wink: :lol:

My saddle you've all seen. It is a wade slickfork with bucking rolls, (still have to saddle a colt once in awhile. the bucking rolls are kind of like insurance. If you ain't got them when you need them, it's too late to go back and get them! :wink: ) and it has 4 1/2 inch monel laminated stirrups with a cleat in the bottom so they fit like an oxbow, but give you the option of rocking up onto the ball of your feet. I also have a pair of 26 inch tapadero's with 4 inch laminated stirrups for it that I'll be putting on for fall shipping, winter riding and spring branding. They work real well to wave at calves who don't notice a horse, when you are sorting or trying to move some calves around. They also keep the guy on the colt, next to you, awake!
The horn is about 5 inches across the top with a mulehide wrap. I can hold a bull or slide a calf on it.
Navajo saddle blanket and pure mohair cinch.
Elkskin chinks and either a 5/16x50 foot nylon or 4 strand white poly rope.

I can do about anything I need, when I've got this outfit. Inside or outside.
 
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saddle cowboyup uses.....bought it at the tri-county fair in deer lodge many years ago....a Colorado saddle with a 50 foot 5/16 rope!

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one-eared headstall made by Wade Miller of Jeffers, with a roller curb bit! Also, use a bosal to start colts and ride alot in hackamore.


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chinks and spurs....chinks made by wade miller and spurs by Renaldo before he joined with Garcia!

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old saddle.........made by Miles City Saddlery referred to as a "turtle"...made in the early 1900's!!

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Does our 10-year-old count as "gear"???? :wink: :wink:
 
Boy I sure am glad you posted pictures. When you said what gear you use I was going to tell you R works well for backing up the pickup and D works good for going forward. :D I now know that you were talking about different gear.

Have a cold one

lazy ace
 
lazy ace said:
Boy I sure am glad you posted pictures. When you said what gear you use I was going to tell you R works well for backing up the pickup and D works good for going forward. :D I now know that you were talking about different gear.

Have a cold one

lazy ace
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greg said:
Jinglebob said:
ranchwife said:
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Does our 10-year-old count as "gear"???? :wink: :wink:
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I never thought of it that way, but if your usin' it when your working stock, I guess it's gear! :lol:
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Maybe muttin bustin counts??
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Nope Greg no sheepeaters around here ..... He's a bullrider and a pretty good hand with stock. The FC on his chinks stands for fine cowboy :wink:
 
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Saddle is modified association tree, 13" swells,4"cantle straight-up,#4 post with mulehide wrap. Don't know saddlemaker-bought used in Billings,MT. Nettles stirrups.
Horse is Texas bred, 2003 model SUV-4 hoof drive. 5-speed trannie with overdrive, power steering, air ride suspension and tons of pulling torque :-)
 
LE----yeah, but does he have the option "tow package"??? Long box or short box?? :wink: :wink: I could not help but notice the leather seats and air conditioning!! No seat belt or automatic windows, but a real nice ride all the same!!!! :D :D :D :D
 
LE that horse looks exactly like one a friend here has, he just recently got him and has started him on cows. Named him "Blue Duck". And is one of those deals that he figured he'd ride him a while, then turn around and sell him to someone that needed a ranch horse. He's likin him tooooo much now and don't wanna get rid of him LOL
 
RW-Yes ma'am, it does have the optional tow package with in-dash brake control. Short box. No seat belt - YET & thank you. :)
JB-Thanks, but thought yall would nail me on the double pads :shock:
Lil-I know the boy's pain :? Pretty much the same deal here :(
 
L.E. -

Curious as to why you thought you'd get nailed for the double pads. Personally, that's the kind of pad setup that I prefer. I like the blanket to soak up the sweat and then the obvious benefit of the shock absorption of the upper pad. Maybe it gets a little thick and bulky for just riding but seems to be a good choice if you're going to rope something. A buddy of mine in Nebraska just likes to use the ultra-pad and nothing else. Works for him but I always questioned the ability for sweat to escape. More'n one wat to skin a cat when it comes to this topic. Fun stuff and good pics by all.

HP
 
HP-It's from another thread by JB. He compared double pads to wearing 2 pair of socks. I think it has somethin to do with movement between the two items. I still mullin that over. But I have to compensate for riding multiple horses with one saddle, so I use a blanket & a pad. I agree with you also on the blanket under the pad idea. It's easier to wash or hose off the blanket than the pad.
 
The blanket deal (wool blanket on bottom, felt pad on top) on that grey horse is what we used most of the time.
I think JB was talking about putting 2 thick blankets/pads on a horse. That's when you run into the problem. I know what he means, as I
have observed it too much.

I never thought those felt pads should be next to the horse. I see them
used that way some, but mostly a wool blanket is used next to the horse. An ole boy we used to know used about 4 pads, (the kind with woven fabric on top and the fleece underneath, and his saddle just
rolled all over the place. On some of the lesser withered horses just
a good wool blanket seems to work the best.

We had an outbreak of pinkeye in the 80's and had to doctor a bunch of cattle. Mr. FH had a King's Saddlery really good wool felt pad that he rode
by itself. He always unsaddled the horse to cool him off when he was done
doctoring. We noticed some white hairs starting to come in, so he started using a wool blanket next to the horse and it was much better. The
felt is so dense that air can't get to the horses back, I think is the problem.
Hard to beat a good wool blanket.

Come to think of it, now Mr. FH uses a Professionals Choice Sports Air Ride pad because his blankets were sliding out from under the saddle. This pad stays in place real well. I don't know what causes blankets to slip that perviously were fine. I've washed them all and they still slip. Any ideas on that, JB or anyone else?

Nice rig and nice horse, LE. That looks to be a Kings Saddlery breastcollar.
 

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