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| pinkvboots |
Posted - 24 Oct 2012 : 1:26:32 PM
I have been trying to come up with a good idea to store and hang rugs, I only have two horses but loads of rugs, I am getting a double rug rack for one stable to hang his up but the other horse will drag hers off the wall so I have to keep them in the tack room. At the moment I hang them on ropes but its wasting space so I came up with the idea of suspending ropes with some sort of pole to hang the rugs over as it will use less space.
But am stuck at what to use that will be strong enough to hold them, What do you think? How does everyone else store/hang there rugs. |
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| delly-b |
Posted - 26 Oct 2012 : 08:16:15 AM
I've used 6mm electric fencing rope in the past with a clothes rack pole on it (ok it was to double hang clothes in my wardrobe but it certainly held A LOT of weight)
I like the drain pipe idea though.
I also use plastic crates to store my rugs in and those huge vacuum bags for clean ones. |
| Etoile |
Posted - 24 Oct 2012 : 10:12:15 PM
We use these hooked over the beams http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=shires+handy+hangers&hl=en&client=safari&sa=X&rls=en&biw=1575&bih=763&tbm=shop&prmd=imvns
You can get one or two rugs on each of the four hooks for storage, and then we have a couple separate for wet rugs, if you put one rug across all four hooks it dries pretty well. |
| ali bali |
Posted - 24 Oct 2012 : 9:09:21 PM
I use a souped-up version of the old style laudry driers you used to see in victorian houses. Ive suspended a sheep hurdle on two pulleys with climbing rope, it will take 6 drenched heavy turnout rugs - providing you are strong enough to haul them up into positin out of naughty ponies reach! |
| pinkvboots |
Posted - 24 Oct 2012 : 8:47:39 PM
Thank you for your ideas, i think I will get some guttering pipe and hang them from the beams I can save on space and shouldnt be too expensive. |
| garnet |
Posted - 24 Oct 2012 : 6:42:39 PM
Rails made from skirting board hanging from baling string tied through bars at front of stables in corridor. Not much use if rugs are soaking wet though. |
| Callisto |
Posted - 24 Oct 2012 : 4:14:51 PM
We use nylon rope and plastic piping (like internal drainage pipe from a sink etc. not external drainpipe), has worked well for a couple of years now. |
| Triskar |
Posted - 24 Oct 2012 : 2:57:14 PM
I have cup hooks screwed into the rafters of my hay barn and I hang the turnout rugs for my 4 between the rafters on the back leg strap rings. They dry really well because they have a circulation of air round them. I do have a kickstep to stand on to reach the rafters, though.... Indoor rugs I just drape over the saddle racks! And spare or unused rugs are kept in dustbins with the horse's name painted on. |
| Judith S |
Posted - 24 Oct 2012 : 2:06:02 PM
Our liveries use 4" drain pipe in 3m lengths suspended with rope on a pulley either end so they can be lifted out of the way. |
| Mrs Vlacq |
Posted - 24 Oct 2012 : 1:57:39 PM
we keep ours away from the neds generally too, but outside most of the boxes we have 3ft wide rope hangers (stapled into wordwork or suspended from proper metal rug bars) and on them we have the plasic centre tubes from haybale wrap. The tube makes it solid and realyl easy ro slide/roll a rug onto in what would otherwise be an awkward place. These are only hip height too, not so much lugging.... we have posh wall mounted rug racks but I'd need to be a giant to use them so they are left bare... doh! |
