The FreeRepublic Saddle Club thread! - Thread NINE

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[HairOfTheDog]

Ours is the Streamlight "Stinger".

[CindyDawg]

I would like to carry mine behind me but that is probably too much weight.

[HairOfTheDog]

At 17 pounds I bet it's got a bunch of stuff you don't really need on a trail ride... I don't carry my purse, keys (except the truck keys) money, wallet, etc.

[CindyDawg]

Yeah, I was just thinking I could strip it down or better yet buy another just for riding. I don't need the make up and medicine cab, the calendar, clip board, The purse, the notebook, the WW stuff, the 20 dollars in change. the umbrella, the tape recorder, a dozen pens. I would keep my camera, a small Bible, my glasses, my knife and my cell phone though.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

LOL, don't forget you need to take a halter and lead rope with you too:)

Becky

[HairOfTheDog]

Camera and cell phone either go in the front in a small bag, or in my shirt pocket..., and ecurbh carries a few things with him too. He'll have the GPS. We've been looking for a horn bag for ecurbh that's good for the GPS unit.

[CindyDawg]

Yep. Can't forget those but she is already used to them. I keep the halter on and usually just coil up the lead rope.

[CindyDawg]

I was looking at a leg strap. That might be irritating though. I usually just hook the camera around the horn .

[Duchess47]

That would be a great idea. A double incentive then to lose weight and add to your backpack :)

[Duchess47]

ROTFLMAO - Your backpack sound like my bookbag. I could live out of it with no problem.

[HairOfTheDog]

Are you getting this nasty weather in OK?

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

This is the bag I've used for years. I found it at Walmart. It's not a fanny pack, the strap was way too long to go around an waist securely. I really don't know what this bag was intended for, I doubled the strap and duck taped it so it would be small enough for to stay on me. The back compartment can hold 2 20 ounce bottles of water. I can't zip it with 2 in there but the flap I'm holding folds over the top and velcros down. That leaves the front compartment for my camera and CTR map. I keep my knife in my pocket. I usually tie my lead rope behind the seat of the saddle and leave the halter on under the bridle. I'd like to get a halter/bridle combo, but haven't had the money so far:) In hot summer I also have one of those single insulated water bottle bags that I can tie to the rigging of my saddle, so that gives me 60 ounces of water. And I tie my sponge with long string on to the side of the breast collar.

Becky

[Beaker]

Just whap me if the actual horse-talk gets drowned out.
Naw. This is good stuff!

[HairOfTheDog]

And it's well worn :~D

Even with your shiny new saddle, you won't look like a greenhorn with a bag like that :~D

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

We are suppose to get some later this evening. This afternoon a bad storm went thru Tulsa. I guess they got about an inch of rain in an hour and high winds. Bixby got the wind, but I don't think they got any rain.Some trees and fences came down. I think here at my house the wind must have blown pretty good, from the looks of some of the stuff we had in the yard. I was at Charlies house when it went thru, at his house they got nothing, not even the wind.

Becky

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

LOL, leave it to you to point that out:)

I've looked and looked for another similar to this one. A real fanny pack just really isn't big enough. I hang on to this hoping something better might turn up:)

Becky

[300winmag]

A real fanny pack just really isn't big enough. I hang on to this hoping something better might turn up:)

This is to remind me to post something about Maxpedtion gear, which has all sizes of mil-spec fanny packs, backpacks, and everything in between. The Hobbit Hole does MOLLE gear, too. :)

[HairOfTheDog]

Well, hopefully you'll get your rain, but without the winds.

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

mil-spec fanny packs,

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MOLLE gear, too. :)

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Becky

[HairOfTheDog]

Oh he'll explain all that when he returns, he's our Mr. Gadget :~D