No tack room at the yard...

[Mongoose11]

Lovely new yard that I will be moving to has no tack room. What do you do in these circumstances? Tack locker? Padlocked chest? Take it home and don't risk it?

 

[webble]

I hang my bridle up in the stable and have a tack locker in the feed room which locks. That said my tack isnt worth a lot, if I had a very expensive saddle I would take it home.

 

[Supertrooper]

I used to have my tack at home, felt much safer there xx

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

Before I had a car I would keep it in one of those large metal feed bins, rugs and tack etc in one section, feed in the other. I had cheap tack. Now I have a car, expensive tack and it is kept in the car boot. Means I can't fit anything else in the boot but its worth it to prevent the house smelling of horse.

 

[gryff]

I bought a galvanised aluminium tack locker from animed - it fits nicely into the corner of the stable. Mine has two saddle racks, a useful shelf, two bridle racks and lots if hooks for headcollars. It's really good, so good in fact that I still use it even though I've moved to a yard with a secure tack room. I like the convenience of having my tack right where I want to tack up.

 

[PorkChop]

I would bring it back and forth to the yard, if you have a big enough vehicle you could get a saddle rack fitted in the boot, and keep it in there for the majority of the time.

 

[asmp]

Don't have a tack room at the moment and wouldn't leave my saddle at the yard even in a lockable container - have been known to go up to the yard at 10 o'clock at night when I've realised I've left it up there! A bridle I couldn't replace easily enough but not my saddle. Stays in my car or in my house.

 

[Mad_Cow347]

We are on a private yard and have a tack/feed room but it's not lockable so we only keep the rugs that we are currently using down there and all tack comes home. Very few people know our yard is there and most think that it is linked to the one next door but we just wouldn't risk it.

 

[redheadkelj]

We have never had a tack room so always kept ours at home. They sit on saddle racks in front of the front door (never use the front door so not an issue with them being there). The bridles hang in a cupboard by the back door out of the way. Must admit though, I would love a tack room at the yard!

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

Lovely new yard that I will be moving to has no tack room. What do you do in these circumstances? Tack locker? Padlocked chest? Take it home and don't risk it?

At one yard in the past I put a saddle rack and a bridle rack in my garage at home, as I was no way leaving it down the yard where no one stayed there at night. I just put it in my car , I felt safer doing it this way.

 

[charli_]

Something like this - http://www.robinsonsequestrian.com/stubbs-saddle-mate.html

You put your saddle on the top and other things like bridle and brushes can be stored in the middle, fits nicely in the boot of my car

 

[Hippona]

Well....my tack got stolen from a livery yard, after that I kept it at home.

 

[BlackRider]

Always leave my tack on my car.

 

[dogatemysalad]

We have a secure tack room but people frequently leave the door open all night so my OH made me a tack locker which is bolted to the wall outside my stable.
I keep everyday tack in there and my best stuff at home. I'd be worried about leaving a saddle in the car except for driving directly to and from the yard, I've had cars broken into several times over the years.

 

[stencilface]

We haven't kept tack at the yard in years, despite having a lockable feed room and a shipping container with two big covered locks, too many break ins. One time they sawed through the metal hinges on the container....

I do like the look of that saddle holder, how big is it, no dimensions on website

 

[EllenJay]

Before I had a car I would keep it in one of those large metal feed bins, rugs and tack etc in one section, feed in the other. I had cheap tack. Now I have a car, expensive tack and it is kept in the car boot. Means I can't fit anything else in the boot but its worth it to prevent the house smelling of horse.

Always leave my tack on my car.

Check your insurance covers this. A very good friend of mine left her tack in the car, it got stolen and insurance refused to pay up.

 

[abracadabra]

Also check your insurance for leaving your tack at the yard anyway, whether it's got a lock on it or not. You might be surprised to find that it's not covered anyway, despite you thinking it is, because of insurance co. specifications for the build materials and locking mechanisms used for the tack room, which are ime usually exceeding what you actually find on many yards, and how many liveries are on site.

 

[Ella19]

Those that leave tack in your car just check your insurance. Some have no personal belongings cover others only up to around £250 with forceable and violent entry and kept out of sight.