I am in desperate need of a wall mounted horse blanket rack. I know there are lots of them out there on the market but they can be expensive for what you get.
Any ideas for substitutions or homemade ideas?
I’ve make several like this drilling holes in wooden dowels (or broomstick handles) and running rope through. If you want something to mount to the wall and don’t have a welder in the family, you could go to the PVC aisle and see what kind of fittings you could glue together and screw to the wall.
I am looking for something similar to this:[URL=“http://s7d5.scene7.com/is/image/PetsUnited/TBRE03”]
http://s7d5.scene7.com/is/image/PetsUnited/TBRE03
It doesn’t have to be metal but I need to be able to hang up at least 6 -8 blankets.
Buy two, or double the blankets on each arm.
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I am looking for something similar to this:[URL=“http://s7d5.scene7.com/is/image/PetsUnited/TBRE03”]
http://s7d5.scene7.com/is/image/PetsUnited/TBRE03
It doesn’t have to be metal but I need to be able to hang up at least 6 -8 blankets.[/QUOTE]
go snoop around behind the local flooring/carpet stores…there should be some discarded display racks just hanging around back there
We made these out of 2x6 boards and dowels. Sorry for the not so great photo, but you get the idea 
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff299/CDEDriver/2012-09-14124722.jpg
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We made these out of 2x6 boards and dowels. Sorry for the not so great photo, but you get the idea
http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff299/CDEDriver/2012-09-14124722.jpg[/QUOTE]
Did you put screws through the dowels from behind or do they stay without screws?
They stay in okay without screws. I would have angled the holes for the dowels a bit upwards had a really thought the whole project through instead of rushing headlong in to it in a fit of blanket organizing mania.
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They stay in okay without screws. I would have angled the holes for the dowels a bit upwards had a really thought the whole project through instead of rushing headlong in to it in a fit of blanket organizing mania.[/QUOTE]
LOL…that is where I am right now…fit of blanket organizing mania!! I think that I am going to try this on my Christmas vacation!! Thanks for the idea!
Our “new” house has a pegboard and hooks for tool storage in the shed. It makes a GREAT blanket rack with all the hooks. My husband didn’t appreciate that I commandeered it before he could unpack his tools.
Maybe it won’t have enough airflow for you, but I just hang mine from hooks on the wall in my barn. I have some Stubbs rubber covered hooks that are kind of flat (so no points to puncture or tear) up on one wall high enough I can barely reach them, so maybe 7’ high? Hang blanket from wither. Works well for me. I actually bought a rack kind of like you posted, but never used it as I didn’t ever have a need, as my hooks work.
Something like this? It’s cheap.
Horsepoor, I did consider hooks, they are a good idea. But with the system I did there is more air flow and I can hang three light blankets or two heavy ones on each dowel.
My really getto set-up is using a saw horse for blankets and saddle :lol:. . It ain’t pretty but it works since I only have two horses.
Loving the idea’s as I’m getting my tack room reorganized.
I made mine but using pvc T couplers stacked onto a wood dowel. I pit a piece of pvc pipe into each center T section and got something similar to the one from chick’s but not metal of course. Painted it barn color and mounted against the wall with C bracket. The arms swing, there are 20 arms on the one for saddle pads. Cant recall how many arms on the blanket one,just used heavier pvc pipe.
Easy quick cheap, plus I can swing apart the arms for the wet saddle pads to dry.
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I don’t know if you could even make them cheaper than this!
I have tried to use home made ones for the last couple of years but nothing has worked particularly well. Eventually invested in two of these 5 arm rug racks (http://equineplus.co.uk/rug-racks.html shown half way down this page) and they are awesome, definitely think I should have done this earlier. Love the ideas everyone has had here, maybe I was just not as handy at making my own. Leave it to the experts I say!
I use 2x4s attached to the wall with hinges. I find it handy to swing them out of the aisle way when not in use.
Use lag bolts to install.
