Life without a trailer tack room

[seabreeze]

Most of the time (just going to a lesson or trail riding), I put my saddle, girth, and saddle pads in the truck with me. I fill a bucket with horse’s boots, bridle, my helmet & gloves, lunge line, and fly spray. Usually I take a full water container with me in the back of the truck.

I have a tack trunk that stays in the nose of the trailer that holds items I want with me all the time (first aid kit, basic tool kit, extra reins, extra saddle pad, towels, fleece sheet or cooler, wash and water buckets):
http://www.tractorsupply.com/en/store/contico-pro-tuff-bin

All my windows have bars on them, which are quite handy for hanging things. On the front window on the opposite side of the head divider where my horse can’t get hung up in it, I hang a tack rack that holds an extra halter, lead ropes, and whatever else happens to get hung up there:
https://www.smartpakequine.com/tack-rack-2038p

From the bars on the escape door window, I hang this organizer which holds a “trailer set” of grooming tools, fly spray, baby wipes, linament, leather punch, etc.:
https://www.smartpakequine.com/portable-grooming-organizer-3787p

When I’m going to a clinic or a show where I’ll be working out of a stall for a day, I carry my rolling tack cart with me. I roll it up (pulling it behind me) into the extra trailer stall as close to the breast bar and outer wall as it will go. I bungee it tight to the breast bar so it can’t move. After I’ve unloaded my horse, I can almost take in everything in one trip. I put my saddle, girth, and pads on the top saddle rack; any sheets on the second saddle rack; my bridle, boot, and helmet bags on the hooks; and in the bottom basket a 5-gallon bucket with horse boots, a smaller grooming bag with basic grooming tools (https://www.smartpakequine.com/nylon-grooming-tote-3792p), a towel, and lunge line. Having the rolling cart is handy, too, because it keeps everything organized and together in one little spot.
https://www.smartpakequine.com/two-wheel-saddle-rack-cart-4120p

On the rare occasion I go on a multi-day trip, I also take a small rolling trunk for the extras that won’t fit on the cart that I want at the stall:
http://www.lowes.com/pd_306966-61896-306966_1z0yly3+2z8vm__?productId=4487914&Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNs%3Dp_product_qty_sales_dollar|1%26page%3D1&facetInfo=$25%20-%20$50

The only other trips I have to make are for hay, water, etc.

There was a time when I really felt like I was missing out on something by not having a tack room (and I’m sure I would enjoy one if I had one), but I’ve become pretty efficient with packing and loading, so I’m fine without it. The key for me–to save my decrepit back–is wheels on everything and a duplicate set of things that stay in the trailer so I don’t have much to tote from barn to trailer.

[M_Owen]

I have a trailer without a dressing room and although I would dearly love a room, I make do. My trailer has bridle hangers up front and one blanket bar. One challenge is to keep hay off of everything. I have the saratoga horseworks stall front storage bag for sheets and coolers and attach it to the bar. On the other side In front of the horses have a plastic Stanley truck attached to the trailer wall with bungees (I have lots of rings in the trailer). The stanley trunk holds brushes, first aid things, extra halter, extra lead and so e other odds and ends. I also have a bandage rack above the trunk attached to the rings. My saddle, pads, girth, helmet, and horse boots go inside a saratoga horseworks deluxe saddle carrier. That sits upside down on top of the Stanley trunk clipped by its straps to the bandage rack. I make sure everything possible is inside carriers or containers to keep hay off. Extra water, muck bucket, and pitchfork and broom live in the other stall or in the back of the truck when I have 2 horses.