After-market gadgets for your trailer and tow vehicle can
save time and energy, enhance comfort and convenience, and give you peace of
mind. Here’s a gadget that helps you lift your saddle in your trailer tack room;
for 11 more gadgets, see Hit the
Road, The Trail Rider, May
’09.
Handy Saddle
Rack. Do you avoid using your trailer’s top saddle rack, because you can’t
reach it? No wonder: Lifting a 50-pound saddle over your head can hurt your
back. Enter the Saddlematic, a motorized saddle rack that lifts and lowers your
saddles, so you can reach them easily. Designed and built by a team roper, the
device works well for any rider on the go. The Saddlematic’s double hinge allows
it to swing in and out of the tack room, and fold against the wall. Rear tack
rooms are notorious for bouncing saddles to the floor; the Saddlematic keeps
saddles in place by allowing you to place them with saddle horns facing in. Contact: (303) 709-3198; www.saddlematic.com.
H. Kent Sundling
(a.k.a Mr. Truck; www.mrtruck.com)
is a well-known automotive journalist, reviewing trucks, trailers, and
accessories for magazines and websites. He travels the country test-driving new
trucks, towing trailers, and reviewing horse-trailer factories.
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