Karen’s Musings & Endurance Ride Stuff

Endurance riders are usually pretty resourceful when it comes to figuring out how to get stuff to work.  Or when we need to fix something.  Most of us could easily make a top ten list of things we’ve fixed using duct tape, hay string or bailing wire.  Recently I ran across some information on WD-40 and while I haven’t used it as much as I have the other items I just mentioned, it has multiple uses.

I’ve used WD-40 on the zippers on my bale bags.  I’ve also used it to lube squeaky doors.

For years I rode Rocky with an S-hackamore that had the chin strap covered in duct tape and the chin strap was made out of hay string.  When the drive train fell out of Dave Rabe’s truck on our way to Utah, we used bailing wire to hold it up while using 4WD so we could get to where we needed to in order to get it fixed.

When I need to anchor my awning down at rides I often will use hay string to tie the corners down to a bale of hay, or my extra propane tank.

Anybody who has used hoof boots for any length of time has probably discovered more uses for duct tape.

What other useful and resourceful uses have you found for items like duct tape, hay string, baling water or even WD-40?

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