Hey all,

i was thinking (oh no! Not again!) of replacing my rear tack saddle post with a swing out.. much like what Sundowner uses. That way I could better utilize ALL of the space in my rear tack and put the water tank there.. The space is too small to fit the tank behind the post. Where might I find something like this? I've never seen one on e-bay other than the saddle boss stuff.. I'm not looking for anything motorized or fancy, just a nice quality swing out that would still be removeable if I needed the interior open for furniture or hay or whatever.. 

Any ideas?... I've pored thru all of the trailer accessory websites that I can google up..

I too have been looking for an after market swing out saddle rack, that could be retro fitted into various trailers. One condition would have to be, that it could be easily removed when the rear tack walls are collapsed for open hauling.

One major consideration would be the wall mounting points. The rack would have to be firmly attached to the wall's structure, to afford enough strength to support the weight of several heavy saddles, being placed directly on the hinges. This may be difficult to provide in an after market situation, and only available from a trailer manufacturer that engineered the rack and trailer as a combination unit.

One further problem is that one size won't fit all applications. My two trailers have different wall profiles and depths in the tack areas. Each rack would have to be custom built for the optimum space utilization.

If a fabricator were to engineer a workable, universal system, I'm sure he would find a ready market.

Gard

The sundowner swing out is exactly what I was thinking of.... OK you welders out there... what to retire a wealthy man (or woman)?  Start a fabrication business! 

In retrospect, there is a guy here who does aluminum welding, and I haven't checked or asked about it, but I think it would be cost prohibitive... I can sure inquire, tho..

Here is a picture of one I made for a trailer I built, I started with the removeable saddle rack for the trailer and framed it up on one side(left looking at it) installed semi trailer hinges(aluminum) on the rear corner post of the trailer. I did motorize this one with a linear actuator from e-bay($30), you can see the actuator behind the buddy saddle. But I could still remove the whole thing in under 10 minutes.