Packing and Outfitting Field Manual Fifth Edition
In 116 pages, the self learner is taught how to pack a horse, mule or burro for high country adventures. The waterproof cover provides protection from the weather, and the spiral binding allows lay-flat, easy use. The 6' by 9' format includes 30 photos and more than 127 illustrations of knots, hitches and equipment used in packing. The book includes information on the history of packing, selection and care of the pack animal, basic packing and camping equipment and supplies, loading and packing, balancing the load, trail courtesy and packing as a hobby. Details are provided on horse feed, cooking equipment, first aid for horses and people, weight factor and packing up. Wilderness survival is covered, as well as agency information and regulations for packing into public lands. More than 25,000 copies of previous editions have been sold. This fifth edition is a major revision.
ISBN 978-0-9763342-0-8
LCCN: 2004195171
$14.95Do-It-Yourself Plans to Build a Set of Rawhide Panniers Second Edition
This helpful 6-page booklet leads you through the process of building a set of panniers with a welded metal frame and a fresh cowhide stretched and stitched over the frame. Materials and a step-by-step process are detailed with easy to follow directions and illustrations.
ISBN 978-0-9763342-2-4
$9.00 + shippingDo-It-Yourself Plans to Build a Mini-Pack Horse
Practice, practice and more practice is needed to learn the hitches used in packing. Plans to build a wooden mini-pack horse includes all materials and tools needed and step-by-step instructions on how to build the mini-horse saddle pack. This 12-page booklet has a full three page fold out pattern and photos included.
ISBN 978-0-9763342-1-7
$10.00 + shippingDo-It-Yourself Guide to Improvements, Repairs and Complete Rigging of Crossbuck and Decker Pack Saddles
This book has 48 pages and many photos and illustrations. One can learn how to build three different types of pack saddles for horses, mules and burros and for each saddle one has a choice of building three different breeching and breast collars for a total of nine different saddles that can be made using the book. Contents include terminology, tools, materials needed and complete instructions on how to improve, repair or totally rig pack saddles. A complete list of all the needed materials showing measurements of straps, the number of buckles, snaps and rings, etc. Adjust strap lengths to suit your animal
Customer Quote - "Very impressed--You folks obviously know what you are doing"
Customer Quote - "We were very please and delighted with the book. (Crossbuck and Decker Pack Saddles). Thank you!"
ISBN 978-0-9763342-3-1
$19.95 + shipping
Page PreviewDo-It-Yourself Plans for Packable/Portable Table
This 16 page book shows you how to make a wonderful little table for camping, packing, your backyard or in the kid's room. One sheet of plywood is all it takes and some basic tools and you can make it yourself and enjoy it in the great outdoors. Pack it on a horse or in your RV, pickup or SUV for fun and relaxation.
Cutomer Quote - "Thanks Ollie, I've already built one (Portable Camp Table) and now my whole family wants one. These are going to see a lot of Montana back country!"
ISBN 978-0-9763342-4-8
$12.95 + shippingKid's Arena Horse Play
A fun, educational game for kids with and their horses. Involves learning horsemanship skills and equine knowledge with questions while advancing through a course in the arena. There can be 3 or more Station Judges depending on the age of the riders. The game includes 396 western and English questions with answers. Riders enter the arena doing a basic skill of perhaps walking their horse to the first Station Judge and they are coached on how they did that skill, and then they are asked an equine question and helped with the answer if needed. If they perform the skill correctly and answer the question they advance to the next station and do a more advanced skill and have another question and on through the arena course. The game includes Badge/Stickers of Sheriff, Deputy and Jail Bird as incentives for achieving different stations. Fun and educational for all ages and a great family and club events or riding practices.
ISBN 978-0-9763342-5-5
$26.95High Country Pack Schools
There is a lot to learn about packing in the high country. Credit courses or one-day schools are offered with hands-on opportunities, working with horses and or mules, saddling and un-saddling, adjusting equipment, loading the panniers and covering the load with a mantie. Practicing six to eight hitches and lots of knots, studying wilderness survival and first aid for horses, as well as people, are included in the curriculum. The author started schools in Colorado in 1970 and in Wyoming in 1975. More than 2,300 students have benefited. Call to find out about sponsoring a school.
Want to sponsor/host a Packing School? If you own or operate a saddle, tack or feed store, or a Dude Ranch or whatever, hosting a Packing School can bring lots of customers to your store. Call for details on how to host/sponsor a school.
