#EventerSolutions: Duct Tape, Twine and Zip Ties

Where there are #EventerProblems there are #EventerSolutions, as we horsefolks tend to be a pretty crafty, resourceful and frugal (read: broke) bunch. In this spinoff series we spotlight some of your most inventive problem-solving masterpieces. Be sure to tag your photos with the hashtag #EventerSolutions on social for inclusion in future editions!

Is there anything around the barn that CAN’T be fixed (or at least temporarily held together) with duct tape, twine, zip ties or some creative combination thereof? Here are a few ways you put ’em to good use.

Via reader Kim: When you back into the open tack room door while hitching up, but still need to drive three hours on the freeway to get home. #eventerproblems #onlyoneroll #TGforducttape

Via reader Kim: When you back into the open tack room door while hitching up, but still need to drive three hours on the freeway to get home. #eventerproblems #onlyoneroll #TGforducttape

BLOW OUT!! #eventerproblems

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When your zipper on your tall boots break… #eventerproblems #OTTB #horsesofinstagram #horselife

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They’re not farm boots until… #ducttaperescue #eventerproblems #mountainhorse

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Hasn’t anyone invented this prefab yet?! #eventerproblems #ducttapeformiles

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Go Eventing.