Stirrup Extender

**Civil_War_Buff** · 07-31-2008, 04:51 PM

I have a question, during the mod talk at the Jubilee in 2006 in Colorado Springs, someone had made a stirrup extender with hooks and chains. Does anyone remember who that was and if there is a picture of the device?

07-31-2008, 06:46 PM

I'm not sure why you just couldn't get a couple of pieces of 1" nylon webbing from a backpacking store (cut to length 12"-16"?), sew the ends of each together, loop it over the existing stirrup, and just put your foot through the loop. I see absolutely no reason this wouldn't work just fine, and it is light weight and cheap!!!

Joe · 07-31-2008, 09:14 PM

Larry,
I rememeber the person but I don't know his name. I think he was from Iowa or a neighboring state. I wasn't interested in his device because I had no trouble getting my foot into our stirrup. Our first 2 TM's didn't have them and I went to the hardware store and bought U-bolt shaped pieces ( not really U shaped but squared off) and installed them. Our present 3124KS was equipped with them.

**Civil_War_Buff** · 07-31-2008, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe

Larry,
I rememeber the person but I don't know his name. I think he was from Iowa or a neighboring state. I wasn't interested in his device because I had no trouble getting my foot into our stirrup. Our first 2 TM's didn't have them and I went to the hardware store and bought U-bolt shaped pieces ( not really U shaped but squared off) and installed them. Our present 3124KS was equipped with them.

Yeah, I am not really interested either, but a new TM owner here in California was telling me his wife can't latch the shells, so I was telling him about the extenders so she would have a little more leverage. I though that I has seen a picture of them somewhere and he asked to see it, so that was why I was asking.

08-01-2008, 12:46 PM

I had asked this question a while back and never got a reply, so I made my own stirrup extenders. Quite simple. I bought a standard metal "horse bit" ($10) and and then clipped it to the existing TM stirrups with simple chain link snap-on clips. Works great and will accept large wide boots to push the unit down and lock into clips. If anyone wants a picture just let me know.

Dan
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2000 TM 3023

**rpcoombs** · 08-01-2008, 02:19 PM

If you have room for it in your TV, a simple 2X4 board with a notch cut in it for the stirrup works great. Just position the notch in the stirrp and walk on up the board to close the TM shell. This works really great for very light people!

**Civil_War_Buff** · 08-01-2008, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by rdanpurnell

I had asked this question a while back and never got a reply, so I made my own stirrup extenders. Quite simple. I bought a standard metal "horse bit" ($10) and and then clipped it to the existing TM stirrups with simple chain link snap-on clips. Works great and will accept large wide boots to push the unit down and lock into clips. If anyone wants a picture just let me know.

Dan
[email protected]
2000 TM 3023

Hi Dan,

Please post a picture.