Stop Rigging Your Horse's Stall Fan With Zip Ties
Your horse deserves steady airflow — not a fan balanced on baling twine and hope. The Easy-Up® Fan Holder hangs over your stall wall and holds a standard box fan.
The Problem
The Fan That Was Always One Hot Day From Falling
It’s 4:30 on a humid show afternoon, and you’re standing in the barn aisle trying to aim a box fan into your horse’s stall. One zip tie is tighter than the others, the fan sits slightly crooked, and the strap you borrowed is longer than you need. Your horse is waiting for a steady breeze while you adjust the same improvised setup you thought was finished twenty minutes ago.
You know the routine because temporary fan mounting has a way of becoming part of every summer. At home, you work around the stall bars, wall thickness, and whatever attachment points happen to be available. At a show, you start over with an unfamiliar stall front and the supplies packed in your trailer. A setup that worked in one barn may hang at the wrong angle in the next, leaving you to tie, test, reposition, and hope it stays where you put it.
The real cost is more than the time spent standing on a mounting block with a handful of ties. When the fan shifts, your horse may lose the airflow you intended to provide. When you move stalls, you have to dismantle the arrangement and build it again. Extra straps, clips, cutters, and replacement ties become permanent additions to the tack trunk because you never know which combination the next stall will require.
What should be a simple part of preparing your horse’s stall turns into another piece of equipment you have to monitor. You check the fan before leaving, check it again at night check, and wonder whether the angle will hold until morning. The problem is not your effort. It is relying on mounting supplies that were never designed as a complete stall-fan holder.
You know the routine because temporary fan mounting has a way of becoming part of every summer. At home, you work around the stall bars, wall thickness, and whatever attachment points happen to be available. At a show, you start over with an unfamiliar stall front and the supplies packed in your trailer. A setup that worked in one barn may hang at the wrong angle in the next, leaving you to tie, test, reposition, and hope it stays where you put it.
The real cost is more than the time spent standing on a mounting block with a handful of ties. When the fan shifts, your horse may lose the airflow you intended to provide. When you move stalls, you have to dismantle the arrangement and build it again. Extra straps, clips, cutters, and replacement ties become permanent additions to the tack trunk because you never know which combination the next stall will require.
What should be a simple part of preparing your horse’s stall turns into another piece of equipment you have to monitor. You check the fan before leaving, check it again at night check, and wonder whether the angle will hold until morning. The problem is not your effort. It is relying on mounting supplies that were never designed as a complete stall-fan holder.
Why It Keeps Happening
Why Every Improvised Mounting Solution Eventually Fails
The problem isn’t you, and it isn’t your horse. You’re asking general-purpose ties, cords, or straps to perform a job that requires both support and a predictable fit against the stall. Each piece may be useful on its own, but together they still leave you designing the mount every time you hang the fan.
A tie can secure only the points it reaches. A strap depends on the placement of the bars or ledge supporting it. If those attachment points sit too high, too low, or too far apart, the fan may not face your horse at the angle you intended. Add the movement of a running fan or an accidental bump during chores, and any slack in the setup becomes noticeable. Tightening one connection can pull another out of alignment, sending you back around the stall front to make another adjustment.
Then the location changes. You arrive at the show grounds and discover that the temporary stall has a solid divider where you expected bars, or a wall that does not match your home setup. The ties you packed may be too short, while the longer strap leaves excess material to manage. You borrow another clip, add another knot, and spend time rebuilding a solution for a fan that still needs to be removed and packed at the end of the weekend.
That is the trap: improvisation feels convenient because the individual supplies are already in your trailer, but the complete arrangement is never truly finished. It has to be assembled, checked, adjusted, cut down, and replaced as conditions change. Instead of one holder made for the task, you are managing several unrelated pieces—and carrying the worry that your horse’s airflow depends on every one of them staying exactly where you left it.
A tie can secure only the points it reaches. A strap depends on the placement of the bars or ledge supporting it. If those attachment points sit too high, too low, or too far apart, the fan may not face your horse at the angle you intended. Add the movement of a running fan or an accidental bump during chores, and any slack in the setup becomes noticeable. Tightening one connection can pull another out of alignment, sending you back around the stall front to make another adjustment.
Then the location changes. You arrive at the show grounds and discover that the temporary stall has a solid divider where you expected bars, or a wall that does not match your home setup. The ties you packed may be too short, while the longer strap leaves excess material to manage. You borrow another clip, add another knot, and spend time rebuilding a solution for a fan that still needs to be removed and packed at the end of the weekend.
That is the trap: improvisation feels convenient because the individual supplies are already in your trailer, but the complete arrangement is never truly finished. It has to be assembled, checked, adjusted, cut down, and replaced as conditions change. Instead of one holder made for the task, you are managing several unrelated pieces—and carrying the worry that your horse’s airflow depends on every one of them staying exactly where you left it.
The Solution
A Mount Built for Stalls — Not Hardware Store Workarounds
The Easy-Up® Fan Holder is built for the job you've been improvising. It's a lightweight over-the-stall holder that hangs over your stall wall — anything up to 2 inches wide — and holds a standard box fan. No clamps, no ties, no hardware to source. Lift it off and carry it to the next stall when you need to.
Assembled, it measures 22 inches long by 16 1/2 inches wide, which gives the fan a wide, steady base right where your horse needs the air. Some assembly is required.
The gray armor coat finish is built for barn air — ammonia, hose spray, August humidity — so the holder keeps its finish season after season.
Steady air does two things for your horse: it keeps him cool in his stall, and the circulation keeps flies to a minimum. Easy-Up® backs the holder with an industry-leading 7-year warranty against breakage, and we stock the line because it holds up to real barn conditions. Trusted since 1948.
Assembled, it measures 22 inches long by 16 1/2 inches wide, which gives the fan a wide, steady base right where your horse needs the air. Some assembly is required.
The gray armor coat finish is built for barn air — ammonia, hose spray, August humidity — so the holder keeps its finish season after season.
Steady air does two things for your horse: it keeps him cool in his stall, and the circulation keeps flies to a minimum. Easy-Up® backs the holder with an industry-leading 7-year warranty against breakage, and we stock the line because it holds up to real barn conditions. Trusted since 1948.
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Stable Airflow
Hangs over a stall wall up to 2 inches wide and holds a standard box fan right where your horse needs the air.
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7-Year Warranty
Easy-Up® backs every holder with an industry-leading 7-year warranty against breakage.
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Fewer Flies, Cooler Horse
Steady air circulation keeps your horse comfortable in the stall and keeps flies to a minimum.
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22 by 16 1/2 Inches
The assembled holder measures 22 in. long by 16 1/2 in. wide. Some assembly is required.
Side by Side
How Stall Fan Holders Compare
Published product details show three different approaches to positioning a box fan at a stall. “Not listed” means the cited product page did not publish that specification as of the date below.
| Feature | Schneiders Easy-Up® Fan Holder | Tough 1 Durable Folding Box Fan Holder | Perri's Stall Fan Holder |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published construction | Lightweight over-stall holder with a gray armor coat finish; base material not listed | Heavy steel frame with nylon straps | Sturdy nylon webbing |
| Published fan compatibility | Standard box fan | Standard box fan | Standard 20 x 20-inch box fan |
| Published stall-wall fit | Fits over a standard stall wall up to 2 inches wide | Listed as fitting over 2-inch walls | Stall-wall thickness not listed |
| Published holder dimensions | 22 inches long x 16.5 inches wide when assembled | 17.5 inches x 10.5 inches in the holding position | Holder dimensions not listed; 20 x 20 inches is the stated fan size |
| Storage and portability details | Folded-storage dimensions not listed | Folds flat; folded dimensions are 18 x 4.5 x 1 inches | Described as very lightweight and portable |
| Assembly information | Some assembly required | Assembly requirement not listed | Assembly requirement not listed |
| Published color or finish | Gray armor coat finish | Black | Black |
| Published product warranty | 7-year warranty against breakage | Product warranty not listed | Product warranty not listed |
Built for the Barn, Not the Hardware Aisle
The Easy-Up® Fan Holder is engineered specifically for horse stall construction — a clamping bracket system that grips stall walls up to 2 inches wide without drilling, strapping, or improvising. The gray armor coat finish protects against ammonia, humidity, and UV exposure through multiple seasons of barn use. Assembly is straightforward, and when you need to move the holder to a new stall, it lifts right off and relocates in seconds.
- ✓Fits any standard stall wall up to 2" thick — no drilling required
- ✓Holds any standard box fan up to 6 feet wide
- ✓Assembled dimensions: 22" long x 16½" wide for stable fan support
- ✓Gray armor coat finish resists barn corrosion, ammonia, and UV exposure
- ✓Industry-leading 7-year warranty against breakage
Reliable Stall Cooling. Zero Improvising.
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Get Steady Stall Airflow Without the Zip Ties
The Easy-Up® Fan Holder gives your horse steady stall airflow without zip ties, bungee cords, or guesswork. It hangs over a stall wall up to 2 inches wide, holds a standard box fan, and is backed by an industry-leading 7-year Easy-Up® warranty against breakage. Family-owned since 1948. Order yours today.
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