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Stop Watching Your Horse's Hay End Up on the Floor
The Easy-Up® Safety First Hay Rack keeps hay elevated, slows consumption, and cuts out the dust and shavings that put your horse at risk — starting at $129.99 with free shipping on orders $99+.
The Problem
Every Flake on the Floor Is Money Gone — and a Health Risk
It’s just after morning feed, and you’re walking back down the barn aisle with a fork in one hand and an empty hay cart behind you. The flakes you placed in your horse’s stall looked generous an hour ago. Now, part of that hay is scattered across the bedding, pressed under a hoof, or mixed into the damp edge of the stall. You can still see good stems in the mess, but separating usable hay from shavings and soiled bedding is no longer practical.
It’s a familiar routine in many barns. Your horse pulls hay from the pile, steps through it, noses it around, and leaves pieces where they become part of the next cleaning. Penn State Extension notes that hay fed directly on a stall floor can come into contact with waste and dirt and become mixed with bedding. Even when your horse eventually cleans up most of a floor pile, you have less control over how much remains clean, accessible, and easy to account for.
That uncertainty matters when hay is a major part of your horse’s daily ration and one of your barn’s recurring expenses. You measure flakes, plan deliveries, stack bales, and try to keep feeding consistent. Then some of what you carried into the stall leaves in the manure cart. The loss may not look dramatic at a single feeding, but the same scattered handfuls show up morning after morning, stall after stall. They also add volume to cleanup and make it harder to tell at a glance what your horse actually left uneaten.
The problem is not that you are careless with hay or that your horse is unusually messy. A loose pile simply offers no physical structure to keep forage gathered in one place. Without a dedicated fixture, the stall floor becomes the feeder, the catch area, and eventually the disposal pile—all at the same time.
It’s a familiar routine in many barns. Your horse pulls hay from the pile, steps through it, noses it around, and leaves pieces where they become part of the next cleaning. Penn State Extension notes that hay fed directly on a stall floor can come into contact with waste and dirt and become mixed with bedding. Even when your horse eventually cleans up most of a floor pile, you have less control over how much remains clean, accessible, and easy to account for.
That uncertainty matters when hay is a major part of your horse’s daily ration and one of your barn’s recurring expenses. You measure flakes, plan deliveries, stack bales, and try to keep feeding consistent. Then some of what you carried into the stall leaves in the manure cart. The loss may not look dramatic at a single feeding, but the same scattered handfuls show up morning after morning, stall after stall. They also add volume to cleanup and make it harder to tell at a glance what your horse actually left uneaten.
The problem is not that you are careless with hay or that your horse is unusually messy. A loose pile simply offers no physical structure to keep forage gathered in one place. Without a dedicated fixture, the stall floor becomes the feeder, the catch area, and eventually the disposal pile—all at the same time.
Why It Keeps Happening
That Barn Dust Isn't Just Dirty — It's a Colic Trigger
The problem isn’t you, and it isn’t your horse. A loose floor pile has no boundary between fresh forage and the rest of the stall. Once your horse noses, paws, or walks through it, usable hay can spread into bedding and manure. By the time you return with a fork, the clean portion and the discard pile may look almost identical.
The usual workarounds do not always address that basic lack of containment. Adding another flake gives your horse more hay, but it also puts more material within reach of hooves and bedding. Tucking the pile into a corner can gather it temporarily, yet the corner still has no frame to hold the hay in place. A conventional rack may elevate the forage, but rack dimensions, opening size, construction, and mounting setup vary widely. Those observable details matter because every stall, feeding amount, and horse is different.
When the setup does not match the stall, the consequences repeat through the entire barn routine. You carry in measured hay, then remove part of it with the next cleaning. You spend extra time sorting through bedding, guessing whether scattered stems are fresh enough to leave behind, and sweeping up material that was meant to be feed. If you manage several stalls, a small inefficiency becomes another recurring chore multiplied across every morning and evening feeding.
That leaves you in an awkward cycle: keep using the floor and accept the mixing, or choose a fixture without knowing whether its size, openings, construction, and capacity fit your needs. The answer is not a dramatic promise about how your horse will eat. It is a clearly specified place for the hay—one you can measure against your wall, your usual flakes, and your daily barn routine before you install it.
The usual workarounds do not always address that basic lack of containment. Adding another flake gives your horse more hay, but it also puts more material within reach of hooves and bedding. Tucking the pile into a corner can gather it temporarily, yet the corner still has no frame to hold the hay in place. A conventional rack may elevate the forage, but rack dimensions, opening size, construction, and mounting setup vary widely. Those observable details matter because every stall, feeding amount, and horse is different.
When the setup does not match the stall, the consequences repeat through the entire barn routine. You carry in measured hay, then remove part of it with the next cleaning. You spend extra time sorting through bedding, guessing whether scattered stems are fresh enough to leave behind, and sweeping up material that was meant to be feed. If you manage several stalls, a small inefficiency becomes another recurring chore multiplied across every morning and evening feeding.
That leaves you in an awkward cycle: keep using the floor and accept the mixing, or choose a fixture without knowing whether its size, openings, construction, and capacity fit your needs. The answer is not a dramatic promise about how your horse will eat. It is a clearly specified place for the hay—one you can measure against your wall, your usual flakes, and your daily barn routine before you install it.
- ✗Hay soiled by hooves and bedding before your horse finishes it
- ✗Dust and shavings inhaled and ingested at floor level
- ✗Rapid, uncontrolled consumption that strains digestion
- ✗Mounting feed costs with little control over what's actually eaten
The Solution
The Easy-Up® Hay Rack: Mounted, Spaced, and Built to Last Five Years
The Easy-Up® Safety First Hay Rack gives your horse’s hay a defined, wall-mounted place instead of leaving it loose in the bedding. Its frame is made with rounded 1-inch tubular steel, while the vertical members are 9/16-inch tubular bars set 2 1/2 inches apart. Those are observable construction details—not a guarantee about feeding speed or injury prevention. The rack’s open top lets you load flakes from above, and its tapered basket holds them against the stall wall for access through the front openings.
You can choose between two documented sizes. The standard rack measures 23 inches high by 25 inches wide by 13 1/2 inches deep and is identified for two to three flakes, depending on flake thickness. The large measures 27 inches high by 27 inches wide by 16 inches deep and is identified for up to four flakes. That gives you concrete dimensions to compare with the available wall area, nearby buckets, doors, partitions, and your normal feeding amount before ordering.
Assembly is straightforward but still requires a deliberate installation. The tubular top sections slide together, and the lower framing attaches with the included screws. You will need to select a location and mounting method appropriate for your stall wall. As with any stall fixture, placement should account for your horse’s size, habits, and behavior, and the rack and fasteners should be checked regularly after installation. The rounded tubing changes the frame’s physical profile, but it should not be treated as a substitute for thoughtful placement and routine inspection.
Once mounted, the rack keeps the loaded hay above the bedding and contained within a fixed footprint. For your horse, that means forage is presented in one consistent location rather than spread loose across the stall. For you, it creates a clearer feeding station: you can load a known number of flakes, see what remains in the rack, and remove less hay simply because it became mixed into the floor material.
The Easy-Up® Safety First Hay Rack is backed by a five-year warranty against breakage. It is a practical, specification-led barn upgrade from a family business Trusted since 1948—built around measurable size, construction, capacity, and warranty details rather than unsupported promises about outcomes.
You can choose between two documented sizes. The standard rack measures 23 inches high by 25 inches wide by 13 1/2 inches deep and is identified for two to three flakes, depending on flake thickness. The large measures 27 inches high by 27 inches wide by 16 inches deep and is identified for up to four flakes. That gives you concrete dimensions to compare with the available wall area, nearby buckets, doors, partitions, and your normal feeding amount before ordering.
Assembly is straightforward but still requires a deliberate installation. The tubular top sections slide together, and the lower framing attaches with the included screws. You will need to select a location and mounting method appropriate for your stall wall. As with any stall fixture, placement should account for your horse’s size, habits, and behavior, and the rack and fasteners should be checked regularly after installation. The rounded tubing changes the frame’s physical profile, but it should not be treated as a substitute for thoughtful placement and routine inspection.
Once mounted, the rack keeps the loaded hay above the bedding and contained within a fixed footprint. For your horse, that means forage is presented in one consistent location rather than spread loose across the stall. For you, it creates a clearer feeding station: you can load a known number of flakes, see what remains in the rack, and remove less hay simply because it became mixed into the floor material.
The Easy-Up® Safety First Hay Rack is backed by a five-year warranty against breakage. It is a practical, specification-led barn upgrade from a family business Trusted since 1948—built around measurable size, construction, capacity, and warranty details rather than unsupported promises about outcomes.
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Cuts Hay Waste
Keeps hay elevated and off the stall floor — no more trampled, soiled flakes.
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Healthier Eating
Narrow 2½" bar spacing slows consumption for more natural, gut-friendly feeding.
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5-Year Warranty
Rounded 1" tubular steel frame built to hold up to years of daily use.
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Simple to Mount
Easy assembly in two size options — standard and large — to fit your stall.
Quick self-check
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What Riders Are Saying
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"These hay racks are wonderful! They're easy to mount, hold a lot of hay and are very sturdy. This is the 3rd one I've purchased!"
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"I'm really enjoying my new Easy-Up Safety First Large Hay Rack. Built solid and has a 3-inch bar width which my horse likes. Thank you Schneiders!"
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"Excellent quality and assembly was very simple. Product is exactly as described and works great."
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Side by Side
How the Easy-Up® Stacks Up
These wall-mounted hay racks differ in size, construction, capacity, assembly, and published warranty coverage. “Not listed” means the cited product source did not publish that detail as of the date below; no missing specification has been inferred.
| Feature | Schneiders Easy-Up® Safety First Hay Rack | Behlen Country StallMate Wall Feeder | Scenic Road Wall Hay Rack for Horses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mounting format | Flat-wall mount with open-top loading | Wall mount with pre-drilled mounting holes | Flat-wall mount; mounting hardware not included |
| Published frame and bar construction | Rounded 1-inch tubular-steel frame with 9/16-inch tubular vertical bars | Fully welded construction with 3/8-inch smooth bars | Welded 1/2-inch powder-coated American steel rods |
| Published size options | Two sizes: Standard and Large | One size | One size on the cited product page |
| Overall dimensions | Standard: 23 in H × 25 in W × 13.5 in D; Large: 27 in H × 27 in W × 16 in D | 27 in H × 33 in L × 13 in W | 25 in H × 36 in W × 12 in D |
| Published hay capacity | Standard: 2–3 flakes; Large: up to 4 flakes | Not listed | Up to 1/2 bale |
| Published bar spacing | 2.5 inches | Not listed | Not listed |
| Assembly and hardware details | Ships for assembly; lower framing attaches with included screws | Fully welded; pre-drilled holes provided for installation | Welded construction; mounting hardware not included |
| Published warranty | 5-year warranty against breakage | 1-year limited warranty under Behlen Country’s general product warranty | Not listed |
A Cleaner Stall, a Calmer Horse, Less Wasted Hay
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The Takeaway
A wall-mounted hay rack that pays for itself in saved hay and healthier feeding.
The Easy-Up® Safety First Hay Rack removes floor feeding from your barn routine — protecting your horse from dust-related health risks and cutting down on wasted hay every single day. At $129.99–$139.99 with a 5-year warranty, it's one of the easier calls you'll make this barn season.
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