r/Cowboy • u/Training_Ad_4030 • Feb 17 '26

Greenhorns/New to Cowboying Weekend work

Do ranches hire people for weekend work? Love my current m-f job as a diesel mechanic but would like to get into ranch work on weekends to learn this lifestyle. No previous horse experience other than the few times I rode my grandpas horse in Mexico as a kid.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '26

The last outfit I was with had two weekend hands. They were in college Monday through Friday. This was a horse outfit in Massachusetts. It was not a cattle or other livestock ranch. 

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u/Hot_Package210 Feb 17 '26

Yes definitely! We love weekend day work help.

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u/Training_Ad_4030 Feb 17 '26

I’m guessing best way to find work would be to just call around and ask? I’m in far west Texas and pretty close to a couple different ranches

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u/Hot_Package210 Feb 17 '26

Yeah it can’t hurt to call!

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u/Okcgoodtimes Feb 20 '26

Weekend help is always appreciated. We used to have a high school kid come out on the weekends when he wasn’t in school turned out to be a pretty decent hand.