A modern-day Western about two cowboys and their wily boss, rancher Jim Ed Love, who plans to buy unpredictable Old Fooler and make a fortune selling the cantankerous horse to a rodeo but the horse has other ideas about the transaction.
Jim Ed is using a remote-controlled dogie as a training device in hopes of turning the ranch plugs into first-class cutting horses-and ending Old Fooler's cow-horse career.
Howdy and Ben are eager to get on the good side of Jim Ed so learning he'd like to own a buffalo they start planning. But they find out it won't easy and things quickly escalate into a huge misadventure.
Jim Ed has bought a trailer from Howdy, but the merchandise might not arrive in A-1 condition. Howdy and Ben are throwing a party for the whole community in the trailer.
Howdy and Ben plan to use Old Fooler to fool old Jim Ed. The cowhands are out to convince their tightwad employer that the stubborn nag is a valuable polo pony.
Jim Ed's sneaky, low-down tricks are nothing compared to those of Abbey Marstow, a wily woman rancher who's out to outfox foxy Jim Ed in the annual horse race.
Jim Ed hires a saucy female efficiency expert to bring progress to the ranch, where she soon puts a burr under the saddles of Jim Ed's two laziest cowpokes.
Howdy and Ben get their hands on an elephant, then try desperately to keep it hidden. They also figure out a way for the pachyderm to do their chores for Jim Ed.