No_Angel
1st Sep 2005, 04:12 PM
Well, I tried the new treeless on Susie today. Looks really good, but I have already found a slight design fault, but its not really noticeable on the horse.
The girth straps are fastened on the the saddle flap, so when you lift the saddle flap the girth straps come up too-lol, but as your leg is there when your on it nots that bad, just when your trying to tack up :D
I find that it spreads very wide at the front, so much so that it doesnt give much clearance over susies withers, even tho it has a gullet and susie is wide with no withers :eek: But she does have a bit of atrophy from a badly fitting saddle the riding school put on her
Susie always has her treeless saddles slightly low in front but they always feel level and this one was no exception, but the saddle did seem quite far forward and the girth was near her armpits, so ill put the riser under it and move it backwards a bit, maybe a shaped girth- I was using my moms reactor panel one for murphy, its an atherstone.
The seat has a twist as its quite padded but feels quite hard so I put our gel seat saver on it, seems as tho the cantle is wooden tho.
Its still quite stiff as its new, and I think I cut my finger on the girth strap :(
My Impakt pad moved from under the saddle, but the saddle didnt move an inch, Its ok for jumping, like a working hunter cut, I added velcro knee rolls to them but find them a bit small so will have to suss out some new ones.
If Ive missed anything just let me know :D
The girth straps are fastened on the the saddle flap, so when you lift the saddle flap the girth straps come up too-lol, but as your leg is there when your on it nots that bad, just when your trying to tack up :D
I find that it spreads very wide at the front, so much so that it doesnt give much clearance over susies withers, even tho it has a gullet and susie is wide with no withers :eek: But she does have a bit of atrophy from a badly fitting saddle the riding school put on her
Susie always has her treeless saddles slightly low in front but they always feel level and this one was no exception, but the saddle did seem quite far forward and the girth was near her armpits, so ill put the riser under it and move it backwards a bit, maybe a shaped girth- I was using my moms reactor panel one for murphy, its an atherstone.
The seat has a twist as its quite padded but feels quite hard so I put our gel seat saver on it, seems as tho the cantle is wooden tho.
Its still quite stiff as its new, and I think I cut my finger on the girth strap :(
My Impakt pad moved from under the saddle, but the saddle didnt move an inch, Its ok for jumping, like a working hunter cut, I added velcro knee rolls to them but find them a bit small so will have to suss out some new ones.
If Ive missed anything just let me know :D