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[RC] Pivoting side bars - Ridecamp Guest

Please Reply to: Ray O'Donohue rno2m@xxxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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 One of the problems of pivoting side bars is that there is sometimes a  
tendency for the rigging to pivot the bars down onto their lower edges when the 
girth is tightened,thus somewhat negating the advantage of the pivot.U.S. Army 
had a pivoter in 1912,as did the British with their U.P. Trooper that same 
year.I (think) the U.S. 1912 saddle had a tricky rigging which circumvented the 
side bar digging down.A pivoting side bar tree which could be locked in a given 
setting might be the way to go;Uncle Sam had one of those pre-Civil war,but it 
was poorly constructed and wasn't really tested much.


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