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RE: [RC] Pivoting side bars - Ranelle Rubin

One of the old timer endurance riders who saw my saddle when I first got
it said it looked like an "Officer's McClellan"..Having never seen one,
I don't know..all I know is it has worked for me.

Ranelle

-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Holland
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 1:12 PM
To: 'Ridecamp Guest'; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [RC] Pivoting side bars


It's really no different from a standard fixed tree.  You can only
change the "angle", which may not fit the "curvature" of the horse's
back, resulting in uneven pressure across the surface.  

Unless you're riding a draft horse, I haven't seen an Arabian with a
wider back than Sunny....and the Reactor Panel fits him perfectly, and
each panel is adjustable individually to address any shoulder
abnormalities.

Jim, Sun of Dimanche+, and Mahada Magic (Who both go in RP's)


-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp- 
owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ridecamp Guest
Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 3:01 PM
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC] Pivoting side bars

Please Reply to: Ray O'Donohue rno2m@xxxxxxxxxxxx or 
ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ==========================================

 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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