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Veteran
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| Seeing a lot of saddles recently advertised as being on a buster welch tree. What makes a buster welch tree a buster welch tree? How do they fit and ride? |
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 The One
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Location: South Georgia | I have wondered the same. |
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Extreme Veteran
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| The tree style is basically just the name they give the tree based on how the swells are shaped in the front. It has nothing to do with the way a tree will fit. Some examples of tree style names are Toots (TM), Olin (OY), Wade, Buster (BW), etc. |
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 Take a Picture
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| The tree is a modified version of a chugging saddle tree that Buster Welch designed. I have a Billy Cook with a Buster Welch tree. It fits all my horses except my huge paint. He has to have a wider gullet. It rides good.
That is supposed to be cutting saddle. My phone has a completely different view of life from mine.
Edited by streakysox 2018-03-24 8:38 AM
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Married to a Louie Lover
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| This is a great article describing what you’re after (only it’s not the answer you’re after) http://dgsaddlery.com/which-tree-style-would-fit-my-horse-better/
BW, TM, Olin, Wade, actually only describe the front and swells, something I just learned last year - from BHW I believe - when I was saddle shopping! The bars, which will make the fit, can be anything. |
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Buster Welch trees?