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| I know it likely all comes down to personal prefrence, but I would really like to here who uses what, and why.
Looking for something that it shim-able as well as offers good shock absorbtion for my hard to fit horse. She has one shoulder that is bigger than the other, which is are biggest issue right now.
The Toklat is the cheapest, and what I am currently leaning towards. They offer an insert that is a layer of Poron over a layer of memory foam, and they are shim-able. The shims come with the pad, which is really nice.
But I am also curious about the Skito pads. They offer a laminated foam for hard to fit horses and riders over 200 pounds, which intrigues me. The shims are $50 extra which doesn't excite me all that much.
To me Equipedic looks very similar to Skito. Their website also hasn't been updated since early 2015. Are they still in business?
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| I have an equipedic it's ugly expensive but fits better than anything i have! I have cutter collection Todd Sloan best ever and I always use it, it has pockets to shim.
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| tin can - 2016-10-27 9:17 AM
I have an equipedic it's ugly expensive but fits better than anything i have! I have cutter collection Todd Sloan best ever and I always use it, it has pockets to shim.
Do you have a link to the Todd Sloan pad? I don't see anything on the Best Ever site or the Todd Sloan site that offers pockets to shim. |
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Location: TEXAS | I use a skito, really love it. My horses seem happy. And it makes the treeless even more comfortable. |
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| I doubt if they do offer shims they are felt, the equipedics I have has pockets dale Moulton from Texas used to sell them that's where I got mine about 10 years ago. |
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| Yeah, I need something that I can shim. My mare is smaller on one side than the other, which is complicating saddle fit even more. I think I am going to need to make up for this with a saddle pad to get anything to fit somewhat decently. |
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Location: in the ozone | is the difference in her shoulders (if it is a big amount) due to off shoeing or you posting only on one diagonal & building it up, etc? If it is "man/woman made", then I would work to get it built up to match the other one. |
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| It is likely a little bit of both. She came to me a bit lopsided, and I think it has gotten worse over the years as her being lopsided causes me to sit a bit lopsided. |
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| I just purchased a Toklat about 2 weeks ago and I love it! The quality is amazing and the shock absorption is great too. It is my favorite so far out of all the saddle pads I've had! |
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| Draft mare I've had two horses over the years with one shoulder bigger and it was always fixed by shoeing , one of my horses i have now had one bigger I kept on my farrier till finally I took the horse to rood and riddles farriers and got a balanced shoeing and instructions on how the horse is to be shod, I have them check the shoeing every couple of months, farrier is on his game the horse is working better Han ever, and my farrier learnt something.if your east rood and riddle has an awesome team one of the carriers is a podiatrist there work is beutiful and worth the money. |
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| tin can - 2016-11-02 5:04 AM
Draft mare I've had two horses over the years with one shoulder bigger and it was always fixed by shoeing , one of my horses i have now had one bigger I kept on my farrier till finally I took the horse to rood and riddles farriers and got a balanced shoeing and instructions on how the horse is to be shod, I have them check the shoeing every couple of months, farrier is on his game the horse is working better Han ever, and my farrier learnt something.if your east rood and riddle has an awesome team one of the carriers is a podiatrist there work is beutiful and worth the money.
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| tin can - 2016-11-02 5:04 AM
Draft mare I've had two horses over the years with one shoulder bigger and it was always fixed by shoeing , one of my horses i have now had one bigger I kept on my farrier till finally I took the horse to rood and riddles farriers and got a balanced shoeing and instructions on how the horse is to be shod, I have them check the shoeing every couple of months, farrier is on his game the horse is working better Han ever, and my farrier learnt something.if your east rood and riddle has an awesome team one of the carriers is a podiatrist there work is beutiful and worth the money.
I have never heard of that before. I would think at this point in her life, her body and feet have compensated for the uneveness, and trying to trim or shoe to correct either could cause some serious problems. Both of her feet wear evenly, but I may ask my farrier about it the next time I see him. |
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| One i had for years he was always uneven, i switched horse showers and he fixed like that day they were level, it's not always the case. Something to look into . |
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Location: North Dakota | draftmare - 2016-10-27 9:11 AM I know it likely all comes down to personal prefrence, but I would really like to here who uses what, and why. Looking for something that it shim-able as well as offers good shock absorbtion for my hard to fit horse. She has one shoulder that is bigger than the other, which is are biggest issue right now. The Toklat is the cheapest, and what I am currently leaning towards. They offer an insert that is a layer of Poron over a layer of memory foam, and they are shim-able. The shims come with the pad, which is really nice. But I am also curious about the Skito pads. They offer a laminated foam for hard to fit horses and riders over 200 pounds, which intrigues me. The shims are $50 extra which doesn't excite me all that much. To me Equipedic looks very similar to Skito. Their website also hasn't been updated since early 2015. Are they still in business? Any input would be appreciated!
I just ordered a Toklat with Extreme pro inserts (all poron xrd, thicker than the pro insert). I'll let you know how that goes. The demonstrations with poron xrd are all SUPER impressive. I'm kinda miffed at myself though because Jen X Equine is the company owned by the lady who came up with Poron XRD and their "western half pads" are only $180ish and come in a bunch of colors and have more Poron XRD in them. Her website isn't finished so they don't show up on there, but they are available, I asked her on Facebook. I know it has a velcro opening at the top so I believe you could shim it. |
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| I ended up buying a CSI pad, I liked my friend's pad so much. Should be here Saturday! |
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