|
|
Extreme Veteran
Posts: 520
| I am trying to sell my CJ but I keep getting people that want the 8" gullet. I did not think cactus even make a CJ with a 8" gullet, but just looking around I am seeing ALOT advertised as such though. I thought the saddle only came in a 6 1/2" and a 7". Am I measuring completely wrong?
Edited by Buckles 2014-09-02 10:49 AM
 (gulletwidth.jpg)
Attachments
----------------
 gulletwidth.jpg (88KB - 226 downloads)
|
|
| |
|
Extreme Veteran
Posts: 330
 
| Buckles - 2014-09-02 11:47 AM
I am trying to sell my CJ but I keep getting people that want the 8" gullet. I did not think cactus even make a CJ with a 8" gullet, but just looking around I am seeing ALOT advertised as such though. I thought the saddle only came in a 6 1/2" and a 7". Am I measuring completely wrong?
I could be mistaken, but I thought I saw somewhere that the "correct" way to measure would be at the spot where the conchos are, not the very top? |
|
| |
|
Extreme Veteran
Posts: 330
| But, the easiest solution would be to ask where they would like you to measure from, and you can give that measurement. If a prospective buyer would measure where you show you are measuring, give that measurement. If they want you to give them the measurement further down, because that's the measurement they know they need, give 'em that one. haha! |
|
| |
|
 A Somebody to Everybody
Posts: 41354
 
Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | The only way to get a true gullet measurerment is on a bare tree, call the saddlery that made this saddle and ask them what the gullet measurements are on this saddle.
|
|
| |
|
The Advice Guru
Posts: 6419
|
To measure a gullet properly it is actually where the bars and pommel meet and cannot be done once the tree is made but is done at during the creation of the tree.
As someone said ask the potential buyer where they would like it measured, as Martin is the only one who makes the larger gullets, most other tree makers have flare in the bars which allows more shoulder movement.
|
|
| |
|
Extreme Veteran
Posts: 520
| I had both measurements pictured with my ad. I personally like too see both measurements, but I thought the top was the gullet and level with the conchos was more of a measurement of the "flare" of a saddle. We have a saddle here that is most definitely a 6 1/2" (per the tree maker), but if you measure where the conchos are its an 8.5". |
|
| |
|
Extreme Veteran
Posts: 520
| I googled it and even though cactus is not making the CJ there is a "cached" page for the saddle
Features:
Tree: Wood, Fiberglass Coated
Tree Warranty: Ten Years
Bars: Quarter Horse or Full Quarter Horse
Gullet Height: 7-3/4”
Gullet Width: 6-1/2” or 7”
Cantle Height: 4”
Weight: 28 lbs (approx.)
So I must be measuring in the right spot, if I measured down further it would be 8+?
|
|
| |
|
  More bootie than waist!
Posts: 18425
Location: Riding Crackhead. | I ride CJ saddles and when I see them advertised for sale as 8" it drives me nuts. People don't know what the heck they are talking about. |
|
| |
Folks on-line