Re: RC: wintecs & heavyweights

["Advantage Saddles" <owensall@sierratel.com>]

Dear Kerri-Jo;

If your tree is flexing in the middle, it is not doing its job.  If it hasn't actually broken in half, it is at least bending badly...not what a tree is designed to do.  They are supposed to distribute the rider's weight along the length of the bars so as not to put pressure on any one point on the horse's back.  If there are already white marks on your  horses' backs, there is damage. 

I have heard of this happening in two other popular brands of endurance saddles. I would look for a saddle more suited to your weight distribution needs.

Katee