We are no longer building saddle trees, but we have two videos about how Western saddles fit horses available on our westernsaddlefit.com website.
Pack Trees
We build both sawbuck and Decker pack trees, and this page shows some pictures of ones we have built. Our bars are made of yellow poplar laminated with pine where needed for thickness. The bottom of the bars are shaped to fit horses the same as our riding saddle trees. All the Factors That Affect Tree Fit can be changed the same way on our pack trees as on our riding saddles. The cross bars on our sawbuck trees are made of oak. The bronze hardware for the Decker tree pictured is from Herb Bork at Bork Saddlery Hardware. With the quality of wood and the construction techniques we use, there is no need to rawhide our pack trees.
Sawbuck Pack Tree
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Decker Pack Tree
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