Treed to treeless and then back to treed again!!?

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What i was looking for is anyone who has gone from treed to treeless and then gone back again?

Your stories would be much appreciated.
I am soon to get my girls back checked, she does not seem in obvious pain at all, but am getting her back checked anyway (as she wants to stretch down alot once well into a hack.

I am not sure if i will end up going treed again, it depends on the back person and what they say is best for her.
So has anyone gone back from treeless to treed? why was this?

Thanks in advance
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I did, because I had someone come to look at my mare's back and they said that it was sore because of the treeless saddle. I had a saddle made to measure, cost me nearly £900, and I ended up selling it on ebay for £400, and getting another treeless! The treed saddle made her sore, I put her back in the treeless after some time off, and she was moving much better and her back does not seem at all sore, even if you prod and poke!

So, I think I will stick to the treeless!
 
yeah i think i will, i mean there is no obvious problem but she needs a look at i am sure, exercise takes its toll o all of us so maybe after a bit a will get her looked at again and then see how her back is on a second treatment
anymore for anymore?
 
Had a perfectly good Thorowgood treed, borrowed a friend's treeless as had read so much about back problems. Horse went lame (for some reason it exacerbated early arthritis), she also threw me and bolted one day when I mounted from the ground and had to adjust the saddle once on board - didn't know you weren't meant to do that with treeless! Duh!

She didn't like the elasticated dressage girth either. Though bizarrely she seemed more comfortable when tacking up, but less so when ridden. A bit wierd really.

She definitely went better in the treed saddle.
 
Yes, I've done exactly that - I bought a treeless which I used on my barrel-shaped pony. It stayed on marginally better than a treed. She seemed to like it (as much as she liked anything to do with being ridden) and I loved it. She's currently doing broodmare duties and I'm riding my big Friesian. Hoped she'd like the treeless, but she hated it. Reluctantly, therefore, I put her in a treed, and she prefers it. I've still got both horses and both saddles! I have to say that neither horse got sore or lame. It just seemed to be preference.
 
Yep.. had a treed saddle.. had a few problems with 2 local fitters and it got a bit nightmareish.. went through 3 treeless saddles inc a very expensive one and all my horse got was a sore back so am back in a treed saddle thanks to a good if somewhat unreliable fitter!
 
the trouble with treeless that i just can't get my head around is the point where the pull of the stirrups crosses the spine. this was the original reason for needing a tree, after all, to prevent that huge downward pressure from stirrups, from pulling down on the horse's spine. if anyone can explain to me how they prevent this without any kind of a tree or definite lifted part over the spine, i'd love to hear it.
i borrowed an early treeless and rode in it and my treed dressage saddle alternately for about an hour. horse went identically in both, couldn't tell the difference. i don't pretend to understand that, either!
 
I've got one of the new generation of treeless and tbh you couldn't tell that it is. It looks like a normal saddle and has a standard pommel and cantel. The gullet is maintained by thick layers of leather and padding on either side of the spine. It stops weight going on the spine but is flexible at the same time. not had it very long but it doesn't slip like my old saddle
 
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