Girth question, again
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2018 12:51 am
Regarding my prior post on the Thinline girth, after responses saying it was fine that it came up the bottom of my saddle , I was going to use it that way.
With the drop in temperature, I put on my back on track pad and now the girth comes up a bit above the pad, but not enough to sit perfectly on the edge. When I called thinline about other sizes and the actual total length of the girth, they felt it could actually pinch the skin being up to or at the pad, grrr.
When
When looking at other girths some have very little material past the buckles, while others have many inches of excess material beyond the buckles.
Is there a purpose for the extra material?
I may end up taking this to a shoemaker to have about 2 inches taken off to that it fits 2 inches below the pad. They are too expensive to buy another one and when I aphad them measure smaller sizes total length they went that much different.
Their 26 inch girth is actually 33 1/2 inches in total length. Thinline suggested I get a 22 inch, but I'm afraid it will be way to short, ugh...
With the drop in temperature, I put on my back on track pad and now the girth comes up a bit above the pad, but not enough to sit perfectly on the edge. When I called thinline about other sizes and the actual total length of the girth, they felt it could actually pinch the skin being up to or at the pad, grrr.
When
When looking at other girths some have very little material past the buckles, while others have many inches of excess material beyond the buckles.
Is there a purpose for the extra material?
I may end up taking this to a shoemaker to have about 2 inches taken off to that it fits 2 inches below the pad. They are too expensive to buy another one and when I aphad them measure smaller sizes total length they went that much different.
Their 26 inch girth is actually 33 1/2 inches in total length. Thinline suggested I get a 22 inch, but I'm afraid it will be way to short, ugh...