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For anyone who needs a little help getting their girth tight enough (and who doesn't need help once in a while!) this handy girth tightener is just the ticket. Small enough to fit in a pocket or saddle bag (2 inches by 8 inches), you can carry it with you on all of your rides. The leverage provided is amazing! Designed especially for use with Australian saddles. Made in the USA of high quality steel.
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This setup converts the standard Aussie girth system to Western rigging. If your saddle has a billet strap between the top saddle flap and the sweat flap, but you want to use Western rigging, this is what you need.
The conversion strap replaces the standard overgirth. It has a dee ring on the on-side and a buckle with two slots on the off-side. This allows for the use of any standard Western girth. The billet strap on the saddle is not used in this setup.
Includes sturdy leather conversion overgirth, nylon on and off straps, and cord cinch.
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The Bates Rig was originally designed in Australia many years ago. A similar concept is sometimes marketed here in the US as a tackleberry or rapid release. The special quick release Bates buckle allows the rider to girth up and ungirth extremely quickly without much effort, due to the special Bates buckle and the leverage system. This rigging can be used on any Australian or Western saddle that is fitted with rigging dees, (large dee fitted between top saddle flap and underflap) and will greatly improve the girthing process over the standard western rigging, and allows the saddle to be girthed tighter to help stop saddle slippage.
Includes on and off straps, tackleberry buckle, and cord cinch.
The Full Bates Rig converts the standard Aussie girth system to Western rigging. If your saddle has a billet strap between the top saddle flap and the underflap, this is the setup needed.
The Bates top strap replaces the standard overgirth. It has a a dee on the on-side and a roller buckle on the off-side for ease of girthing. A tackleberry quick release buckle makes removing the cinch a breeze.
Includes Bates overgirth, on and off straps, tackleberry buckle, and cord cinch.
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