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EddieWalker
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I feel better about having them for a decade without ever using them!!!
WW2 ended 80 years ago
Value of Horse Saddles?
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I feel better about having them for a decade without ever using them!!!
WW2 ended 80 years ago
If you saw some of the things we've gotten rid of in the last 25 years... my parents retired in 2004 and started purging. They gave the family still away to the local historical society.I feel better about having them for a decade without ever using them!!!
WW2 ended 80 years ago
I didn't even know that we HAD a family still!
There was a load of old farm equipment in the barn which my father wanted to donate to the local historical center after their barn burned. He never had time so after he passed away I contacted them and we donated a pickup load of items, including but not limited to old walk behind horse drawn implements.
RayIN
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Yep, a saddle does not depreciate like anything else.
I bought a new King brand saddle in 1974 for $300, sold it in 2019 for $300.
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EddieWalker
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Saddles have been gone for over 3 months and I had forgotten I ever had them until this thread popped back up today. For me, if I don't miss it, or even remember having it, then it was the right decision to get rid of it!!!
$50/ea.
Those saddles were pretty basic cheap ones to begin with, and would likely need hundreds in repairs to be truly safe/useful again. They would only be useful for decor or for ornamental purposes at this point.
It’s not just the age that’s a factor. I inherited my current saddle about 10 years ago, and it was made in the late 1980s (so it’s old). It’s a very high quality saddle, it weighs over 40 lbs, and I’d expect to pay $5-6K buy a new equivalent saddle today. Every year I spend a few hundred dollars on repairs to my old saddle in order to keep using it.
The saddle strings were all rotten when I first inherited the saddle. I blew out the old cinch strap almost immediately. The breast collar fell apart after that. Then I snagged the rear cinch on a fence post and had to have a new one made. This last summer I had the stirrup straps replaced because they were thinned from decades of wear and half torn in places. I’ve replaced a lot of the stitching myself, using a hand awl. My saddle looks like a beater car with multiple body panels that all have different paint. But for a high quality saddle I’ll keep repairing it as long as it’s repairable.
I give my saddle two complete teardowns and conditionings a year, and take the hot summer off here in AZ.
Saddles (tack) require a lot of maintenance & repair to keep serviceable. And IMO the cheaper ones tend to fall apart much faster than the high end ones.
A cheaper saddle, once it gets dilapidated, may likely cost more to bring back to life than a replacement cheap saddle.
Those saddles were pretty basic cheap ones to begin with, and would likely need hundreds in repairs to be truly safe/useful again. They would only be useful for decor or for ornamental purposes at this point.
It’s not just the age that’s a factor. I inherited my current saddle about 10 years ago, and it was made in the late 1980s (so it’s old). It’s a very high quality saddle, it weighs over 40 lbs, and I’d expect to pay $5-6K buy a new equivalent saddle today. Every year I spend a few hundred dollars on repairs to my old saddle in order to keep using it.
The saddle strings were all rotten when I first inherited the saddle. I blew out the old cinch strap almost immediately. The breast collar fell apart after that. Then I snagged the rear cinch on a fence post and had to have a new one made. This last summer I had the stirrup straps replaced because they were thinned from decades of wear and half torn in places. I’ve replaced a lot of the stitching myself, using a hand awl. My saddle looks like a beater car with multiple body panels that all have different paint. But for a high quality saddle I’ll keep repairing it as long as it’s repairable.
I give my saddle two complete teardowns and conditionings a year, and take the hot summer off here in AZ.
Saddles (tack) require a lot of maintenance & repair to keep serviceable. And IMO the cheaper ones tend to fall apart much faster than the high end ones.
A cheaper saddle, once it gets dilapidated, may likely cost more to bring back to life than a replacement cheap saddle.
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Eddie I liked the fact that you put your stuff on skids.. Smart move as I do the same
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Wow, that's a lot of depreciation.
grsthegreat
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My leather saddle is probably 30 years old, and very heavy. A couple of years ago I gave into the dark side and had a custom synthetic saddle made for me. Light as heck, very sturdy, great tree and cantle and very comfortable to ride as my back has gone to he**. I have nothing but good things to say about the synthetics. Way less upkeep. As I get older I get lazier.
I still have to maintain 2 sets of driving and 2 sets of show harness, plus a set of work harness. That takes alot of work. Let her looks nice, but does break down even with thorough cleaning and conditioning. We went to synthetic harness for safety reasons years ago.
I still have to maintain 2 sets of driving and 2 sets of show harness, plus a set of work harness. That takes alot of work. Let her looks nice, but does break down even with thorough cleaning and conditioning. We went to synthetic harness for safety reasons years ago.
