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I designed the Delrin panel system and patented improvements on it for years. After a few years use, the
faults inherent in flex panel saddles are obvious. None of the washers or wearplates flaunted by the my former dealers, or
short term employees, are new or lasting fixes. I remove the Poorly made Flex Panel systems found on most of these saddles, and
re-configure the Saddle for use with the Corrector. The Charge for this is only $75 to $400, on the average, per
saddle. NEW STUFFED PANELS AS SHOWN BELOW are $400. Other saddles like western model are much less. Regards, Len
Brown >call & I can give you an close guesstimate. 816 625 0333
| SAME BARS AS ABOVE, STUFFED PANELS FOR BETTER FIT! |
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| LIKE A WHOLE NEW SADDLE, THAT'S WHY ENGLISH SADDLES HAVE STUFFED PANELS. GET IT DONE TO YOUR ORTHO ! |
Do you own any of the following Delrin
panel saddles: Hillview Farms, Rain Tree, Amera-Flex, RL Watson, American Flex, Watson Bros, J&G Ranch, Saddle Ranch,
Timberline, Rocking R, Ozark Mountain. Do you have problems with
Loin Rubbing, White hair, open sores, or other indications of an uncomfortable horse? Are you tired of feeling like
you're riding a CAMEL, being tosed back and forth with a loss of contact to your horse, unlike the ride a good saddle
should give you?
ON this
page, I will show you saddle after saddle and testimonial after testimonial of customers that had
me Convert their saddle to be used with the CorrecTOR's system on their horse. You will learn of shoddy workmanship
and just plain dumb construction that caused all that pain & sores on these customers horses. All so they could grab
a buck by using the words: flex panel. Have you been Flexed? Are you and your horse still sore from
it?
| There was a 1/4" of loose play on the left panel, |
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| The horse had a solid white mark from being scarred by the bump from the bolt head thru the foam. |
| Permanent SCAR from a bolt head Foam & Felt. |
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| It was very hard foam with felt stretched tight as a bowstring !!! |
| The Saddle, pad, and horse. See how high it sits. |
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| HOW high do you have to get before it feels like a Camel Saddle? |
| My ass is a bit large for this 16.5" saddle but... |
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| can you see how close to my 17H T/B this copy of the stitchdown OrthoFlex is? |
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| Timberline cutback, the owner liked, MULE Didn't |
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| New skirts with felt layered to take rock from tree. It will work with the MULE now. Any horse too! |
| Layered skirts now get seat off spine of the horse |
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| Rolled leather edges on double leather skirt, layered felt flattens rock in tree. |
The saddle trees in the illegal OrthoFlex type knockoffs
are about the same shapes as the originals I made. I never sold or signed over a patent to anyone.
I did sell trees, with the panel system attached, to
a few individuals and one company. Those were allowed to be called an OrthoFlex saddle because they had purchased an
individual tree with the patented system. The rest of any history you read about is all just lies.
When you buy from liers you know what you usually get?
An Ex-Con stole some unfinished saddle trees from
my tree company and gave them to his son to start tree making with. This is now the supplier of Hillview farms and Timberline
plus most of the rest of the knock-offs. They are poor quality copies that often weigh 5 pounds + per tree more
than they should. Lot's of polyester resin & goops of unwoven fiberglass everywhere. Not vacuum molded epoxy resin
& woven mat like the saddletrees I made. This saddle lost 4
pounds of too stiff panels and came down to the horse for a really good ride. I put Two >1/4" front balance shims
in each side to take out the extra width and act like a wedge under a rocking chair.
It rode
well and the lady that got it back is tickled with the feel and how it worked on her horse. She originally liked
the saddle for herself but was unable to use it on her horse. (from the pictures you see above
that she sent me) She had already sent it back to it's maker once. She decided to give me a call to get it done
right.
When I shaped these trees a long
time ago I tried to get a rider as close to the horse as possible. It was a tough sell to get someone to ride an
Ortho-flex because of the "perched feeling" the panel system gave you on many horses. I started
the company by selling to skinny endurance Arab horses. Any of these Saddles, with the Delrin Panels removed
& replaced with the Corrector, will give you a good ride compared to other trail and western saddles in
today's market. Len
What goes around comes
around. If you want your flex panel saddle to work better, give me a ring at 816 625 0333, Thanks,
Len
| I never did a single layer panel on rockers XXX |
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| No they're not even, neither is the tree! single layer panels on rockers with wood screws! |
| BARS WITH TOO MUCH FLARE AND CURVE CAN BE REWORKED |
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| MOLD OF 15H ARAB WITH ORTHO BARS ONLY MADE FOR THE PANEL SYSTEM. WATCH HOW I FIX THEM! |
| SAME BAR SHAPE, NEW STUFFED PANELS TO FIT HORSE. |
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| BAR ANGLE CHANGED, NOW BARS WILL WORK WITH HORSE USING NEW STUFFED PANELS. |
More saddles are clones of the Ortho
Trees & Bars than any other! I shaped these tree bars for riders thighs,a comfortable seat, and curved
them front to rear for space for the panels to move. NEVER WERE THEY MADE TO FIT A HORSE ALONE. YET THAT'S
WHAT MANY OF YOU RIDE TODAY. STEELE SADDLES ARE EVEN WORSE IN THEIR ROCKING CHAIR RIDE & SHARP ANGLE AT LOINS.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO USE ALL 10 FRONT AND REAR BALANCE SHIMS IN THE CORRECTOR for your saddle, I CAN PUT
NEW STUFFED PANELS ON YOUR SADDLE'S BARS. IT CHANGES THE ANGLES AND TAKES OUT MOST OF THE CURVE FRONT TO REAR WHILE STILL GIVING
A CLOSE RIDE from THE MIDDLE OF THE SEAT to your horses back. It also creates sufficient channel to keep the seat from
rubbing on that spine. It's a lighter saddle that will be easier to use even with the Corrector. Call me for a estimate
of the cost for your saddle. Len > 816 625 0333
| NOW ANGLE IS PROPER AND A CHANNEL FOR SPINE. |
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| THIS TYPE CONVERSION IS AVAILABLE FOR ORTHO-FLEXES, CLONES & STEELE SADDLES! |
| REDUCED FLARE ON BAR TIPS, STRAIGHTER FRONT / REAR |
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| NOW EXCESSIVE SHIM USE IS NOT NECESSARY, SADDLE IS MADE TO FIT ANIMAL LIKE A REG. ENGLISH SADDLE |
| The O/F Versatile I first made for myself. |
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| A great saddle to ride, this owner wouldn't part with it. No stuffing needed, Good bars! |
A good old Ortho-Flex the gent from Colorado wanted to use
on his mules and horse's again. The panels on this saddle are just a little small, something I did in later Ortho years. They
don't have the molded shape of a horse and are flat as all flex panels have to be when mounted to a saddle. Not able to get
up over the shoulders and drop down in behind them was the limitations of this system on
a saddle. The width in front was fine. Flex panels have to operate up over the
animals shoulders or soreing is quick & severe! If the shoulders push the panels back off them, you have to change
the position of rigging to hold the saddle forward. This rule applies to all flex panel saddles. Now you know why I said it
wasn't easy to use the Ortho Delrin panel system. Personal custom work is often necessary & then you're still up off the
animal with the saddle sliding forward in the downhill. Len
| The Smaller, FLAT AND STIFF DELRIN PANELS OF ORTHO |
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| DELRIN FLEX PANELS, NOT LARGE ENOUGH OR LONG ENOUGH. |
| A hard ridden 17 |
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| It just started bothering his animals after a couple of years. Mules & horses. |
For $155 I removed the panel system, then
the seat, removed and repositioned both the latigo dropped yoke riggings and angled it back, to pull the saddle
up to an animals shoulders. If the girth is pulling just the saddle forward just a little, and the Corrector is
pushing it back, it is very stable. The Corrector is then using movement of the shoulders to position the saddle just
out of their way.
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full set of 10 front and rear balance shims are in the Ausse E pad in the picture below. Seldom are
more than 2 on each side in front needed. The combo of 4 front and 4 rear is very common. That's pretty standard
for mules. I want Mr Johnson's feedback on using his saddle now. Len
| After Updating w/ Supreme Comfort Aussie E Pad |
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| Notice how much larger the Corrector's Protective SHIELDS are? |
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