4 legged mules

I ordered the tree, they are made in Colorado and are a high density urethane, carbon fiber, fiberglass and a little bit of steel. The front rigging is a continuous piece of cable that comes out of the bars at the swells after coming through the swells and goes back in the bars and through the cantle therefore is wrapped all the way around the saddle. there is a lock collar on the coated cable that is moveable so you can adjust the front rigging from a full double all the way to a centerfire. I had a piece of latigo leather cut one inch wider in the center than the nylon latigos and tapered down to latigo length and folded in half with a notch in it that sits on the lock collar to keep the latigo in position, the latigo laces through this piece of leather. The back rigging, I had them make the leather that attaches to the back Dees go all the way across the back of the bars behind the cantle. It is a Wade type tree but this material is poured and is all one piece even has the ground seat already in it which adds to the strength of the tree and saves time and money in the build. It also holds nails and screws better than wood trees and the screw holes are always reuseable if you had to take it apart. You could actually put a front girth and stirrups on it and ride it without ever seeing a saddle maker. They are guaranteed for life, one fellow made beer money at the bar betting he could drive his pickup over his saddle without breaking the tree. They have the same flexibility as a good rawhide covered wood tree.
I chose to try the cable rigging but you can have a conventional rigging of any style put on them instead. I figured if I didn't get along with the cable rigging I'd simply cut it off and have a drop plate rigging installed and still could. You can order them with or without the cabler rigging. It is a close contact saddle with quite free leg swing.