redsquirrel said:If you inspect the saddle itself it should be fine. If you were to leave it sitting in the sun for a year that might affect it, but besides that I would just visually check it. I'm sure the expiration dates were added by the lawyers.
RDGARD said:I have a old ambush tree saddle and the linesmen belt is showing wear and its the kind that is made into the harness.I guess I could sew a new one in was wondering if it was worth it because of the exp.date on harness.
Maustypsu said:redsquirrel said:If you inspect the saddle itself it should be fine. If you were to leave it sitting in the sun for a year that might affect it, but besides that I would just visually check it. I'm sure the expiration dates were added by the lawyers.
I bet the marketing team weighed in on that too!!! Trick people into thinking they need to buy a new one.
redsquirrel said:RDGARD said:I have a old ambush tree saddle and the linesmen belt is showing wear and its the kind that is made into the harness.I guess I could sew a new one in was wondering if it was worth it because of the exp.date on harness.
There was a mod posted on here at one point where someone sewed the old linemans belt on that model saddle into linemans loops so that they could attach any linemans belt they wanted.
blbloomquist said:I agree with Red and the lawyer comment. It also might be a rating of the saddle material against sun exposure. But it lets the manufacturer off the hook if something happened and someone tried to sue.