Crates Saddle Archives
CRATES LEATHER COMPANY
The Crates family originally owned the Simco company, and has been manufacturing saddles since the 1930s in partnership with the Sims family. The company was originally based in Tennessee. After selling the Simco brand to The Action Company in 1981, the Crates family and many of the original employees established the Crates Leather Company Inc. This company is based in Tennessee and has been manufacturing saddles under the Crates brand since 1981.
The Crates number lookup doesn’t have anything listed prior to 1982. The number system switched from #487 in 1984, jumping straight to 2100 in 1985.
Crates now matches the Fabtron saddle designations, shapes, and standards since the acquisition. The new official Crates archive page can be found here: https://www.fabtron.com/crates-saddle-archive, however, I noticed that there are a bunch of models missing from this list! I have included an older list, that has more model numbers with included details that their own current archives page. I double checked that all the information is the same, this list just has more model numbers!
For more information, you can contact The Crates Leather Co.
3908 Tennessee Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37409, Phone: 423-622-7503
Email: info@cratesleather.com Website: www.cratesleather.com