Every mule is unique, every mule has a unique back...
If you're lucky, your mule's back is close to that of a horse's. All you have to do is find the right saddle, but this is rare... A mule worthy of the name has a flat back and no shoulders, reminiscent of a trestle...
She gets her flat back from her daddy, unlike mommy's more or less hollow back. Mumule's back is more like a curved board.
So you need a mule tree, with very little rock, as Aurore Saddlery - La Tanière will tell you, and no twist.
In average human language, this means that the horse tree is banana-shaped, the mule tree is flattened banana-shaped, in short, it's confusing, but if you put a horse tree on a mule's back, the tree will rock back and forth, pressing down on the center and lifting up from the front or the back.
You can put a padd on the back, yes, but the front lifts off, a padd on the front, yes, but the back lifts off, and in both cases, the tree will press very hard in the center.
Another peculiarity of "tight shoulders" is that there's nothing to block the saddle in front, so it slides forward, and sometimes we do too, but that's not all: the mules' shoulder blade moves up and down, and if the saddle is too far forward, it interferes with this movement.
To solve this problem, we've come up with the solution of a gullet, which is much more comfortable than the crupper, and a second strap that can be tightened under the belly.
In short, saddling a mule is a choice.
Adventures and galleys, there is no brand of horse saddle that will fit a mule, it doesn't exist, but there will be a mule back that will fit a model, if you're lucky enough to have a mule with a back close to the horse's.
Made-to-measure
Bringing it in from the U.S., the most functional is the Steve Edwards.
To start work with a young mule, treeless mules may be suitable until growth is complete, but only for light work.
And the same goes for poles.
To understand the notion of rock and twist
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