BF II Problems

[BostonBull]

I have been climbing on the BFII for almost a year now. I have a couple of small problems I am hoping someone has had and may have a solution to.

1) The elastic leg straps in back come loose or completely fall out everytime I take the saddle off and on.

2) The adjustment buckles wont hold adjustment. I have to readjust them everytime I am in the tree, usually more than once especially if I have a good sized saw on my belt.

3)The ring on the bridge is very small. You cant flip a biners gate through it, so you always have to tie your biners with the gates facing down so thy can be opened without having to retie your knots.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

1-double back the ends of the elastic straps to lock them off. Or...tie an overhand knot in the strap which will jam into the plastic slider buckle

2-If your layers of work clothes don't change with the weather you could add a couple of stitches to lock the webbing. Nick had a great suggestion...add another layer of webbing into the buckle. This might give the buckle more thickness to bite onto.
3-Add a stainless steel shackle to the bridge. Or use a gated biner/rope snap biner to anchor one end of your rope.

 

[BostonBull]

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1-double back the ends of the elastic straps to lock them off. Or...tie an overhand knot in the strap which will jam into the plastic slider buckle

2-If your layers of work clothes don't change with the weather you could add a couple of stitches to lock the webbing. Nick had a great suggestion...add another layer of webbing into the buckle. This might give the buckle more thickness to bite onto.
3-Add a stainless steel shackle to the bridge. Or use a gated biner/rope snap biner to anchor one end of your rope.

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Tom thanks for te suggestions. Do you add the biner or shackle to the bridge directly or through the ring?

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Here's a pic of my current bridge setup.

The brige is made from 7/16" gym rope from Yale.

 

[Mark Chisholm]

I would also suggest that you triple-back the leg straps through the grooved part to help hold them tight. I never have to move them ever. The waste belt does move on me still, but I don't mind that so much.

 

[MikePoor]

those elastic straps kind of a pain, i learned on the old petzl navaho to just half hitch them back to them selves and then you never touch 'em again. tom i like the bridge mod. what if we just tied a loop (instead of fishermans knot in each end) or would it just be in the way?

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Using the double overhand stopper is what the factory specifies for a replacement.

 

[BostonBull]

Tom....nice pics! Where did you find that little shckle? is it rated at a specific working load?

Mark....any pics of the triple back you describe? I am envisioning it just want to make sure I get it right.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Look for the no snag bow shackles from these folks:

http://bosunsupplies.com/

I talked with their tech people to find out what safety factor they used since all of the gear is rated with a WLL which means nothing since we need the breaking strength.

 

[BostonBull]

Good website. What size is the one your using? I would like to be able to put the biners through it, and still be able to spin the gates through if I tie in on the other side of the biner.

BUT I dont want a boat anchor on the front of me either.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

I think the 5/16" but I'd have to measure. They have the dimensions listed for all of the gear. Use and open end wrench as a micrometer to tell how large the gates on your biners are.