Chainsaw adjuster

Agreed, but there are plenty of times I will switch sides with my saw. Maybe if centrally located in back with a quick connect adj on each side.
 
The Rollin lock Is mounted on my harness with a hand twist Clevis with the lock on a Zing it lanyard. Someone on Facebook gave me the idea to put the rollnlock on the saw itself. That way it could be operated one handed. Gonna try that.
 
Kevin,

200lb cord.

Do you think it would tear away come worst case?

What about a unintentional drop with all the cord out. What would the adjuster do?

Looks like it has plenty of potential.

Tony
 
Kevin, did you develop that idea from this post at Arbtalk a couple of weeks ago?

Tom D said:
Since we started using a bit of climbing line and a micrograb I wouldn't go back. Pull the tail and the saw is at your hip, squeeze the grab and its ready to use…...
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I didn't catch that post but I was inspired by the levin saw lanyard which I had been using. That got me on the adjustable lanyard thinking. I have had the ct thingy kicking around for months not doing anything. Discussions of using the micrograbs for bridge adjustments made the connection for me to the saw lanyard. I would have been extremely surprised if noone had ever done it before.

Here was my system last week.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3S_ip3MsI7s

It does seem to be exactly what these little micrograbby tools are made for. Today was my first day with it. It seems good but I definitely look foward to the grab on the saw, rather than than my hip.

Maybe the Home Depot cord might not be good. I will switch that out But it should have some breakaway ability somewhere. That is hard to get right. If it could be at your hip with bee line and then seamlessly transitioned to Home Depot cord.
 
Kevin,

Not critiquing your of choice of cordage. Just wanting your opinion on tear away. That is a Huge factor for me with saw lanyards.

I trust your judgement.

Tony
 
It's something I was debating with myself. Would I rather have year away than make sure it never breaks during routine climbing. Is there a good way to have both features.
 
Any saw lanyard that I've ever used has been anchored to my saddle at a weak point.

My TreeFlex has a small steel loop attached with thin webbing right near my hip D ring. I checked on the strength of the ring when I got the TreeFlex. Now I can't remember the exact strength but it's low enough for me not to get jerked off my stance if the saw goes airborne.

My preference is to have the whole lanyard go with the saw. If it breaks I don't want anything whipping back at me.

Besides, if there's a lanyard attached to the airborne saw there's a slim chance that it might snag on the tree and not take a grounder!
 
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