Compact Bulldog Bone

Seems that a key ring replacing the cotter could also catch on other things in the tree and potentially be pulled out.
 
Hey Gordon ive been very happy with new top arms. Still getting some slight drift on occasion,but if I add that roller you provided over the top arm link I can fly my arrowfrog with a 5/8 bollard with slight drift on occasion. Normally that would be 3/4 bollard or go right down so that's an improvement right there. I've really flattened out the cougar with the bone in that configuration, its still great ,but I'm still partial to the orange and black tachyon overall knowing what I know if I had to choose one. The thing that I've been doing lately is setup a more static line for anchor side to take away bounce on base anchor if its needed, works great and having duel anchor legs is nice piece of mind if ever wacked one I'm still good. Lol.
For those of you who are not using bungee for tending your missing out on safety and speed.
 
Those tending point are money on the upper arms. I think if you drill a couple holes and tend from the upper arms, you will see a significant decrease in drag. Well, works for me anyways.
 
The top arms that Aaron received have no groove on the inner portions of the arms, and have a 1-3/8" pivot length, with the D-ring for tending.
How is the slack tending working without the groove on the upper arms with the arrowfrog and tachyon?
 
surveyor said:
The top arms that Aaron received have no groove on the inner portions of the arms, and have a 1-3/8" pivot length, with the D-ring for tending.
How is the slack tending working without the groove on the upper arms with the arrowfrog and tachyon?
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Slack tending is beautiful. I have no problems with that whatsoever. Bone eats slack and shits tail rope. : )
 
So I took apart the bottom half of the Bone and used it in combination with a friction hitch. This set up works very similar to the Hitch Hiker and applies friction below the hitch to work on a stationary line. A carabiner is going through the original tending hole which holds the legs of the eye to eye in place.

The correct size bow shackle would clean things up quite a bit and give a potential tending point. It works for sure, and tends beautifully. Though I need some time on it up in the trees. I think its pretty sweet. Just figured I'd share

You guys see any potential safety issues with this?

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Here it is cleaned up a bit with bronze sleeve bearings/washers/slic pin. I'm hoping to find a quad action (like rope runner) slic pin with 1.5" of usable length....if anyone can point me in the right direction that would be great.

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Looks cool Mike. Just wondering, when would you use this instead of just the bone? I love not having to deal with hitch cord anymore. And now, when I do need hitch cords, they sure last a whole lot longer than when I used them full time. Anyway, is there a use where this is better than the bone? Maybe on certain lines that aren't totally bone friendly?
 
TreeLogic said:
Looks cool Mike. Just wondering, when would you use this instead of just the bone? I love not having to deal with hitch cord anymore. And now, when I do need hitch cords, they sure last a whole lot longer than when I used them full time. Anyway, is there a use where this is better than the bone? Maybe on certain lines that aren't totally bone friendly?
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"The Bone is Boss." I just like playing around with different ideas. But, for those who like the hitch hiker concept, this might be an alternative. That's it really. Just having fun
 
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MikePowers321 said:
The Bone is Boss. I just like playing around with different ideas. But, for those who like the hitch hiker concept, this might be an alternative. That's it really. Just having fun
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Totally understand the tinkering concept. I too am a fan. :) Just making sure I wasn't missing something important. Thanks.
 
Nice work Mike! At Jambo Chris Coates was doing something really similar with the rope runner and calling it the hitch runner. He dissasembled the bird and fit the hitch cord between the sheaths on the lower body and used a double slic pin to anchor the eyes of the hitch cord. It worked well and seemed smooth. I love new ideas. Thanks.
 
LandonPainter said:
Nice work Mike! At Jambo Chris Coates was doing something really similar with the rope runner and calling it the hitch runner. He dissasembled the bird and fit the hitch cord between the sheaths on the lower body and used a double slic pin to anchor the eyes of the hitch cord. It worked well and seemed smooth. I love new ideas. Thanks.
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Awesome! I bet that works great with the runner.:guitarra:
 
I used this set up for a good amount of time today. I had to play with hitches quite a bit to find the right one. I think a little extra friction needs to be added below the hitch or else I can foresee them burning up quickly.
 
Something I have tried is three wraps of approx. 8mm between the lower and upper arms, tied to the hole in mid spine. Not so tight that it does not tend slack, and not too long so that it adds a bit of grip on a skinny rope when fully extended under the extended upper arms. That way when the upper arm is pulled down to release, it pushes the short hitch down also.
 
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