Compact Bulldog Bone

I think that Eric is the swivel king and will be best at describing their attributes. I just clip it to the ring sans swivel and like the fact that it stays oriented in the same direction. It allows me to grab it in the same way each time without thought. I can't say that I have experienced any tending issues do to this but have had difficulties when the bone can't tend slack as easily do to rope angles.
 
I know what your saying Steve and a swivel solves that. I use a dmm small one.
If I double crotch with both connections on the swivel I run into the same problem. Solution for me being two bridges or two connection points on the bridge.
 
Crazy_Jimmy said:
I changed the Bollard on mine to the smallest one that came with it and also installed a tether like Oceans recommended . I played around with it in the house and felt smoother tending but still alot of drag going up the rope , i will try it next week and see how it performs
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Thanks for continually posting, J. I agree with DSMc...su'um ain't right. I wish I could see what's happening for you. My only guess is that you have your knee ascender (HAAS, etc...) connected to your bridge. If you do that, in effect, the bungee will be pulling down on the bottom arms of the Bone, which will try to engage them. If you are doing this, try to alter the location of your bungee connection. I always go to my 'Swing' Chest Harness. This keeps it totally seperate from everything else. If your doing a lanyard over the shoulder, try connecting your bungee to that.

I really hope this all helps. There's gotta be just one silly thing that's wrecking your experience. Man, when I ascend these puppies just heel along like show dogs.

Best of luck, brother.
 
Steve Connally said:
I know it was briefly mentioned but what was the final verdict on the nano swivel. I noticed in long limb walks where I don't have a very good redirect, or where I have to climb to the level of my tip on another stem the bdb orients based on how my Biner is On the bridge ring. To clarify. It has been oriented horizontal instead of vertical making the rope exit the bdb off a side arm instead of along he spine like designed. Makes it very hard to tend. Do you think a nano would help? If what I wrote doesn't make sense let me know and I'll try to explain it another way. Basically the biner from the bridge ring to the bdb trusts it sideways.
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What Tyler said. Put in a Nano mod, or just throw a Rock Exotica Rotator L on your bridge. If you ever want to connect to the swivel like a ring, you can do that by just going into the same eye of the swivel that the rope bridge goes through. This is also nice to spread out the wear points on the swivel eye.
 
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Absolutely Eric. The other day I attached to my bridge (fully knowing better) just to see the difference. You have to use some other point in my opinion. When attached to my neck tender it performed flawlessly. Swings harness is on its way but I expect the same results as you get.
 
Jimmy do you have a picture of your dog? I know there are a few variations out there and I am not sure what yours looks like. It may help us narrow down your drag issue on ascent.
 
I will give it a shot Monday with the smaller bollard, Im using Tachyon with the CE colors , also I use a chest harness as well.
 
Do you the long original pivot up top or do you have the shortened version similar to the lower arms. Are you tending from the upper spot or from the spine? Sorry for the questions if someone has already asked them.
 
These are mine Jimmy and they both tended well despite the different pivot points. I have them both set to match the version on the right but as far as the tending goes...you might try drilling holes or tieing a loop first closer to the open link. Just a thought, I'm sure Eric and others will chime in if their opinions differ.
 

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As long as the upper arms remain up, while ascending, the position of the tending hole is not the problem. Eric touched on something important. If there is something pulling down on the BDBs carabiner while you are going up it will engage the lower gripping components, causing drag.
 
In my first tree i did a good size swing and descent at the same time, I actually enjoy climbing on it , just gotta figure out the drag issue on ascent . I have my haas connected to my chest harness , just a different location then the bone. I will give it a shot next week and see how it goes.
 
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