The latest Matt Cornell harness

treegongfu said:
Rico's latest setup looks like the solution to adding a treemotion style side as it would prevent the rings from being pulled apart when bridge not loaded.
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Ask and you shall receive. Side dee setup ala TreeMo. As soon as I got this rigged up I hit my spar pole for about 10 minutes, and this is an absolutely killer setup for a spur/flip-line climber like myself. The spliced ring and tail sit inside the other ring and go to a girth on the center ring, but is tied so the tail exits on top of the other leg. It then goes through the rings, inside out through the rigging plate then thread its way back staying underneath the other 2 legs. Again the tail goes through the girth hitch and is finish with a half hitch...I have a run of big conifer removals coming up and am going to run this setup for the next 3-4 weeks. Will keep you all posted...

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I don't know if you still own your MCRS, but I think you would really like this configuration Dave...
 
That looks like the final or pentultimate solution.

I tried it without the bungee today in a nasty mulberry removal and the leg pads seemed to stay put a little better.
 
treegongfu said:
That looks like the final or pentultimate solution.

I tried it without the bungee today in a nasty mulberry removal and the leg pads seemed to stay put a little better.
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treegongfu said:
That looks like the final or pentultimate solution.

I tried it without the bungee today in a nasty mulberry removal and the leg pads seemed to stay put a little better.
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Yep.. I never understood the bungee/straps to the leg pads thing...
 
Horses for courses on that mod. I tried no leg pad straps and that is something I did not like at all.
 
rico said:
Ask and you shall receive. Side dee setup ala TreeMo. As soon as I got this rigged up I hit my spar pole for about 10 minutes, and this is an absolutely killer setup for a spur/flip-line climber like myself. The spliced ring and tail sit inside the other ring and go to a girth on the center ring, but is tied so the tail exits on top of the other leg. It then goes through the rings, inside out through the rigging plate then thread its way back staying underneath the other 2 legs. Again the tail goes through the girth hitch and is finish with a half hitch...I have a run of big conifer removals coming up and am going to run this setup for the next 3-4 weeks. Will keep you all posted...

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You’d likely dislike this, but it looks like you can take webbing from the flat hip dee down the side of your hip to the back of the leg straps. Then one across your lower butt cheeks for a hybrid leg bosins seat, not unlike the onyx.
 
evo said:
You should give it a shot, might be as supportive as my hands when we use to slow dance.. I miss those days
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I removed the straps you are referring to from the Onyx when I was wearing one. I don't spend a ton of time hanging in my saddle like many around here do so they really didn't bring a lot of benefit, and actually felt a little weird when I was on a spar....Besides that the Onyx can be a comfy mofo when dialed in... Miss mine sometimes...
 
RopeShield said:
Valiant reminded me of this.
I wish I had the time, skill, and wherewithal
Good stuff fellas!
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Thats Hap Johnson and his famous coffee break moment.... A true west coast legend when I was coming up.. When I was younger we would try and capture "coffee break' moments whenever we could..

Riding a 130 ft spar after blowing a 100+ ft top. No ropes. No PPE. Fuck yo tree police bruv....

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rico said:
I removed the straps you are referring to from the Onyx when I was wearing one. I don't spend a ton of time hanging in my saddle like many around here do so they really didn't bring a lot of benefit, and actually felt a little weird when I was on a spar....Besides that the Onyx can be a comfy mofo when dialed in... Miss mine sometimes...
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I took them off too. The hip dees are bothering me less and less, but with this thread it got me thinking of flipping the back pad upside down.. wtf?!
 
RopeShield said:
Valiant reminded me of this.
I wish I had the time, skill, and wherewithal
Good stuff fellas!
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Hap Johnson is rockin' a HomeLite saw & HomeLite brimmed helmet.
My family had a blue HomeLite back in the early 1960's; Great saw.
Someone still makes them; but I haven't seen one in a very long time. (except for antique displays)

Now back to the thread topic ....................
 
Wreak a few dead oaks (SOD) this morning, so I took 3 differently set up rope saddles for comparison (standard MCRS style, TreeMo style, and the one pictured below) . I strung this up this morning with my morning cup and had no idea how it was going to perform. Damned if it didn't win the day...

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Very similar to Matt's Valiant set up in the vid he made at Endor's in that it has an eye slice terminated to the lower ring, then goes back to the center ring with a girth hitch. From there it goes to the side dee with a girth, then like my other recent setups the tail goes through the girth on the center ring and is finished with a half hitch...Rock solid with no movement anywhere, zero pressure or discomfort in the hip area, and the side dee were so easy to find and clip into no matter how stretch out or weird my position was. Really like this one gents...

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I'm gonna have a lot of saddle time this week chunking down millable logs so its gonna be a duel between this setup and the dual ring TreeMo setup. Should be interesting. Keep you rope saddle faithful posted...
 
Rico, seeing all your creations with the rope saddles almost has me second guessing my lust for an MB.
I like my MCRS but have never been 100% comfortable in it. Removing the bungee keepers in the rear will be one of my first steps. Next are the positioning of the side rings. I changed out mine when I got it with 2 1/2 or 3'' stainless rings from a marine rigging supply store. Added a little weight, but I mostly use a steel core flip line with steel snaps. Didn't want the steel on aluminum rings.

The gear junkie I am, I'll most likely end up ordering the MB and get it adjusted to me before I play with the rope saddle to much.

Your creations are inspiring.
 
I just bought a “modern” saddle to cut down on weight, but these new configurations are making me want to pull the mcrs back out for some tweaking.
 
Great work Rico!

Thanks for posting your experiments. It is a lot of work to keep trying new setups and it is very helpful to get to see and read the results.

I got more cordage and two more rings (Black) and a black DMM vault. Yesterday.

I'm going to attempt the treemo-SoftBankHawks- Rico ring setup but I'll try with the rings in front of the rope slot.
 
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