The New Treemotion

colb said:
Looks good! There is one guy on the forum who will not use all gear for life support roles. He knows a *lot* about rope constructions. Noting that another $150 will get you in a monkey beaver...
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Actually, the BJ saddle does not look like it has a method to replace the rope bridge. This is a major safety issue.
 
Am I the only one who isn't wowed by the new turtleburger saddle? I'm going to be in the market very soon due to crazy weight loss so I'm looking. The monkey beaver sounds great but only if I can get it without those ridiculous patches on the legs. TM looks good but I don't wanna pay out the rear because they figured out how to put 2 bridges on it. IDK I might even go back to the Kolibri. Had one 15 years ago and liked it a lot.
 
Steve Connally said:
Am I the only one who isn't wowed by the new turtleburger saddle? I'm going to be in the market very soon due to crazy weight loss so I'm looking. The monkey beaver sounds great but only if I can get it without those ridiculous patches on the legs. TM looks good but I don't wanna pay out the rear because they figured out how to put 2 bridges on it. IDK I might even go back to the Kolibri. Had one 15 years ago and liked it a lot.
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@Pelorus removed his quite easily, or ask NT to just put your face on it! I went the other way afte I bought my crane ! But now that I have a few operators I'm not sitting everyday and eating donuts like I used to!
 
Steve Connally said:
Would they put my logo on it?
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That is a really great idea, Steve, and I think it would be a real selling point for the Monkey Beaver saddle. Allowing folks to use their own saddle as an advertising platform for their own business would be a cool value added feature. August would have to be willing to give up the advertising value for his own saddle brand at the same time, though. I think he should do as you suggest and make it an option, possibly for a bit more money to cover the time and trouble to make the saddle custom.

Tim
 
Steve Connally said:
Would they put my logo on it?
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New Tribe does custom work, just have to ask and negotiate. It's great to deal with the people who make your gear. Try that with any of the typical tree gear manufacturers. I think they're waiting to get back to their shop after forest fire evacuation, word is the shop was spared.
-AJ
 
Steve Connally said:
Thanks Moss. How’s the. Eye
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Ehhh, been a huge growth process for me, every daily activity is a bit different, brain adjusts amazingly well over time but the initial disappointment is tough to get past. The injured eye can't see very well, currently not contributing to overall sight, probably won't ever. Glad the eye is still there. PTSD is real, continuing to work through that, got smacked in the mouth dragging brush, had way more "impact" then it would've normally. We're all used to getting slapped, stuck and scratched doing tree work, bigger hill to climb now. Climbing is the easiest, it's so tactile that my climbing mind/body doesn't care how well I see. Looking up into the crowns of trees is tough without 3-D vision, should get better with time like every other formerly ordinary task. Thx for asking, back to the topic at hand.
-AJ
 
colb said:
Actually, the BJ saddle does not look like it has a method to replace the rope bridge. This is a major safety issue.
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This is a good catch, on your part. Unless a person has the ability to stitch his or her own bridge rope to a life safety standard, you'd have to send the whole saddle back in in order to replace the bridge.
 
moss said:
Ha, the sewed webbing bridge attachment hardware (gray part) looks perfect to install a sewed eye bridge on, maybe that's what they intend, the hacker in me will never stop ;-)
-AJ
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They show sewn eye bridges as an option in the PDF you posted, don't they?
 
TimBr said:
This is a good catch, on your part. Unless a person has the ability to stitch his or her own bridge rope to a life safety standard, you'd have to send the whole saddle back in in order to replace the bridge.
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A BJ owner could cut off the worn stitched bridge and tie a new bridge on, terminate with double overhand noose knots. That's how myself and others added a second bridge to the TM, works well.
-AJ
 
TimBr said:
This is a good catch, on your part. Unless a person has the ability to stitch his or her own bridge rope to a life safety standard, you'd have to send the whole saddle back in in order to replace the bridge.
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Well I asked that at the store and they said you can just use any other bridge with a ending knot they showed me a pic, one climber get one BJ (lol) he cut that bride and use those trees motion bridges, what I like about the BJ saddle is the light weight it feels so comfortable, they said this saddle goes for $496 at the my local store.
 
moss said:
A BJ owner could cut off the worn stitched bridge and tie a new bridge on, terminate with double overhand noose knots. That's how myself and others added a second bridge to the TM, works well.
-AJ
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Thanks moss. I guess I was just seeing that it looked like they stitched the rope bridge around a big, conventional looking ring, instead of passing it through a smaller opening. I was thinking that the stopper knots might be too small, and possibly pull through those bridge rings. I guess I'd need to see the kind of knot you have in mind.

Tim
 
TimBr said:
Thanks moss. I guess I was just seeing that it looked like they stitched the rope bridge around a big, conventional looking ring, instead of passing it through a smaller opening. I was thinking that the stopper knots might be too small, and possibly pull through those bridge rings. I guess I'd need to see the kind of knot you have in mind.

Tim
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How about this?
 

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