using a tear away chainsaw landyard as a landyard

[SingleJack]

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I thought the original question was in reference to being lanyarded onto a spar or limb that had a high likelyhood of failure while of course you would be tied in on another tree. what do you use to keep youself in position but would release on its own if the spar failed..correct me if I misunderstood the original question.. thanks

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hey lads have any of you used a tear away chainsaw landyard as a landyard in sticky situations <u>any info or experiences</u> you guys can share.

thanks cheers!

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Partly true, surfarmer1. The OP phrase; "a tear away chainsaw landyard" IMPLIES "release on its own." However the addition of; "… <u>any info or experiences</u> you guys can share" opens the discussion to the broader topic of how others handle "sticky situations". It's really good to share different ways to work a hazard tree ... right?

 

[surfarmer1]

Sorry gang, I am way to serious.


you are absolutely correct in that experiential learning is tops...it is how I learned and how we all pass on the trade...stevep

 

[mikeyott]

yes its very important to share experiences basically learning from eachothers mistakes because quarter of our job is guessing and personal judgement and using different tools to adapt to certain situations

 

[doctor_L]

how about a fall arrest lanyard but instead of tearing a way for 15 feet then stopping it tears away and never stops the last few tears have a few more stitches maybe give a few more nano seconds to get your composure together before taking an unexpected swing. would have to be more than clearly labeled for obvious reasons. may be ad one of those fancy snaps on the end for the optional self initiated bailout. would be easier to inspect and trust than the chainsaw lanyard.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Re: using a tear away saw lanyard as a lanyard

A Screamer would work just fine. Ice Screamers Re made to release at lower loads.

http://www.yatesgear.com/climbing/screamer/index.htm

Yates has made Screamers for NASA to tether rocket engines on test stands. They know how to build them!

 

[Panama]

Re: using a tear away saw lanyard as a lanyard

I use a short piece of parachute cord to connect my lanyard snap onto the right d-ring with a bowline on each end. The bowline lowers the breaking strength below 500 lbs. Never had it fail under normal use, but also never had the tree fail under me yet. I believe if you had a tree fail under you, the brief "pucker factor" would keep you from reacting fast enough to manually activate a release in time. On large ones I try to set my climbing line up on an "M" between two other trees for shock absorption and offset far enough to swing me clear of the top. EDIT: I too believe we need something like Screamers which have a tested, consistent break strength. You are onto something there Tom.