Working Saddles / Climbing harness Setups! (Show us a pic or video)
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rope-a-dope
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- Asheville
My 1st saddle selfie, can you even see my stuff?
Not pictured: saka, turbo foot, chestie OR geckos!
Not pictured: saka, turbo foot, chestie OR geckos!
So far my only real complaint is the non ppe suspenders and the way they attach / or lack there of.
Lots of gear not pictured that I use frequently as well. Some that is on my wish list and others that need to be updated to recent versions.
Cereal_Killer
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- Ohio
I wear the same BD sling for a chest harness, I'd suggest 2 things...
Untie the knot and put a single twist behind your back (I take care to situate the bar tack in the center of my back for comfort). This allows a little more freedom of movement and a little bit easier time adjusting clothing or the chest harness or just to move around.
Use a smaller biner, that's a mighty big biner to take to the face if your tending device (a crimped wire?) breaks and the latex tube does, well what it's best at. I use a little micro CT carabiner on my tending sling / "chest harness" which again is the exact BD sling you're running.
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Cereal_Killer
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@TallTreeClimber I actually like the tending device, pretty ingenious idea you came up with TBH! If you're confident it won't let loose I don't see any reason to swap to textiles...
What type of wire is it? I don't use anything to tend my HH2, just clip my chest harness to my saddles bridge ring but if I change systems to something g that does need a tender in the future I may give that a shot!
On the loop runner chest harness subject I like the twist method cause you can tailor the exact positioning of the harness to your needs that climb. Wearing extra clothes cause of weather, put in less twists to loosen it up. Only a t-shirt and the harness is hanging baggy, through in a couple more twists to take up the slack and get it back to the exact height you prefer.
What type of wire is it? I don't use anything to tend my HH2, just clip my chest harness to my saddles bridge ring but if I change systems to something g that does need a tender in the future I may give that a shot!
On the loop runner chest harness subject I like the twist method cause you can tailor the exact positioning of the harness to your needs that climb. Wearing extra clothes cause of weather, put in less twists to loosen it up. Only a t-shirt and the harness is hanging baggy, through in a couple more twists to take up the slack and get it back to the exact height you prefer.
Scottyrunner100
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- Hiram, GA
@TallTreeClimber I haven't seen anyone out here using the Makita 36volt saw...would you mind sharing some pro's and con's?
Do a search and you will find some pics of the Weaver suspenders that I run with the TreeMo. Cheap, bulletproof setup that has held up to 395's and 3120's hanging off my skinny arse! The Tree Austria suspenders also work well with the TreeMo.Was in a rock harness for awhile. Tree saddles are way better
Scottyrunner100
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- Hiram, GA
Thanks for taking the time for that review. Yeah I've been tempted by the cheaper price point over the Husky but haven't seen anyone who has used both to give a good comparison. Not that I "need" either one.
climbstihl
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What saddle is that?
rope-a-dope
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- Asheville
Tree Austria with petzl open rings.
climbstihl
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Ah, thought it might be. My saddle looks similar from the back, it is a treeup harness (polish company). Will post some pictures after I'm done reconfiguring it.
rope-a-dope
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- Asheville
Oh goodie its nice to see some different rigs on here.
climbstihl
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Yeah, I have never seen anything about my harness online except at the stores, I only got it because it was cheap ($150) and had most of the features I wanted.
moss
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- Carlisle, Massachusetts, U.S.
Just checked out the TreeUp harness, I like the leg pads, looks overall very serviceable. Looks easy to swap in a rope bridge. Reminds me of the Butterfly II except with better leg pads. Looks like it would be difficult to get hold of one in the U.S.A.
https://www.treeup.pl/en/product/th-030-harness-for-arborists/
-AJ
climbstihl
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I do like the harness overall, however if I could change one thing, it would be the leg loops. What you can't see online is that the connection going up from the tip of the pad to the back of the saddle is actuallz elastic, so really all the triangle part of the pad does is make you sweat and it can get up in your a**crack when you turn around on a limbwalk.
That 1.75" wide webbing is basically what your sitting in, and the padding does a little bit, but that should be atleast twice as wide.
Also, as you can see, I had to attach my own gear loops, because the ones on the online photos were not behind the D's but in front.
moss
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- Carlisle, Massachusetts, U.S.
I recommend loosening the back leg straps so the pads ride lower, and don’t adjust them tight on your legs, should be much better. When they do ride into the crushing zone shift weight to one side and move the pad on one leg then repeat for the other side. Tree harnesses are not rock harnesses, leg pads are better middle thigh and not adjusted tight, works for me anyway.
-AJ
