Just call me jingle jangle.

[oldirty]

lol.

ghillie your a big dude right? thought i read somewhere here your like 6'5 or something.


soon, not tomorrow mind you, i will be going off to another saddle. i like the Dfly alot but i think i am going to go with something in a wider back but definitely with a seat.

i do more takedowns than i do prune so i find my saddle sometimes slips abit when i am loaded down with gear. but not enough for me to not like the Dfly.

but when i am pruning the lightweight-ness of that saddle is great.

so... i am not saying dont get that saddle but i am saying being a bigger guy there might be a better set up. that said she is a good saddle.

and yes that seat really is a sweet feature to have.

 

[Ghillie]

Just jokin' man. I'm not ready for a new saddle yet.

Me too, I am trying to work out some better climbing/work rigging also. Need some different rope before I go for another harness. Just wish I had seen the dragonfly before I bought the variobelt.

I thought you might be jealous that I was hitting on oldirty.....not that I am.....but if I was....never mind.

 

[oldirty]

lol......"oh ghillie"

 

[Ghillie]

lol.

ghillie your a big dude right? thought i read somewhere here your like 6'5 or something.


soon, not tomorrow mind you, i will be going off to another saddle. i like the Dfly alot but i think i am going to go with something in a wider back but definitely with a seat.

i do more takedowns than i do prune so i find my saddle sometimes slips abit when i am loaded down with gear. but not enough for me to not like the Dfly.

but when i am pruning the lightweight-ness of that saddle is great.

so... i am not saying dont get that saddle but i am saying being a bigger guy there might be a better set up. that said she is a good saddle.

and yes that seat really is a sweet feature to have.

Ya, 6' 5" 280#. It looks like the Dfly's back is about the same width as the vbelt.

I have used it with a 440 attached doing takedowns and a 200t and ht75 both attached doing pruning and it seemed to ride pretty well, no pinching and it didn't pull it down off my hips.

So if it rides like the vbelt, and offers the floating attachment for limb walking it sounds good to me.

Petzl sells a bridge to go on the vbelt for $80 but I hesitate adding something to a harness when there are harnesses that were designed around the bridge.

Did that make sense?

 

[Nailsbeats]

I am on the Butterfly, just like the Dragon but with leg straps instead of the seat. That saddle is the shiznitz.

Maxed out with gear it rides nice, though I do run suspenders that helps, plus you gots to have the a$$ to keep it up. I am 5'11" 195lbs so not exactly in the same catagory as you guys. I've had the 395 with a 42" bar and my 200T and all my gear on at the same time and didn't mind it.

OD, I haven't tied that pulley on my ST yet, still on the biner, I am going to get it rolling soon. Lot's of climbing to do, like 12 jobs behind climbing, plus we just got our GRCS in today. Revolution baby!

 

[masiman]

I think he is talking about this kind of saddle, the strap that goes under your butt is refered to as a seat. Nice for resting your feet against the tree and takes the weight off your hips

I prefer one that has seperate leg straps, seats pull your legs together too much for my liking. I use the petzl variobelt. But my preference is influence by years of rec. rapelling and rock climbing.

Fred

Late I know but I missed this thread first time around.

The Buckingham series of saddles has a batten to stiffen up the seat (Pinnacle, Traverse and Versatile) unlike the Weaver version. I don't find the seat collapses my legs together. Although I am quite a bit lighter than you (like almost half your weight).

Is this you in the tree, Ghillie?

 

[Ghillie]

Late I know but I missed this thread first time around.

The Buckingham series of saddles has a batten to stiffen up the seat (Pinnacle, Traverse and Versatile) unlike the Weaver version. I don't find the seat collapses my legs together. Although I am quite a bit lighter than you (like almost half your weight).

Is this you in the tree, Ghillie?

LOL....hmmm......Big and goofy lookin'......Doesn't fit in well with others.......

Yep, I can relate!!

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

LOL....hmmm......Big and goofy lookin'......Doesn't fit in well with others.......

Yep, I can relate!!

Me too!

 

[masiman]

Me too!

I was thinking on my way home today that I should have made mention in that post of the other giant in this forum that I know of...JPS :greenchainsaw:

Then I thought, oldirty must be in there too. After all he is "foreman to a committee of buzzards" .

 

[ropensaddle]

Well fiddle faddle and opcorn: