Ness Rear TIP

[Lumberjack]

I would like to add a tie in point in the rear center of my ness saddle. Does anyone know how to do this properly?


Thanks
Carl

 

[Tom Dunlap]

LJ,

I've found that the crew at New Tribe have always been open to helping with modifications to their saddles. Rather than attemting an amateur mod, let the pros who built the saddle do it for you.

http://www.newtribe.com/


Tom

 

[MasterBlaster]

Okay, I gotta axe; Why do you want a rear TIP?

Mission Impossible III about to come out?



Hey Carl, which book did you like the most?

 

[Lumberjack]

Some times when I am out on the limb the dees get pulled back and they get in the way of my stuff. Pretty much so the dees don't face bachward.


Carl

 

[NickfromWI]

Definately have New Tribe do it for you, if they will. It'll be pretty hard to adjust the friction hitch when it's back there, won't it?

love
nick

 

[MasterBlaster]

Originally posted by Lumberjack
Some times when I am out on the limb the dees get pulled back and they get in the way of my stuff. Pretty much so the dees don't face backward.


Carl

Carl, if I'm understanding you right that 'pulling back' your referring to is just a fact of life when you go out on the limb.

A floating-dee will help with that, but some people feel uncomfortable with them.

I luv'em!

 

[Stumper]

So Carl, Are you going to limbwalk out and then UNCLIP and reattach? I understand about the positions becoming awkward and uncomfortable. A center rear attachment point has never really seemed practical to me. You could have New Tribe add rear facing Ds behind the standard ones but I suspect that they would prove to be a pain most of the time. I sometimes shift both lanyard snaps to one side D for positioning/limb walking. That has seemed the most practical way to address the problem to me. If you go ahead and have the saddle modified let us know how it works out.

 

[Lumberjack]

That is the only thing that I miss about my old saddle. I liked having the rope in the back, so I can keep the ropes and stuch out of the way. The hitch wasn't hard to adjust on the old one, it was simmilar to a floating D in the front and the back (I used biners).

What I do now is hook them both (lanyard) in the side and my rope in the front, and that works until I turn and the D swings back and gets inside my 2 biners that I hang my junk on.

I will call new tribe sometime here and see what they say.


Thanks
Carl

 

[NickfromWI]

Originally posted by MasterBlaster
Carl, if I'm understanding you right that 'pulling back' your referring to is just a fact of life when you go out on the limb.

Simply not true. Few things are a "fact of life" that you cannot better. If you choose to close your eyes to other, possibly better options, than you can suffer, but don't bring Carl down with you!

Sounds like a reasonable idea, Carl. I bet you might not like it after a while, but see how it goes! And please keep us informed.

love
nick

 

[MasterBlaster]

Yeah, Carl. Do what Nick says .

He knows.

 

[rahtreelimbs]

This rear TIP seems ackward to me. But, I am also curious as to how well it will work for you. Please keep us posted.

 

[NickfromWI]

FWIW, (I just spelled out "for what it's worth," erased it, and replaced it with "FWIW") New Tribe has a super deal on one of their saddles.....

Click here and scroll down a little bit

I don't know if this is the one a lot of people use for tree work.

love
nick

 

[Hemlock]

Carl, I had an old leather climbing belt that had the regular Dees that I connected together in the back with a piece of small cable. I spliced an eye around the part of the D that the belt went through and another one in the other end and used a small screw link to hook it to the opposite dee. I was able to take it loose and run a carpenters nailbag onto it and felt much safer using snaps on my flipline. I made this back in the late 70's before all the fancy rigging came out but it's essentially a rear crossover concept that you could fabricate with a peice of webbing and try it on the ground.

 

[Stumper]

Nice tip Nick. That is one of the advanced versions of their recreational saddles-it is the same as the Work Saddle but has fewer accessory attachment points.