New Saddle?

[tree md]

Hey OD,have you tried a micro pulley on your rope bridge? I have an extra micro pulley and thought about putting it on the rope bridge to see how it works. I haven't got the saddle yet (supposed to be delivered Friday) but I am thinking of how I want to set it up.I have to go look at two jobs this afternoon, a light pruning job and a removal on a storm damaged tree. Hoping I can try this saddle out on these trees. I also have that large removal to do on the bad tree I posted about. It has been backed up until next week so I'll definitely be able to use it on that one. Can't wait to try it out!

 

[tree md]

On second thought, My pulley is only rated at 20 kn. I was thinking 24 kn was minimum for life support. Need to do a little more studying before I try this out.

 

[asthesun]

On second thought, My pulley is only rated at 20 kn. I was thinking 24 kn was minimum for life support. Need to do a little more studying before I try this out.

i got this when i got my glide saddle.

5k lbs tensile. kn not listed on sherrilltree.com. has worked fine for many years. i'd recommend getting the one thats closed tho, otherwise you'll lose it easily. i tied zipties to mine for a while, but the carabiner kept eating into them. also, i stopped using my micro pulley in favor of simply clipping carabiner onto the rope bridge. this gets your knot closer to you, which is my preference, and very little sacrifice of mobility

 

[tree md]

i got this when i got my glide saddle.

5k lbs tensile. kn not listed on sherrilltree.com. has worked fine for many years. i'd recommend getting the one thats closed tho, otherwise you'll lose it easily. i tied zipties to mine for a while, but the carabiner kept eating into them. also, i stopped using my micro pulley in favor of simply clipping carabiner onto the rope bridge. this gets your knot closer to you, which is my preference, and very little sacrifice of mobility

5000# = 22.2 KN so your good to go with that pulley. I looked it up 22kn minimum. I think I'll just clip in with a caribiner for now. I might try a pulley later on.

 

[oldirty]

when i first bought my hitchclimber i was running it on my rope bridge the way you are talking about doing because i hadnt moved to the "prussic" cord yet. i was still on the blakes split tail system. it was ok. a little too free in the movement on the bridge for me so i went back to both biners on the bridge like you would normally do with that system until i got a prussic cord.

i have two different climbing systems going on right now. the hitchclimber and then on my short rope i have a captive eye biner i deadend to and then the prussic/biner/pulley clipped to the captive eye on the bridge.

that help? lol.

looking forward to your take on your new saddle.

 

[tree md]

when i first bought my hitchclimber i was running it on my rope bridge the way you are talking about doing because i hadnt moved to the "prussic" cord yet. i was still on the blakes split tail system. it was ok. a little too free in the movement on the bridge for me so i went back to both biners on the bridge like you would normally do with that system until i got a prussic cord.

i have two different climbing systems going on right now. the hitchclimber and then on my short rope i have a captive eye biner i deadend to and then the prussic/biner/pulley clipped to the captive eye on the bridge.

that help? lol.

looking forward to your take on your new saddle.

I just installed a rope bridge on it OD and slung my rope up in a tree to sit in it and see how she feels. Really comfortable to sit and swing in. I made my rope bridge too long to begin with so I shortened it to about 8" ring to ring. I also had to shorten up my VT a little more after clipping into the rope bridge. I'm going to have to do a little more tweaking but so far I'm really liking it. I'll get a better feel for it tomorrow when I get off the ground with it. I just took a swing in it today as I am not getting out of shorts and flip flops to climb.

 

[Tree Pig]

I am not getting out of shorts and flip flops to climb.

+1 for the shorts and flip flops

 

[oldirty]

hey md. how you liking the saddle? you get any time in it yet?

 

[tree md]

Haven't had a chance to climb in it yet OD. Had take some personal time for one of my dogs yesterday and had to do stumps today. I plan to climb in it before the week is out on that large removal I have to do. Right now it is looking like Friday before I will be able to get paid on it.

Question, what do you use to clip your saw to that saddle or do you not use a saw snap?

 

[oldirty]

thought i wrote something about that......

big ladder biner. you know that loop with the plastic ring above it? well i slid the ladder biner into the plastic clip with the loop inside the biner. i run the bungee cord lanyard. so i clip the minibiner that i put on the ring of the bungee and clip that to the loop and then the ring (closest to the live end of the lanyard) to the big ladder biner.

can you get picture messages on your cell phone? i'll take a pic of my set up right now if you want and send it to you.

 

[oldirty]

hope your dog is ok.

 

[tree md]

Thanks OD, PM sent. Looking forward to seeing some pics.

Had to have the dog put to sleep. It's OK though, I had 13 good years with her and didn't want to watch her suffer.

 

[oldirty]

sorry to hear of your loss.


you'll get the pics in the morning.

 

[tree md]

sorry to hear of your loss.


you'll get the pics in the morning.

Thanks OD, I appreciate it. I plan on getting a little air time with it tomorrow before I use it on a job.

 

[oldirty]

anytime and gladly.

 

[Raymond]

Somebody in here was warning me about the new (to me anyway) plastic clips for saws. Said the can break if you don't watch it I guess.

I LOVE it though (Does that sound gay?..anyway) It has extra stay put pieces on the back side to keep it from folding over making it hard to find.

It was just over 10 bucks, I liked it so much I picked up another one for the other side, for a towel, pruners, etc.

I use to use the BIG carabiners (price was right, like 4 to 6 bucks) from the hardware stores they're nice don't get me wrong but I sure like the one I got better now.

Really though, you guys ever hang your saw sideways, from the top handle, NO SNAP? I started doing that when I bought my first BIG beaner and wished I'd of done it years ago.
Between that and a stay put saw clip, with one hand only, without looking I can hang my saw up. Saving quite a few minutes per tree.

 

[tree md]

Somebody in here was warning me about the new (to me anyway) plastic clips for saws. Said the can break if you don't watch it I guess.

I LOVE it though (Does that sound gay?..anyway) It has extra stay put pieces on the back side to keep it from folding over making it hard to find.

It was just over 10 bucks, I liked it so much I picked up another one for the other side, for a towel, pruners, etc.

I use to use the BIG carabiners (price was right, like 4 to 6 bucks) from the hardware stores they're nice don't get me wrong but I sure like the one I got better now.

Really though, you guys ever hang your saw sideways, from the top handle, NO SNAP? I started doing that when I bought my first BIG beaner and wished I'd of done it years ago.
Between that and a stay put saw clip, with one hand only, without looking I can hang my saw up. Saving quite a few minutes per tree.

Yeah Ray, I have been looking at the caritool biners (or whatever you call them). Only thing that worries me is the plastic. Something inside me just screams NO at the notion of carrying my baby (200T) aloft with a plastic biner. I'll prolly pick a couple up for other stuff though.

Haven't tried clipping my saw from the top handle. Might have to give that a try.

 

[Raymond]

Yeah dats it

 

[oldirty]

that was me telling you about them "caritools". i went through 2 of them before i went to the big ladder biner.

no i have never just hung the saw off the handle. first time up with a saw was with a lanyard and i kinda have never strayed from that. just comfortable for me that way.

 

[tree md]

Same here. When I started out I would just carry the saw up with me on a dog leash. Then I went to work for a guy who wouldn't let me do crane work with the saw tied to me. He had me just clip it to the saw snap on my old weaver. I found I could move through the tree better with it clipped to my saddle so now I like to use the bungee lanyard while I work and clip it to my belt when I move through the tree. Best of both worlds.