Diy sit drag with a preacher style seat

[bowkill00]

I like saddle hunting but hate the hip squeeze. Has anyone modified a rock harness/sit drag with an actual platform seat? I think this would be the perfect setup w/o much weight.

 

[Vtbow]

Pretty much talking about building a bosuns chair. Check out the west marine pocket bosuns chair. I think there's one on ebay new right now for like $60.

 

[ImThere]

Leave the sitdrag out of this equation. You just need a harness with linesman to climb and safety. Make the preacher seat and hunt. Search preacher seat or noxnija if I remember correctly he built quite a few


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[Heydeerman]

I googled Bosun chair. Looks like that’s where the Guidos Web came from.

 

[bowkill00]

Thanks for the feedback

 

[sdonx]

Treesuit fits that bill


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[BudgetBuck1]

I made a sit drag out of two pieces of cloth sandwiching a one inch piece of stiff foam. I added several inches in length on both sides and pretty much eliminated hip squeeze. I added a back brace made the same way but smaller and attached it with smaller diameter rope with a prussic knot attachment for adjustability. It is much, much more comfortable than a standard sit drag. I can sit in it all day. The longest I made it in my first sit drag was around 4 hours and I found it painful. With the foam it is almost as light weight as my original sit drag and doesn't take up much space. I just attach it to the outside of my pack and I forget it's there when I am travelling through the woods. I also use a lightweight rock harness and use my linemans belt to attach it to the tree after I am up. I run one end through the other so I can rotate around the tree and it doesn't really restrict my movement much. I like the added safety of having two straps. I use the predator rope on both.

 

[ricky racer]

I made a sit drag out of two pieces of cloth sandwiching a one inch piece of stiff foam. I added several inches in length on both sides and pretty much eliminated hip squeeze. I added a back brace made the same way but smaller and attached it with smaller diameter rope with a prussic knot attachment for adjustability. It is much, much more comfortable than a standard sit drag. I can sit in it all day. The longest I made it in my first sit drag was around 4 hours and I found it painful. With the foam it is almost as light weight as my original sit drag and doesn't take up much space. I just attach it to the outside of my pack and I forget it's there when I am travelling through the woods. I also use a lightweight rock harness and use my linemans belt to attach it to the tree after I am up. I run one end through the other so I can rotate around the tree and it doesn't really restrict my movement much. I like the added safety of having two straps. I use the predator rope on both.

Pictures??

 

[BudgetBuck1]

Here is a few pics of my son swinging in it.

 

[DanielB89]

possibly have any pics of the seat itself?

 

[BudgetBuck1]

I can take some and post them maybe tomorrow. It is one inch wider and 4 inches longer than a sit drag. It doesn't weigh much more than a sit drag. It is 10x more comfortable than a sit drag.

 

[DanielB89]

I think the Sit Drag is phenomenal, but, I would like it to be a little larger! Being on the slightly larger side(6'1" 230), It can pinch down on me pretty well at times!

 

[BudgetBuck1]

Here are a couple of pics without the kid hanging in it.

 

[DanielB89]

Here are a couple of pics without the kid hanging in it.

I like that. It looks like it would be comfortable as well.

 

[Wolverinebuckman]

Here are a couple of pics without the kid hanging in it.

What is the material you used? And do your webbing loops going all the way through, like one big loop? Thanks

 

[BudgetBuck1]

I used the seat belt type material that safety harnesses are made from. The webbing goes all the way around the front and back in one big loop and is attached by box stitches and regular straight stitching the whole way. It is sturdy. My cousin weighs around 200 lbs and he swung around in it this weekend with no issues. I made an upgraded version this weekend but it took more time. It is a bit longer and wider and is even more comfortable but it is also a little bulkier, but, I am an advocate of comfort over packability.

 

[BudgetBuck1]

I forgot to mention that the material that the seat is made from is a upholstery grade suede on top(soft and quiet) and on the bottom it is a thicker, more robust upholstery fabric. My next project will be 600d camo material on the outside and fleece camo on the inside. I also found that I like a long bridge on this saddle. A longer bridge gives me more room to lay a gun across it and brace my arms for a rifle shot(and also lay my head on it to sleep if I feel like it).