What's your move sequence? Are you using a LB with the tether? Or just a tether?
I attach my tether to the tree as high, as I can reach while standing on the ground, and then attach the stick just below it with my three step aider. I ditched the quick link because the extra weight was causing the tether to slide back down the tree much more often. Our trees down here are like telephone poles, and mainly limbless down low, so the quick link was of no benefit.
Nice.
I believe it was called the ultimater from Eastern Woods outdoors. It came with looped ends, and since the JX 3 stick is more like a ladder, you cannot loop the ends over the step. I just used some 6 mm climbing rope I picked up at REI as a temporary anttachment until I can find some 1 inch webbing buckles and straps.
Interesting. Looks more like Amsteel than webbing. At least I thought the Ultimaider was webbing based.
It’s definitely Amsteel, but now I’m not certain about the brand.
Gotcha. It's hard to tell zooming in but it looks like an Amsteel Guy 3-step aider with pieces of black hose to keep the steps open. Curious how you like it? I almost ordered one. Mine is OOaL. So no hose. Light but not as open.
I don’t have much experience with Aiders, but I like these a lot. The rubber hose definitely allows it to keep its shape under load, making it very easy to climb with. I didn’t even think about girth hitching around the standoffs and pulling it up over the step. Any chance the 90° edge of the step could wear through the Amsteel overtime? I don’t have a lot of experience with anmsteel either.
Something to watch for sure. You could put a piece of tubular webbing over that section to help protect against wear.
I got some of the thinner paracord and did some cobra weaving on my tethrd One sticks for the same reason, has worked so far and looks kinda cool.
I would think you would want to repel down, regardless of what stick you’re using.
Have you used the spurs without a platform of any kind, and just walked around the tree?
You can insert the seat pad in there. Put the camo side facing out. It will block the wind too.
Can you not put the loops over the bottom rungs and standoffs like in this photo? I made this one to one stick, but haven't tried it yet.
That's what I do with my OoaL 3-step aider and it works well. Just be mindful of wear & tear on the part that rubs on the step at a 90 degree bend. Maybe pass it through a bit of tubular webbing that sits right there to minimize wear on the aider. Just an idea.
