Today I am taking a new "saddle" to the field. It may replace my Welkforder belt but that's not because I don't love it.
When I was looking at belts last year the Notch Sentry floating D arborist saddle caught my eye and I considered buying one at $150. I went with my Welkforder with no regrets.
I placed an order with Sherrill for new bull ropes, climbline and other hardware
A few weeks ago and while surfing the site I found the Sentry on clearance for $49 in sizes 1 and 2.
I had to buy one.
The video review on Treestuff clearly shows the flaw of this saddle. It sits you into the batten and puts some force on your leg/butt area.
My fix is to add a secondary bridge to redistribute support into the back pad.
I have tried it out at home and made my mod to it. I may lose the leg straps or maybe not. Up to the individual.
I am pleasantly surprised and fully expect this to be in the rotation or my primary rig. It is very light as arborist saddles are being made lighter than the old school rigs these days.
I know someone out there is looking for an inexpensive way to get into this style of hunting.
Check out the Notch Sentry Floating D
@ Sherrilltree.com $49!