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MUDDY Safety harness used inplace of rock climping harness with sit drag

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David Brooks

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I have a Muddy safety harness and would like everyone's opinions on using this replacing the rock climbing harness with a sit drag.
 
Yea it will work. Ideal? Not so much. But perfectly adequate.

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Just starting out and being on a tight budget I put the money into sticks first. Currently I’m using my HSS safety harness with a sitdrag style seat. Works good.

yes, I will upgrade to a RCH, hopefully before next season.
 
If you are using a regular harness are you using your lineman's belt loops as your bridge attachment points?
Maybe I can try this at lower heights to practice while I wait on Aero Hunter.
 
Yes it will work perfectly use your linesman as a secondary bridge. I prefer it over the Rch 2 to 1 and 3 times over on Sunday


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I tried this today with my muddy harness and my practice towel setup... very comfortable. I was able to practice rappelling from 4-5 feet off the ground in my shop.

Very cool!


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Used my muddy safeline as my tether, and my HSS harness this past weekend to practice with my hawks and predator. Used the suspension relief strap and rated biner for a bridge on the lineman loops. No sitdrag. Worked fine at ground level going to try going up to height setting up my stuff and shooting bow. If I get comfortable with that before my saddle gets here I’ll take that to the woods before I carry that f****** climber ever again.
 
Used my muddy harness and sitdrag for a while, while maybe not ideal, it works just fine.

I found that since the harness doesn't have a good place to clip a carabiner in on the front, what I did wasn after I was tethered in and feeling alright, I'd undo my lineman belt and clip it into my tether then pull it snug but not tight enough to support weight as a secondary in case of a failure.
 
Jay_Disarray said:
Used my muddy harness and sitdrag for a while, while maybe not ideal, it works just fine.

I found that since the harness doesn't have a good place to clip a carabiner in on the front, what I did wasn after I was tethered in and feeling alright, I'd undo my lineman belt and clip it into my tether then pull it snug but not tight enough to support weight as a secondary in case of a failure.
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This is pretty much what I did last night with my towel... the towel was holding my weight but the bridge I put on the harness was only about an inch or so shorter so it was stretched but not holding the weight directly. Pretty comfy. I'm not quite ready to climb a tree with my towel but I bet I could hunt from it if I had to. My mom is a seamstress so I'm sure I could get her to make a fleece saddle if I really wanted one.
 
reggoh75 said:
This is pretty much what I did last night with my towel... the towel was holding my weight but the bridge I put on the harness was only about an inch or so shorter so it was stretched but not holding the weight directly. Pretty comfy. I'm not quite ready to climb a tree with my towel but I bet I could hunt from it if I had to. My mom is a seamstress so I'm sure I could get her to make a fleece saddle if I really wanted one.
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you make a fleece saddle it may be the last one you want! they are super comfy
 
Just also be aware that the lineman loops are not meant to be used as such, and from what I understand there is still an inherent risk in this
 
Jay_Disarray said:
Just also be aware that the lineman loops are not meant to be used as such, and from what I understand there is still an inherent risk in this
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I was wondering about this too... the linesman loops should be rated for a short fall. I think you would anticipate slack in a line as you climb so they should be rated for a fall of that magnitude?

Thoughts from others?


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