New to Saddle Hunting and Saddlehunter! Couple questions regarding bridge and tether

[TheBigJWilly28]

Like the title says I am a new saddle hunter and new to saddlehunter.com! I just received my Tethrd Mantis and my predator platform will be arriving in the coming weeks. My season here in MN is over but I want to be as prepared as possible come next season. I sat in my saddle for a couple hours when I got it and tried to figure out what needs adjusting and what other things I may need before the 2020 season. My main concern at the moment is hip pinch, tether height/length, and prusik length.

Right now my prusik ends up having a 12" after I attach it to my tether. That seems excessive and I will be playing around with length a little but I would like to get some input on what you guys found to be the sweet spot.

My tether is roughly 7' long right now and wrapping it around the large tree, ~2' in diameter, I barely had any tag line left to play with adjustments. That along with my prusik length really had me reaching way up to tie in my tether to be able to sit comfortably. What tether length do you guys run with?

What is the main cause of hip pinch? I ordered the Tethrd Mantis in medium because my normal waist size is 32". I am currently 34" waist. I had shoulder surgery in march of last year and have been out of the gym and by the time I got the ok to get back to the gym hunting season started and we all know what our priorities are...

I have previous rock climbing experience so I am planning to rappel down after a hunt so I ordered some amsteel to make a shorter bridge and rope mod some climbing sticks. Could a shorter or longer bridge help with hip pinch?

Sorry to overload you guys/gals with questions. Ive been scouring the forums trying to figure everything out but I am getting a little overwhelmed with all the options

 

[sureshotscott]

My tether is roughly 7' long right now and wrapping it around the large tree, ~2' in diameter, I barely had any tag line left to play with adjustments. That along with my prusik length really had me reaching way up to tie in my tether to be able to sit comfortably. What tether length do you guys run with?

My tether is about 9 feet with knots. You might try shortening your prusik. Also if you have opportunity to hunt smaller trees that would certainly leave you with more tether.

Could a shorter or longer bridge help with hip pinch?

Longer bridge will generally relieve hip pinch. Here are some old threads on this:

Bridge length

When using a fixed bridge do taller people typically like a longer bridge or shorter bridge? If you use a fixed bridge and you believe it’s too short or long do you compensate by changing tether height? If so does that affect comfort?

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Bridge length

Hey guys This is probably a stupid question but I got my first saddle a size 2 kite recently. Took it out to mess around and to me the bridge seems long. From where to where do you get your bridge length? From knot to knot mine is around 36." also are the ropemans really handy compared to the...

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Sorry to overload you guys/gals with questions. Ive been scouring the forums trying to figure everything out but I am getting a little overwhelmed with all the options

No worries, welcome to the forum.

 

[kobudo]

Extra wrap in your prussic to shorten it. You might want to use your lineman belt as a temporary bridge to check out different lengths.
Good luck next year!

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[Tjraley2]

The Tethrd prussic knots are way too long IMO. I ended up swapping to a ropeman 1 to snug it all up.

 

[TheBigJWilly28]

My tether is about 9 feet with knots. You might try shortening your prusik. Also if you have opportunity to hunt smaller trees that would certainly leave you with more tether.



Longer bridge will generally relieve hip pinch. Here are some old threads on this:

Bridge length

When using a fixed bridge do taller people typically like a longer bridge or shorter bridge? If you use a fixed bridge and you believe it’s too short or long do you compensate by changing tether height? If so does that affect comfort?

saddlehunter.com

Bridge length

Hey guys This is probably a stupid question but I got my first saddle a size 2 kite recently. Took it out to mess around and to me the bridge seems long. From where to where do you get your bridge length? From knot to knot mine is around 36." also are the ropemans really handy compared to the...

saddlehunter.com

No worries, welcome to the forum.

Most of the trees I hunt fall under the 2’ mark so for now I’ll keep my tether length. I only have huge pine trees near my house to test on and it was something I noticed. I’ll give shortening my prusik a try. Thank you for the links!

 

[TheBigJWilly28]

Extra wrap in your prussic to shorten it. You might want to use your lineman belt as a temporary bridge to check out different lengths.
Good luck next year!

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Thank you for the lineman’s belt idea! Didn’t even think about it. Was going to make a few out of amsteel hoping I got it right but I feel like that would have been a waste.

 

[TheBigJWilly28]

The Tethrd prussic knots are way too long IMO. I ended up swapping to a ropeman 1 to snug it all up.

As much as I want a ropeman I feel weird trusting my life to something mechanical. I’m not saying it will fail I just get weird about it. I have alot of 6mm and 7mm rated accessory cord that I plan on using for prusiks and autoblocks for rappelling.

 

[Tjraley2]

As much as I want a ropeman I feel weird trusting my life to something mechanical. I’m not saying it will fail I just get weird about it. I have alot of 6mm and 7mm rated accessory cord that I plan on using for prusiks and autoblocks for rappelling.

Oh yeah, I don’t like trusting my life to one either. I back it up with my prussic.