Why would you not fold it out? Not only a safety issue, but also gives a more comfortable place to stand while making adjustments for next move. Good luck! Be safe!Do you cam the platform down each climb up or leave it folded up?
Why would you not fold it out? Not only a safety issue, but also gives a more comfortable place to stand while making adjustments for next move. Good luck! Be safe!Do you cam the platform down each climb up or leave it folded up?
I'm not keeping it semi loose as in it drops easily, it's semi loose as in a have to grab it to move it. There is still enough room to make strap movements on the way up. I am always tethered in during my climb, just like one sticking. I am not using a lineman's belt to no stick, just a tether which I adjust and maintain tight as I go. If I had any safety concerns they would be addressed. I climbed with it attached at the outside and the platform down prior to doing it this way and this way was more efficient and felt safer to me versus climbing around it. To each their own.If you are keeping your platform up how are you attaching your strap to the versa button? Keeing your platform semi loose just seems like a recipe for disaster at some point.
I'm not too worried about comfort per say while climbing. It locks in tight while I am moving even with side pressure. My foot is on the post just long enough to move the tether an then onto the next move. If I wasn't comfortable I would be moving using a lineman's belt while adjusting the tether but I don't find a need for it. A slip from the post while climbing midst tether move would be the same as a one stick slip and I promise you from what I have experienced is not violent at all.Why would you not fold it out? Not only a safety issue, but also gives a more comfortable place to stand while making adjustments for next move. Good luck! Be safe!
Thought about same thing but how to mount cam cleat is my issue. The I beam shape makes it difficult. I’m also afraid of weakening the post if not properly done. Would luv to hear or see anyone that’s done it!Anyone ever try a cam cleat/post mod on a Predator? It won't leave my brain. "No sticking" would be easier with a platform that has a cam cleat, secured by a stopper knot at HH IMO.
Any thoughts?
Anyone ever try a cam cleat/post mod on a Predator? It won't leave my brain. "No sticking" would be easier with a platform that has a cam cleat, secured by a stopper knot at HH IMO.
Any thoughts?
As long as that front face it flat it should be pretty simple to drill 2 blind holes and drill and tap for appropriate thread. A file or careful grinder work would make the front face flat if it isn't already. By hand could be challenging but a tape measure, center punch, and drill press would make it a quick job. 2 tiny blind holes won't weaken the postThought about same thing but how to mount cam cleat is my issue. The I beam shape makes it difficult. I’m also afraid of weakening the post if not properly done. Would luv to hear or see anyone that’s done it!
Anyone ever try a cam cleat/post mod on a Predator? It won't leave my brain. "No sticking" would be easier with a platform that has a cam cleat, secured by a stopper knot at HH IMO.
Any thoughts?
As long as that front face it flat it should be pretty simple to drill 2 blind holes and drill and tap for appropriate thread. A file or careful grinder work would make the front face flat if it isn't already. By hand could be challenging but a tape measure, center punch, and drill press would make it a quick job. 2 tiny blind holes won't weaken the post
I moved the aider to the far side of the platform and started folding it down while climbing. Much easier. I'll shut up now.
Just checked my predator xl and it’s is just a standard 1.25” post. Also there is a good gap in the platform so clearance of the camcleat is a non-issue.
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Guys are using cam cleats on Mission platforms, so I recon it works. I haven't tried it.
Seems like you need a third hand though. You're hanging, holding the platform up, swinging the rope around the tree, guiding it to and through the cleat.
1 stickers are mostly working hands free by wedging the top step under the tether. Red Beard tensions the solo scout against the tether with side pressure (but it is a small light platform). With the bigger platforms, I worry about that 5lbs working loose and smashing about me. Cbigbear is quite efficient with the strap slide approach, and that simplifies movement and adds some control.
Maybe a sort of hook on the platform to run the tether through with a sliding stopper would provide a more secure feel? Idk. Or perhaps something like a v cleat mounted to the bottom of the platform could work, not for securing the platform to the tree, but for temporarily locking the platform to the tether until the platform rope is run through the cam cleat. The geometry would have to be correct. Maybe I'm just over thinking it.
By far side I mean the "face" or farthest face from the tree. (Somewhat) I'd have to post pics.What do you mean by "the far side of the platform" ?
You otta get one of your buddies to help make a 'no-sticking' video for your channel.
I put a nite ize gear tie on my tether and hang my solo scout from there when no-sticking with it. Gear tie is my third hand.