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Swinging Whale Tail

noxninja

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Was it my imagination or did someone say that they altered their Guido whale tale so it swung out of the way during the climb and then rotated it back once they were ready to set up?
 

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May have been flingin who did the mod that I am referring to????
 

Autumnrider

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Was it my imagination or did someone say that they altered their Guido whale tale so it swung out of the way during the climb and then rotated it back once they were ready to set up?
Yes, i remember that post, Dont believe that fling did that.
All i did was drill the rivets out, moved the tail shorter and bolted back using washers and lock nuts. Works well. Keeps the tail from getting stuck in the top of my runber boots while climbing

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Gettin Closer

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Was it my imagination or did someone say that they altered their Guido whale tale so it swung out of the way during the climb and then rotated it back once they were ready to set up?

Yes, I recall the post but did not find it just now. I want to say that it included a bolt and a pin so that the tail would twist out of the way and under the seat and then back I to place where it was pinned to stay put.
 
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noxninja

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Yes, i remember that post, Dont believe that fling did that.
All i did was drill the rivets out, moved the tail shorter and bolted back using washers and lock nuts. Works well. Keeps the tail from getting stuck in the top of my runber boots while climbing

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Anyway you could post some pics of the set up? Only irritating thing about the Guido IMO is that thing occasionally stabbing the back of my calf
 

Autumnrider

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Here is the pic i promised.
Remove the cushion to do this.
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I have got to find something to quiet the flop of the tail against the back of the vest...thump thump thump as I walk....I put tape on the fork to quiet the buckle noise.....Also...do you use the leg straps...I am no longer using mine and seems fine...my question is what if I accidentally come out of the straps....or the tail doesn't engage in the fall....seems like I would slide right out of the GW and head southbound. I am seriously thinking about going back to using them for added security????
 

Autumnrider

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I have got to find something to quiet the flop of the tail against the back of the vest...thump thump thump as I walk....I put tape on the fork to quiet the buckle noise.....Also...do you use the leg straps...I am no longer using mine and seems fine...my question is what if I accidentally come out of the straps....or the tail doesn't engage in the fall....seems like I would slide right out of the GW and head southbound. I am seriously thinking about going back to using them for added security????

Smart to use for added security......I use the leg straps as I climb and come back down. As I hunt, I usually lower my shoulder straps and remove the leg straps.
 

Autumnrider

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Smart to use for added security......I use the leg straps as I climb and come back down. As I hunt, I usually lower my shoulder straps and remove the leg straps.

Plus if you were to fall, the web will catch you in a sitting position. The tail will help stop the collision with the tree, or you may hit the tree sideways which will also protect your head and keck area
 

Autumnrider

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Plus if you were to fall, the web will catch you in a sitting position. The tail will help stop the collision with the tree, or you may hit the tree sideways which will also protect your head and keck area
That's happens when you r in your hunting position (tethered to tree)
While lineman is in use, the lineman will keep you from falling but you may slide some but it will stop you from falling (with legs strapped in and shoulder straps on
 

Autumnrider

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Do this, at a foot off the ground.........tether in and then step off the screw n step. The seat of the web is designed to catch u in a sitting position. I can't see a person coming out of the web.
I don't recommend you trying this with just a lineman belt on, you could get scent up.