Dragonfly tool attachment?

[buffalo606]

Recently got new bridge and on page 7 of leaflet that came with it has the attached image showing some kind of tool attachment point for chainsaw?

 

It would be nice to not have to use side D ring for chainsaw (gets quite busy with flip line) and have never used the little tab with a small ring as I think the weight of 020 would pull it out.

 

Anyone have any ideas what the image shows?

 

Cheers

[Old Mill Tree Care]

It's a metal tool clip. I used to have a Dragonfly and I put a large Petzl Caritool in that position, one on each hip.

[buffalo606]

Ah well, I was hoping it was a more exciting primary attachment setup. Yeah I've got a notchless quickdraw as the caritool can catch the ring.

[Robert_S]

ive used a dragonfly the small ring is fine for hanging the saw off, i hate the caritools they open and catch every small branch they pass, they do my head in. my chainsaw stop is a short rope running through a micro grab.

[treequip]

Recently got new bridge and on page 7 of leaflet that came with it has the attached image showing some kind of tool attachment point for chainsaw?

 

It would be nice to not have to use side D ring for chainsaw (gets quite busy with flip line) and have never used the little tab with a small ring as I think the weight of 020 would pull it out.

 

Anyone have any ideas what the image shows?

 

Cheers

 

There is a bit of an issue connecting a saw to the side D rings, they are a structural part of the harness and if your saw pinches in the cut you could find yourself with a substantial lump of wood hanging off your harness, tope and anchor point.

 

The tool attachment points are designed to give up before the rest of the system without compromising the harness

 

It wont be as much of an issue with a top handled saw as they have a break away built in, or if you use a lanyard with a built in break away but the danger increases with larger saws which don't have a built in breakaway.

[colemanjessenz]

Freeworker - Chainsaw Hook with small plate - climb up high!

[kev7937]

I was strongly advised at college not to use the side d's for tools as the stitching is designed to take the weight pulling forward not down as the weight is distributed over all the stitching rather than just the top stitch.

 

May not apply to all harnesses mind.

[Joe Newton]

I regularly use the small ring. Had a 460 hanging off it and it held on.

[buffalo606]

Good advise coming through and very skillful of you colemanjessenz to locate that part.

 

So maybe what I should do is start a new thread to find out if anyone has actually experience of the small tool loop breaking with an unintentionally dropped saw?

 

treequip it looks like it might compromise the harness stitching though if it tears away...

 

Basically I want to use it but I don't want to lose my saw (I do use a lanyard with a built in break-away).

[buffalo606]

Tool loop in question