Chainsaw Lanyard

[Tom D]

The attachment point would be the weakest point. You could put a tearaway between the grab and your harness if you wanted. Occasionally if cutting something really big with the big saw I have unclipped the saw so that if it gets grabbed I can just let go of it.

 

I'll take a pic sometime, but its basically a bit of climbing line, with an eye on one end and a stopper knot on the other, rope grab in-between, attach the eye of the grab to your harness and you're good to go.

[morten]

  Tom D said:

The attachment point would be the weakest point. You could put a tearaway between the grab and your harness if you wanted. Occasionally if cutting something really big with the big saw I have unclipped the saw so that if it gets grabbed I can just let go of it.

 

I'll take a pic sometime, but its basically a bit of climbing line, with an eye on one end and a stopper knot on the other, rope grab in-between, attach the eye of the grab to your harness and you're good to go.

 

I would love to see a picture, or even better, a video showing how you lengthen/shorten the strop.

 

- Can you lengthen one-handed?

- Do you shorten by pulling on the stopper knot?

[Tom D]

Yes and yes, its dead obvious when you see it.

[kevin bingham]

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Posted this over at the buzz, was told about this thread over here. Is this kind of what your talkin about TomD?

[RobRainford]

Would a wild country rope man and some 8-10mm friction cord do the trick? Seems a very handy idea. Can add extra length for when things get a bit twisted.

 

 

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[Steve Bullman]

  kevin bingham said:

Posted this over at the buzz, was told about this thread over here. Is this kind of what your talkin about TomD?

 

what device are you using there Kevin?

[darrin]

I use a snap connector instead of the ring.

[darrin]

By the way, i know a few German climbers they don't use a lanyard at all.

[Stephen Blair]

  darrin said:

By the way, i know a few German climbers they don't use a lanyard at all.

 

I climbed for about 6 years with out a lanyard from when I started.

I had a big clip on a bit of blue rope about 12" long that was duct taped up for smoothness and strength:laugh1:

I would unclip the saw, use it and then just clip it back on.

No cut n chucking 1 handed none sense and your cuts had to be right:biggrin:

Then I got a top handle ad a bungee lanyard and it all went down hill:001_rolleyes:

[kevin bingham]

I have the ct rocknlock that I can mount on to a Clevis on my harness so it sits tight.