Haas

[stihlmadasever]

Hello all,

Im trying to get some of my extra climbing bits that i dont use to make myself a HAAS.Ive got a petzl chest ascender some rubber tubing cable ties and an old non bungee chainsaw strop to use as a foot loop,but id love to know if anyone else has made one and how they went about it.

Before anyone says-im not buying one,im a tight arsed scotsman so there.

Cheers in advance for any ideas or input.

[Darrin Turnbull]

Or maybe something like this.

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[stihlmadasever]

You see that right there is why arbtalk is awesome,bang on what im lookin at Darrin,thank you sir.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Well, I bought a HAAS and then got fed up with it.

Don't get me wrong, it worked perfectly but i bought it to make life easier and I got annoyed that it was always on the back of my harness!

So I removed the bungee and shortened the footloop part until the rope grab was just under my knee. I then used a small webbing strap to attach the grab to my leg under the knee.

I then replaced the footloop with a carabiner because I wear Clip n Step boots.

So, the only original part I now use is the rope grab and it's utterly brilliant having it on my leg all the time. Saves so much energy and some time.

I'd send you a photo of my knee ascender but I'm on holiday:

[Darrin Turnbull]

Anything like this

[stihlmadasever]

Anything like this

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That one looks pretty professional compared to the one im putting together.To be fair i dont care how it looks as long as it works well.

Im having problems attaching the ascender (knee) to my knee area,i thought of a velcro strap of some kind???

[stihlmadasever]

Well, I bought a HAAS and then got fed up with it.

Don't get me wrong, it worked perfectly but i bought it to make life easier and I got annoyed that it was always on the back of my harness!

So I removed the bungee and shortened the footloop part until the rope grab was just under my knee. I then used a small webbing strap to attach the grab to my leg under the knee.

I then replaced the footloop with a carabiner because I wear Clip n Step boots.

So, the only original part I now use is the rope grab and it's utterly brilliant having it on my leg all the time. Saves so much energy and some time.

I'd send you a photo of my knee ascender but I'm on holiday:

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Checking arbtalk on your holidays...thats really sad,

i do it too lol

A photo when you get back would be great cheers mate

[MattyF]

I would just buy the haas velox , have used quite a few different knee ascenders and had the ordinal haas the velox is so sweet , no flat spots just very smooth ascent.

[Mark Bolam]

I agree with Matty, but Rich Rule built his own and it works really well, he'd be the man to ask.

The setup Darrin put up looks pretty good.

[TreeTomass]

Here's mine that I made, had all the bits lying around so thought I'd make one. Got the bungee running through the tubing to give it more stretch.

 

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