Adjusting Kifaru frame help

[WoolyBugger]

Let a buddy use my frame now I’m having issues getting it back to where it’s comfy. It feels like the lumbar pad is riding on my ass.. I keep adjusting the shoulder straps shorter but now my load lifters are bottomed out on the 3 bar slider which is bottomed out to the stitch line. Anyone know what I’m doing wrong?

 

[Mudd Foot]

Not necessarily wrong, but in my experience the adjustment is counter intuitive. My frame is Duplex Lite and my torso is 17 inches give or take. Had a similar issue with gravity pulling the frame down my back when the weight is greater than 80 lbs. So I undid the straps completely and threaded them through the bottom three cross-straps, leaving the top cross-strap undone. The bottom of the shoulder strap is hanging under the very bottom cross strap by about half an inch. This made the shoulder straps actually a little longer, while the torso became shorter. These all made the lumbar pad sit exactly where it was made to sit.

Does this make sense?

 

[WoolyBugger]

Not necessarily wrong, but in my experience the adjustment is counter intuitive. My frame is Duplex Lite and my torso is 17 inches give or take. Had a similar issue with gravity pulling the frame down my back when the weight is greater than 80 lbs. So I undid the straps completely and threaded them through the bottom three cross-straps, leaving the top cross-strap undone. The bottom of the shoulder strap is hanging under the very bottom cross strap by about half an inch. This made the shoulder straps actually a little longer, while the torso became shorter. These all made the lumbar pad sit exactly where it was made to sit.

Does this make sense?

It does thank you. I went the other way with my staps and I think I found the indent in the webbing where I had them sitting before and it feels a lot better