Power Pull Fix

[bcimport]

I've had a mystery ranch with the OV power pulls, a SG and Kifaru with the factory power pulls. All suffered the same issue as they are all the same design. After looking at some mountaineering packs and watching mine not work I devised a solution.

The issue when using the 2" common loop as leverage is that sometimes you pull and shorten the distance between the common loop and the buckle but you don't actually feed the webbing through the buckle due to friction. The mountaineering packs and maybe the new MR design use the location where the big common loop is as the tensioning buckle and just a smooth feed at the waist belt quick release.

I bought 2" mil spec "redirect" buckles and cut them like a replacement buckle. Then with some hesitation I cut the plastic common loop power pulls off my new duplex. With some work I got the new custom slotted redirects into the channel sewn in. Then I rerouted the webbing on the waist belt buckle to just slide through the outer most channel.

Works absolutely perfectly and should anything blow up on the slotted redirect in the field all you do is run the webbing back through the waist belt buckle in standard fashion and you're back in the game.

I owe pics to some folks for my emr2 chop job, if guys want to see what I did for this I can post these up too.

 

[TxTrapper]

Pics are worth a 1000 words.
Good thinking!!!!

 

[go4thegusto]

The Hill People Gear system on their Prairie belt I think is smart and superior. A Cobra buckle in the middle that is indestructible and tension buckles at the hips provides "power pull" by design.

Should not be a difficult retrofit for a tarp shop or somewhere with a sewing machine capable of webbing.

 

[bcimport]

Let's see if I can add pics now. View attachment 32501View attachment 32501

 

[bcimport]

View attachment 32502

 

[bcimport]

These are the buckles, cut off what I marked in black. View attachment 32503

 

[Justin Crossley]

If you email the pics to me, I can post them for you. [email protected]

 

[Justin Crossley]

 

[flyinsquirel]

That's a good fix, and it certainly does look HPG-ish. I seem to remember there was a thread recently that indicated you may have the wrong size belt if you are continually having this problem. I could be wrong.

I think the strength of the Kifaru system is the ability to swap out the buckle should you happen to step on it or slam it in a car door at the trailhead. With an HPG-ish (or REI, etc) it seems that you would be up excrement creek without a means of propulsion should you somehow break the ladder buckle. I realize this could be mitigated with the use of a tensioning buckle as shown above you would just lose the power pull function .

Were I in your shoes I would call Aron back.

Good luck to you.

 

[jmez]

It is an easy fix with the SG. Take the the hip belt power pull strap and place it so it lays behind the three bar slider where the hip belt comes off of the hip padding. Works the same as what you have done above but requires no cutting sewing or modifications.