RC harness with lineman's belt

[camping1601]

I've been using a lineman's belt since before they were popular but never a need or want for a lineman's belt till now. Has anyone successfully added one to a harness? Currently have two Petzel Gym Harnesses and thinking it may just be easiest to buy an XOP " The Holiday " harness to use for the times I'd want a lineman's belt. I prefer the idea of using one of the Petzl's I already own because I'm already comfortable with those.

Thanks in advance!

 

[DComer_55]

I've seen guys girth hitch a nylon continuous loop to the belt of their harness on either side to create linemans loops. Never tried it, so that isn't an endorsement of it though.

If you decide to buy one, I would recommend the dryad killdeer over anything XOP offers. Its just a RCH with linesmans loops build in essentially.

 

[N2TRKYS]

I made my own lineman’s belt from the same rope I use as my tether for my safety harness. Very easy to do.

 

[fatlander]

I made my own lineman’s belt from the same rope I use as my tether for my safety harness. Very easy to do.

Same. It’s really easy to build the lineman belt and loops on your existing rock climbing harness.


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[Jakeb]

Not saying it’s safe or that you should use it this way, but I just clip my lineman’s belt onto the waist belt of my rock climbing harness with 2 caribiners. I honestly don’t use a lineman’s all the time while climbing and setting up and this works for the times I need one. I setup my tree tether and clip in before I climb into my stand.

I’ve also slid my tree tether up or down with me a few times aswell.

Falls aren’t fun, sliding down onto climbing sticks with a lineman’s belt pulling you into them isn’t fun either.

I looked at the holiday and another company, but I prefer my minimalist black diamond more.

 

[camping1601]

To be more specific it's the loops on the side that I need. Has anyone had them installed?

 

[Jakeb]

To be more specific it's the loops on the side that I need. Has anyone had them installed?

VersaStrap™ Extension

Finding the right tree is crucial for successfully hanging a treestand. Use the VersaStrap™ Extension for added length if the standard-length Belt is too short to fit around the tree.

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I’ve tried one of these stitched to my waist belt before, I fed it through a rated rear belay loop. I used a speedy stitcher and wasn’t really relying on the stitching to hold. The loop was the load point if I had fell. Though the speedy stitcher thread is pretty strong and honestly probably would have held. I’ve also used 8mm climbing rope with a loop on each end aswell it’s just not as compact.

The strap extension is probably the better option.

They worked ok. Just prefer clipping into my waist belt.

If you are not wanting to diy something similar. Getting something like the holiday is probably your only option.

 

[kpk]

I ordered a Holiday harness and decided to return it almost immediately upon unpacking it. To me, it felt like a massive step down in quality compared to known climbing brands.

Depending on which harness you already have I'd look into adding a runner/sling/rope.

Another option is to use whatever cheap piece of crap harness you can find with linesmans loops for the inital hang of your stand and lifeline. Then just use your RC harness after that.

 

[fatlander]

To be more specific it's the loops on the side that I need. Has anyone had them installed?

My black diamond alpine bod harness has a common loop on the back of the belt, right at my spine. I ran a length of 8mm cord through that loop that comes around to either of my hips. I tied loops on either end to serve as the line loop. I loosely ziptied the tied lineman loops to the non load bearing gear loops on either side of the harness. The zipties hold no load, they just keep the loops in place. All of the load is transferred around your body and held in place by the common loop. It’s worked for me for over a decade. 5 dollar fix.


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[Macintosh]

Personally Id just get a holiday. Its not like you need the padding, etc in your hunting clothes.

Failing that, it needs to be a full strength loop so you could take a 24” sling (a loop) and stitch it to the harness so the entire loop is on the back-side of the harrness with justbthe ends exposed on either side. Then the sling would be your “harness”, and it would just be held in place on your climbing harness with your stitching.

@fatlander on MOST climbing harnesses the rear haul loop is NOT full strength, even if it appears to be bartacked. It is meant to hold minimal weight only so if you drop a rope or some gear onto it it’ll hold, but its not meant to hold a person so its not a safety element on the harness. Do not use this if you arent certain of the strength of that part. Only a small % of climbing harnesses design this part to hold body weight. Its been a very long time since I looked at that particular harness and I dont remember if this is one. Not clear if the haul loop is holding weight the way you have it rigged or if its just holding the cord in place, but wanted to clarify this because if someone is using this loop to hold body-weight its a likely failure point if (mis-)using a harness for a purpose it wasnt really designed for.

 

[fatlander]

Personally Id just get a holiday. Its not like you need the padding, etc in your hunting clothes.

Failing that, it needs to be a full strength loop so you could take a 24” sling (a loop) and stitch it to the harness so the entire loop is on the back-side of the harrness with justbthe ends exposed on either side. Then the sling would be your “harness”, and it would just be held in place on your climbing harness with your stitching.

@fatlander on MOST climbing harnesses the rear haul loop is NOT full strength, even if it appears to be bartacked. It is meant to hold minimal weight only so if you drop a rope or some gear onto it it’ll hold, but its not meant to hold a person so its not a safety element on the harness. Do not use this if you arent certain of the strength of that part. Only a small % of climbing harnesses design this part to hold body weight. Its been a very long time since I looked at that particular harness and I dont remember if this is one. Not clear if the haul loop is holding weight the way you have it rigged or if its just holding the cord in place, but wanted to clarify this because if someone is using this loop to hold body-weight its a likely failure point if (mis-)using a harness for a purpose it wasnt really designed for.

It’s a 12kN haul loop, that’s more than enough to hold a lineman rope, even in a fall. The rope that I tied is really carrying all the load anyway. And even still if I fell and that 12kN loop somehow breaks, which it hasn’t in a couple falls, the rope wouldn’t slide past my shoulders.


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