What else do I need? Saddle setup

[Crjones8]

Genesis 3D has some cool inexpensive products. I have 3D printed hook for my platform and sticks that let me go up in one trip easily.

 

[Macintosh]

Im just getting into this. Most guys climb with just a linesman belt, correct? Then tether once at platform height.


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“Most guys” hang a stand and leave it all season and never do any of this stuff. I believe most people hanging a stand during a hunt use only a linemans belt, both for the convenience of leaning back hands-free to deal with sticks, as well as for safety should a stick break or kick out. Someone mentioned using the tether in addition—which will be more secure. However, it’s a lot less convenient, and is even more difficult to use around branches. Some folks don’t have to deal with branches a lot, where I hunt many trees I hang in have a lot of branches I have to climb around, so sliding anything up the tree is a total 100% no go. In order to pass any obstacle and stay somewhat attached to the tree, you have to have either two lineman belts or a linesman belt, and a tether. They’re basically the same thing, so it’s always a good idea to have them handy and usable in order to pass a branch or something—climb up to rhe obstacle, put 2nd belt above branch, unclip lower belt, keep climbing. If you want the extra security, you can certainly use the tether as a tether in addition to the lineman belt. Falling onto a lineman belt results in some abrasion usually. But it reliably works and will keep you from falling down the tree. Since falling is such a low likelihood occurrence, I am happy to climb with only my lineman belt, and if a few abrasions are the risk that’s fine with me. Low likelihood+low risk=no worries. For me. If you have a different situation by all means do it, eliminating a risk is never a bad thing by itself.

Also, when I say a linemans belt is the same thing as a tether, I mean that my lineman‘s belt and my tether are interchangeable, they are the same cord, same length, same prussik tied onto it, so I can interchange them at will with zero effect. The linemans belt goes from one side of my harness around the tree back to the other side and uses the prussik to connect and adjust length. Or I use the same thing and girth hitch it around the tree above me and clip the prussik into the bridge on my harness, and voila, its a tether. Same same.