squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
What do y'all wear while in a bucket? My bucket came with a old fall arrest harness and I've always used that but it's time to replace it.
Bucket baby harness?
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lumberjack
Young man on the go
My regular climbing harness and a work positioning lanyard.
sotc
Dormant hero!!
I always liked the belt we used for my previous employer. When I bought my bucket. it came with an XL fall arrest harness that I would probably slip out of! I picked up a nearly new one at a pawn shop that fits nice and is easy in and out
I bought a Rose Safety Fall arrest harness cheply before I got the bucket. I use a shock absorbing lanyard attached to the dorsal D. Bridging between the side Ds with a sling makes it usible if not comfortable as a traditional saddle. Since I have the Rose it is a low priority right now but if I were starting from scratch i would buy The Petzl Navajo V2 Bod. The Navajo is not a great climbing saddle but it is a usable one and very lightweight. The full body version makes sense to me as a bucket harness since it is a good set up for transitioning into climbing the tree. A full body version of the Buckingham Master is a viable option but it actually weighs more then the Petzl and costs more also.
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Mr. Sir
Guest
I used the full body harness for many years, but recently switched to a single waist belt with the shock absorbing lanyard. So much easier to get in and out of than that harness, but it would probably snap my spine if I ever fell. 
SkwerI
Treehouser
I have a full body harness that Altec gave me when I bought my current truck. I used it in Kentucky on the FEMA contract, it took a second person to help me get into it.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
I use my legstrap Weaver.
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
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What exactly do y'all mean when you say 'belt'?
I would like something that will work in conjunction with my fall arrest lanyard to actually keep me from dying or breaking my back if the levelling system fails or something happens to knock me from the bucket. I don't want to be wearing a something very bulky at all though.
For the odd time I transition out I just throw on my climbing harness for that particular ride.
sotc
Dormant hero!!
Like stumpy was saying
I also just put my saddle on if I plan to climb out of the truck
I also just put my saddle on if I plan to climb out of the truck
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sytherstrike
Guest
I thought we were supposed to ride the bucket down and jump just before it hits the ground.
What about one of those lightweight full body harnesses made from nylon that has the leg straps and a d ring right in the center of the back with one of those slow fall strap. A freind of mine has one he used to use when he was painting the ceilings at the gm factorys around here. The strap starts to pull apart as you fall slowing you down before the big jerk at the end, and holds you straight up and down. Instead of supermanning it like that belt.Willie, Umm..... I wasn't referring to the death wrap belt you linked to. I was talking full body harness as syther is referring to.
This one. http://www.msafetyproducts.com/msa/harness/fppullover.JPG
This one. http://www.msafetyproducts.com/msa/harness/fppullover.JPG
lumberjack
Young man on the go
On my basket, the TIP is inside the basket at thigh level. I use an adjustable lanyard which makese it hard for my saddles TIP to get outside the upper edge of the basket, unless I'm standing on the railing getting a bit higher.
I'm not sure that I'd wear a regular harness if the TIP was on the boom.
I'm not sure that I'd wear a regular harness if the TIP was on the boom.
sotc
Dormant hero!!
Ooops, it was mr. sir that mentioned it
wiley_p
Climbing Up
thattreeguy
TreeHouser
wiley, thats nice
whatever you do
make sure it complies with your osha standards
whatever you do
make sure it complies with your osha standards
OTGBOSTON
punk in drublic
I use my reg climbing saddle (sequoia srt) and lanyard. I also bought a 4 d weaver for the guys, easy on easy off, so they actually use it.
On another note, anyone using a boom strap?
On another note, anyone using a boom strap?
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
I do cuz the owner wants me too, but I don't see the sense in it.
SkwerI
Treehouser
The place where I bought my first bucket insisted on putting a boom strap on it. Totally impractical and potentially lethal when operating a bucket that goes over center. I demonstrated to them in the parking lot how ridiculously unsafe the boom strap was and took it off before taking delivery of my truck.
OTGBOSTON
punk in drublic
I think it depends on where the attachment point is on your particular set up, if'n its on the boom than the strap is redundant, but if its on the bucket itself I can see the need for the boomstrap.
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Mr. Sir
Guest
I have a TIP on the end of the boom. AL of CT
SkwerI
Treehouser
Mine is to a ring on the steel bracket that the fiberglass bucket bolts to. It was designed specifically for that purpose. You won't get pulled out of the bucket when you flip the boom upside down.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
By "boom strap," I was referring to the strap that holds the upper boom secure when in transit. I don't think that's what you were talking aboot.
SkwerI
Treehouser
No, a boom strap is a strap that you put around the upper boom next to the bucket. It has a D ring on it and you secure yourself to that D ring instead of to the tie-in point on the bucket.
MasterBlaster
Administrator Emeritus
Yea, I'm getting that and that is what I use, too. So what do you call the strap that secures the upper boom?
