Playing with my Guidos Web

[Don Batten]

Kevin, you could use the climber seat as a platform but if you had to lean out 90 degrees to it, your weight will push it around the tree.

James, I think a hanger up against the tree will work fine and probably be out of the way more than the Primos. I'm sure that's what Joebuck uses and he's the one with all the time hunting in this rig.

I would say to get up 2 feet off the ground in your yard and experiment with different setups to find out what works for you. It's alot like shooting a bow, not everyone will do it the same way. DB

[kahunter]

That makes sense.  I read somewhere else about rigging up the Web like a tree saddle with the bridge so you can slide side to side.  I need to find a Web and try it out.  Looks like just the ticket!

[Duckbutt]

I'm ready to pull the trigger on a web and just can't decide if I want to get a LW climbing seat or a set of climbing paws.  What says the experts?

[dougbutt]

I use muddy sticks to get up the tree and 4 climb paws on 1 strap as a plate form. To carry them I just put them between the back and seat of the Web. It's pretty heavy, but i can be up in a tree ready to hunt in five minutes.

[Duckbutt]

I've ordered a lone wolf climber seat and 4 cranford folders.  Up next....bridge construction.  This is gonna be fun.

[joebuck]

Let me know when you can swing like a monkey!!.....Batman used the Lone wolf climber as a base and climber. I am too fat and slow ( out of shape) to climb with it.  I use a stick ladder and cranford at the top or Batman platform with bolts drilled in.....or rapid rail with bolts or batman...or???   i use a lot of combos.. But the shape your in Julian, u could probably scale up the tree bear huggin it and then tether in!

[Duckbutt]

I get giddy just thinking about traveling so light and climbing so quiet wherever I want to be on any given morning.  

Did you guys buy your bridges somewhere or assemble them at home? I visited the climbing shop this afternoon to make them at home?  I can do a prusik and a double fisherman's knot.  Does't look to be any more complicated than that?

[joebuck]

I did both but like the one I made.. I took two sections of climbing rope and tied loop knot on each end to hook carbiner.. I think my lenth is 16" long. The longer the bridge, the more you lean away from tree thus creating body torque.  so recap....

hook your tether strap around the tree. Take a big carbiner and hook on to tree tether.. them hook your 2 carbiners that are on each end of your bridge and hook to your Guido sides and grab middle of bridge rope and hook to tree tehter carbiner....

would show you a picture but mine is at camp... i know i have a picture of this set up somewhere in a quido thread

[Duckbutt]

I've seen enough pics in these posts to understand the design.  Many thanks, buddy ro.

[Duckbutt]

Got LW, Cranfords and the Web in now.  Swung from a tree at ground level today right after unpacking everything.  All I can saw is WOW this is going to be fun.  Such high quality stuff too...beyond expectation.  Heck, I bet there's $150 worth of carbiners attached to the darn thing.    

[joebuck]

be careful....Guido is a disease

[dadto2]

could some one post a pic or to of there bridge and how to rig it? also what all kind of steps does everyone use? any good strap on ones cant use screw ins on corp ground.

[jjwaldman]

joebuck, can you shoot just as easily out of the guido's web as you can the tree saddle?  Also, have you seen the New Tribes Aero?  It looks neat, and is made by a company that makes harness for arborists.

[beauleyse]

I went to REI and bought a Climbing Sling for less than 30 dollars and then a few locking carabnier so I just have to  connect the straps to both sides and then hook my carabenier attached to a prussic knot on a rope I secure around the tree. Super fast to attach and it allows me to adjust my height on the tree.

Joebuck is right the stand is absolutely addicting...

This videos shows the setup I copied.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GKHZHudYqU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhWJo0dkFMY

[joebuck]

JJ. .. I would say no. GUido is a tad more confining than my tree saddle.  That is with using the Guido tether. However replacing the guido tetther with the rope bridge system. Its a wash and then the guido comfort shines. I also have a Tree suit.  Now that is a really free system!

[DaveT1963]

That New Tribes look really good.  I have a tree saddle and a guidos,,, I like the guidos do to the fork but it is noisy as heck (at leaset it is for me due to all the buckles withe sliding pins) and cumbersome and you cannot wear a pack.  The tree saddle is nice but kills the knees when sitting all day for several days.  I wish someone would come up with a system that has the tree fork but wears like the tree saddle.  I may have to purchase the New Tribe and start experimenting... has to be a way of getting the best of both worlds?

[jjwaldman]

Dave, I hear you.  I have a padded rest that I bungee to the tree to save my knees.  I like the idea of the aero, as my tree saddle is to big.  If  my climbing harness would spread the weight better, I would just use it.

[Duckbutt]

I don't get the noise comment but I haven't hunted it yet.  I did get a chance to start working on my bridge this weekend and just overall adjusting to a relationship with "Guido" at sea level.  The Lone Wolf makes this system just slick as eel dung.

[Onehair]

I have a "Swing Seat" that I made and have used for close to 25 years. Go to the "other" site and do a search for swing seat. I have a thread showing how to make it. At least twice a year it comes back up or I get a note from someone wanting to build one.

[DaveT1963]

Duckbutt - The noise comes from when you take tension off the buckles/adjusters and also from the velcro. Mine is just too noisey when I drop the seat platform in early morning calmness.  The velco is just unnecessary and loud.

Onehair - cool idea - I may look into building one