Question Custom harness for back plate?

[Calabash Digger]

You sound like me..

 

[rhwestfall]

A very interesting one I had seen once used a QR buckle on a continuous run of web. When you unbuckled it, it took a fold out of the harness, but still was solid... Allowed you slack on one side to get in/out...

I make my own "H-Harness" as a modification to the "standard" configuration. Different body types do not always work with the "standard" configuration.

YMMV

 

[Calabash Digger]

I am thick ...You got a pic?

 

[rhwestfall]

I am thick ...You got a pic?

No, but does this help:

The buckle can be a pinch, or one of the metal slot types used in fall protection, or similar.

I have buckles like this sourced from Piranha Dive.

Piranha Custom Built Low Profile Tec Waist Buckle

* So this is a brand new low profile buckle for folks that want something streamline * This is a 2 piece stainless steel buckle made to be very durable * We use 1/8" inch stainless to build this buckle and tumble it for 48 hours to make this little gem as smooth as solk and it will not cut or...

www.piranhadivemfg.com

 

[Calabash Digger]

Interesting!

 

[lexvil]

I am thick ...You got a pic?

It’s hard to show in pics but…

space between backplate and T, my knife goes there

Zeagle trim pocket fits on the belt and I stabilize it to the lower chest strap

this is the T that is hidden by the Velcro stabilizer on the weight pouch

I use a standardD ring as the pivot point and attach the lower strap and chest strap to it

Parts is parts. I don’t use a release because I don’t need it.

 

[Calabash Digger]

Thanks for the pics!

 

[Calabash Digger]

Does it have a grommet in the middle where the two shoulder straps connects to the plate? Or do you just run two keepers on the shoulder straps to keep them secure to the plate?

 

[Scared Silly]

I got an "adjustable" harness. It doesn't adjust. Seriously - the nylon buckles are close to impossible to adjust, especially when wet. It also turns out I have never once made use of a shoulder quick-release. Because of its design, the highest shoulder D-rings are impossible to adjust and are too high. I got, and love, the DGX loop adjustment rings, then realized that what I have is an overpriced, less-adjustable one-piece harness. I'm now ordering a length of webbing to replace everything except the loop adjustment rings and the waist buckle.

Just an off the wall thought what about using a waist buckle instead of a quick release??? Similar bulk and profile. An accidental release could be an issue but one could put a tri-glide on the tail end so to prevent it from going through the buckle. The tri-glide could also be used to limit the adjustment length.

 

[lexvil]

Does it have a grommet in the middle where the two shoulder straps connects to the plate? Or do you just run two keepers on the shoulder straps to keep them secure to the plate?

The top part of my set up is one piece threaded through the slots, if I were using a standard plate I would burn a hole in it for the bolt, an actual grommet isn’t necessary.