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  Tucker Drake

  5 months ago

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  I see a real problem with this design, by carrying the load on one side of your body, should you slip (because you stepped on a patch of ice) you will be more likely to fall on the side where the load is.  Worse, because your arm is tied to the sling, when you reach out to stop your fall (as you will reflexively want to do), it'll be tangled in that sling.  All of which means that when you hit the ground, you'll be at risk of injury from the sling, something which wouldn't happen with other designs.

   

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  Austin Roberts

  5 months ago

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  Hi Rain,

  Thanks for taking an interest in our WoodOX Sling design. We're a family owned company from Vermont who cuts and heats with firewood all winter. We saw an unmet need for a re-design of the old fashioned two handled firewood bag, which puts all the weight of the wood on one arm/shoulder and pulls your back out of alignment as you walk. 

  
  

  Although we may not hit $100K on Kickstarter, rest assured this design is patent-pending and we are going to make our first production run in the US starting in early January 2019, which will be available at www.thelogox.com by mid-February. Before you and Jason break out your sewing needles to make versions of your own, you can still back us on Kickstarter until the 21st at http://bit.ly/WoodOX18 and get first dibs on this new product once it's released.

  
  

  Best Regards,

  -Austin

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  Jason Pokines

  5 months ago

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  Not much to it. You could sew it if you want, but I couldn't be bothered as a kid and just tied it in a knot. If you make it long enough, you could still do the over-the-head thing the LogOx does. For loose loads, pull one "handle" through the other to make it like a slipknot so the weight of the load keeps it tight. Yes, you give up a handle by doing that, but you gain stability.

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    Rain Noe

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    5 months ago

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    So simple, I've gotta try this. Thanks Jason!

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  Jason Pokines

  5 months ago

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  As a kid growing up in a woodstove-heated home, I was tasked with bringing in the firewood. I had a few canvas wraps like the above, but they all eventually wore through. Nothing worked better than just a simple 2" wide canvas strap tied into a loop. It was maybe 6-8 feet (so 3-4 feet laid out) and basically looked just like the wraps above but without the canvas sheet. Being that it was basically just a flat rope made into handles, it was very flexible and could adapt to different sized loads without slipping. Best part was I could just lay the logs down an yank the strap out from underneath them. No re-stacking.

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    Rain Noe

    Jason Pokines

    5 months ago

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    This interests me greatly! Is there any chance you can provide a simple sketch? I've got a sewing machine thick enough to get through webbing, and am curious to see if I can rig up what you're talking about.

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      Jason Pokines

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      5 months ago

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      Done!

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