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This is twice with the same skidsteer "tree puller" implement. This is the low-flow hydraulic fitting on my Kubota SLV75. The first time it happened I was worried about it being a banged up male end (bought the tree puller used), so I replaced that too.

The device is nothing more than a single piston for moving one arm of the scissors.

I'm hoping that the answer is "pulling too hard on the line" because then I can just get a longer hose or be more careful. I'm not sure what else it could be.

I'm interested in an expert's opinion.

Last week or so there was a thread asking about the CMC Outback Convertible harness. I've had one for a few months and enjoy it, but hadn't found a gear strap that I thought would work. There is little information on this topic, so I thought I'd document what I found for future searchers.

There are two that are general "add-ons" to harnesses that I found, the one for the CMC Outback (@ $25/ea) and one for the Petzl Canyon Club Harness (@ $8/ea). I don't want to put links here, I know you can't get them at Amzn, but various climbing companies have them.

The advantage of the CMC Outback one is that you don't have to take off your belt to put it on, it goes kind-of over and through the belt while you're wearing it (similar to the way the leg straps wrap the belt). I don't have one, and there is very little information about them. But from what I can see, they can't go on if you have any gear attached. So your gear needs to be free hanging or in a bag until you get the loop attached. Honestly, the way I use my harness this isn't a big deal because I don't see myself wearing it as a duty belt and slinging everything on when I need it.

The Petzel gear strap slides on the belt and stays there. You have to open the belt to get it on and off. This is what I have in the picture (I'd put up more pictures but the forum doesn't allow it). I notice that it slides around a bit freely, but a) I haven't used it under weight and b) I don't know if the CMC does that too.

I've tried to rig my own setup with paracord and cheap biners, but the need for a hard plastic/rubber cover over the paracord is critical. Otherwise it just pulls the biners together and hangs straight down.

Final review: If you plan on using your Outback as a duty belt and keeping all your gear and leg straps in a bag, then being able to put on the gear straps on demand might be useful: consider the CMC option. If you plan on leaving everything attached, save some money and use the Petzl one.

The only other comment I have about all this that if you have a device that you wear on the left and right bear loops at the same time (like my Petzl Adjust that is connected to the middle and I connect one arm on either gear loop), you might want to strap both sides to just the left when donning/doffing the belt. Otherwise, you close the loop and have to step in to the harness belt, instead of just being able to put it around you like a normal belt. (that paragraph made sense in my mind)

I hope this helps someone. Any additional information in this area might help others too.

GW6 Classic. Dropped it and looked at the screen and let out a sigh of relief. A few hours later noticed that I had borked the back up big time.

So, what is going to stop working, what will be impacted, can it be fixed, what are your thoughts/recommendations?