I usually hunt alone and because of the cost to be in a club, I'm not a member of one. So, All the different properties that I hunt,I have to do all the scouting, all the plot work and all the stand placement, even the all the deer dragging. I hunt out of wooden ladder stands, metal ladder stands and starting again this year, will be hunting out of hang-on stands. I used a couple of hang-ons about 6-7 yrs. ago for 3 yrs. or so. But got rid of them because of the work in putting them up. Mainly all the screw in stepsI had to use. Itried to geta min. of 15' and would got to 20'. Anyway after getting allof them screwed in I was really wore out and had a hard time getting thestand up the tree and in place. I was able to eliminate about 3 or 4 by using a thin gauge 2"x2" tube that's 5' long and putting 4 or 5steps on it. Also I puttwo, 1/2" pieces of cold roll in a"V" pattern on the back side of it. One toward the top and the othertoward the bottom.This was tied to the tree with 2 pieces of rope. I put this at the base of the tree before climbing up. this also helps keeps your steps and stand from being stolen. I had to carry it in each time but it was no big deal it only weighs about 4#s. Any ideas how to make this even easier. I'm gonna slowly be phasing out the wooden ladder stands. Mainly cause of weight and safety reasons. Thanks, Scott Woody