Congrats on the new stand, I hunt out of a 2 person stand myself. I'll give you and anyone else that use these stands some advise. Anywhere there is a piece of square tubing open on one end and butt welded solid on the other beware of water getting in the tubing and freezing. The steel tubing will expand and crack. Pay attention to the supports under the seat. Yours may or may not be built that way but it's worth checking out. I leave mine out all year long and this happened to me. I bought a second one that I haven't put up yet but the main platform for it is built ready to go. I went down to the hardware store and bought a can of the "Great Stuff" expanding foam. Stick the plastic nozzle as far down the tubing as you can, start spraying and bring the nozzle out as your spraying. The next day you'll have to trim off the excess foam that will flow out of the tubing. That seals the tubing up so no water can get inside the tubing. At some point I'll have to bring my other standinto the shop and cut out the bad pieces and weld some new ones in. Good luck with the new stand.