Wheatley - I never really put much thought into how the loops would be attached. Good points.

I'm just thinking that you would hook through the hole on the bottom, wrap it around the tree, cinch it good and tight (maybe give it a couple wraps to hold it steady), then feed it up through the top, give it a couple wraps, then over to the other bracket and ratchet it down. It would be a drag, b/c you'd have rope or nylon webbing strung everywhere, but it would definitely hold your stand in place, and be relativelyeasy to unbuckle when you wanted to climb down. Just one ratchet/buckle/knot.

Lots of guys just don't like not having any supplemental gription to the trunk other than the teeth/band.

I always thought that Loggy Bayou had the best "lockdown" mechanism. You can really ratchet that baby down, and it will not move an inch.