I use the little junk one i got from my local sporting goods store that starts with a d and rhymes with "ricks" it cost me 30ish bucks so if it gets stolen who cares i paid 30 bucks for it. Your not paying for quality your just paying for something if someone steals its not like losing a prized posession.

Ryan.

edit: sorry i misread that. I use an aluminum ladder that i pained brown with black, and i also picked up a set of the climbing sticks that they had on sale at the same sportinggoods store for around the same price as the treestand. Sorry i got that wrong the first time.