WOW!! huntnma ..I had that expereince with a palm and cypress but never a pine..The pines do have loud barks though ..The cypress are nice and quiet...but I haveto be careful to tie the bungy around my seat back or it will fall. The Summit comes with an attached bungy to hold your back cushion to the tree..this also helps alot in keeping the top part of the climber from falling when you stand on the platform.
1.My favorite trees are oaks..They usually have branches to help conceal you..
2.my next favorites are pines..they go straight up in Florida..
3.next are the cypress but I haveto go illegal and use a screw step to get into my climber..
4.I don't use palms much..
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