If you are getting noise going up a tree do this....every time you move the top portion of your stand up...slowly but surely push down until it slowly tightens up on the tree so that when you push down with your arms to pull the bottom section up, you wont have any of that scraping noise. Slowly pull the bottom section up and then slowly press down so that the bottom section slowly tightens down without noise. I find that when I just slow down with my climber, that is just alot more quiet.

Another trick is to put some pieces of camoflauge duck tape around the parts of your tree stand that often clank and make noise...it also serves to break up the outline of your treestand.

good luck