I have a long thin bungee cord to keep my seat back up...I also have a heavy duty pull-strap that you tighten up on the rubber coated steel cable that goes around the tree,when you get up to where your going to finally set down you put one of hooked ends over the rubber cable and the other hook on the other side and push the metal latch down and pull the strap tight to secure it tighter onto the tree.I have a Hunters View climbing stand.