Guys don't get upset when I state my opinions.
2) take out the screws that attach the armsto the bottom platform whichcurrentlystop your bottom traction belt... flip the screws over and your belt will pass on through and it won't prohibit you from getting in smaller trees.
Greg, maybe if later I get the XL belts but with the standard belts I dare not to climb in smaller trees than I already do
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EI, I see no need to file the teeth because the LW is not going anywhere. To get over a hump or knot in a tree while going back down, I've litterally jumped the hump a few times. I've also climbed trees I wouldn't dare with other climbers(such as icy or slick trees). But what makes it work better for you is what matters.
Also..............it may be nice to know the platform can be adjusted in the air if need be, but I have honestly only needed to once but didn't. If I am going to climb a tree that is quite large at the base and I plan on going really high, I will place the stand headhigh and then climb up on the platform making it unnecessary to level the platform at hunting height. The other day in the riverbottoms I had to get higher than I really like due to the leaves being gone and the woods in this bottom is pretty open. My hoist rope is exactly 30' long. When I reached my chosen height I looked down and the hoist rope had just barely started lifting my bow up. I don't like being that high while hunting, but I was
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Anyway, just some things I do or I guess don't do.