I' m in first place as of this writing at 55. The treestands I use are home made copying any hang on stand. We are going to make some ladded stands this year as they are a lot easier to climb than the lag screws in the trees. Also a lot of our osage orange trees are not real straight and I am getting tired of leaning 15 degrees on stand. We avoid the packing stands in everyday by having close to 30 set that we revisit each year before season and adjust or repair as necessary. Couldn' t do this on public ground. By the way I am 6-1 and DOWN to 238.