Originally Posted by
ChasinTail
Are they pretty safe?
I just got a rivers edge climber from one of my buddies. It looks really old and is metal around the back not cables like the newer ones. I climbed a little ways up a light pile in my yard and man it just doesn't feel safe. Anything I can do to make it better?
I'll try to upload a picture tomorrow and see if you guys have ever used one like it. Would there be any problem with only going up 8 feet or so in the tree and hunting out of it?
If it's welded together get it in the brightest light you have and look in craters at the end of each weld for cracks. If you find cracks, it's trash. No cracks, it's good as new.