I wear a strap so I can use both hands. Also, I have some home made loc-ons that weigh about 40 lbs. I screw in an eye bolt up in the tree. Then I tie a piece of rope with a snap hook on to the stand as well as a piece of rope for pulling. I pull the stand up with the rope and then hook the snap hook into the eye bolt. Then the stand just sets there in position while I hook everything up.