dont ever buy the cabelas cable elite treestand
04-22-2006, 03:59 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Mackenzie BC
Posts: 146
dont ever buy the cabelas cable elite treestand
i went out today to practise using my treestand when i was about 12 feet up the cable broke that wraps around the tree on the bottom piece of the treestand and if it wasnt for my safety harness i am not sure what would have happened i ended up un hoocking my safety strap from the tree and climbing down the tree iam not to impressed.
04-22-2006, 05:00 PM
#3
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 1997
Location: Cheasapeke and Delaware Bay Region
Posts: 10,485
RE: dont ever buy the cabelas cable elite treestand
Not good at all. Make sure you contact the appropreiot people. Glad you had a saftey line on even when practicing in your backyard.
04-22-2006, 07:23 PM
#7
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Richmond, VA
Posts: 7,979
RE: dont ever buy the cabelas cable elite treestand
Good God.... [&:] This is a very good reason why EVERYONE should wear a safety harness!!!! Thank God you weren't hurt!! I'd do like the others suggested and call Cabela's and raise holy h&ll....
04-23-2006, 10:43 AM
#8
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blissfield MI USA
Posts: 5,293
RE: dont ever buy the cabelas cable elite treestand
I wouldn't blame it on cabela's alone. They simply sell products made by other people. Even if their name is on it, it is still made by a major manufacturer. It sucks, and I am glad you were not hurt, but crap happens man. Especially with this sort of stuff. It's not really the safest hobby in the world you know. If you took a normal sane person and showed them that contraption and told them to climb a tree with it they would look at you like you were retarded.
I had one for two years and sold it. Never had a problem with it, and as far as I know neither has the guy I sold it to.
Get with cabela's and let them know what happened for sure. They have excellent customer service and I am sure they would like to know what happened. I think you should have done that before coming here (if you didn't already).
Again, glad your ok. I lost my bottom platform before once because my feet slipped out of it.
Paul
I had one for two years and sold it. Never had a problem with it, and as far as I know neither has the guy I sold it to.
Get with cabela's and let them know what happened for sure. They have excellent customer service and I am sure they would like to know what happened. I think you should have done that before coming here (if you didn't already).
Again, glad your ok. I lost my bottom platform before once because my feet slipped out of it.
Paul
04-23-2006, 04:39 PM
#10
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blossvale, New York
Posts: 21,199
RE: dont ever buy the cabelas cable elite treestand
I wouldn't accept a replacement. Tell them you want your money back or credit towards something better. THere's probably a reason they're half what any other climber is.
