You guys have this same problem?
 

Well, LousianaTomKat reminded me of a problem I have with my summit sometimes. Do you guys ever experience a hard time when trying to pull your climbers apart? The teeth of the bottom platform seem to get locked with the teeth of the seat part. I think I could maybe grind down a tooth on each side where I think it is catching. I mean I have to put all I have to pull the things apart, which tends to get noisey.[:@]

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Yes, now that you mention it, I do. Let me see.....what's the trick I discovered for seperating them......Oh....I think if you pull them away from each other at the same time you pull one up from the other, they pop right apart.

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Thats 2 times Mobow? What has gotten into you? You are just a regular smarta$$ anymore.


J/K;), but seriously I mean they are hard as hell to pull apart. It wasn't that way when I bought it. Sometimes I would wonder if I could even get them apart to get into the tree and then it would be as quiet as a elephant.

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WHAT THE??? 2 times??? Dude.........you been tippin the bottle again???? LOL...:D

Yeah, them boogers get stuck together sometimes and are hard to get apart. But when they do, pull them away from each other at the same time you are pulling the one up. They pop right apart.

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Actually, I told you guys wrong. The platform teeth get stuck in the V-bar of the seat part, not the teeth. I don't think that is possible.

Mobow: Trust me dude, I just tried what you said b/c the climber is in my room. It is stuck good. I think I will have to modify.

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No I hunt with a Loggy!

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yeah 1 morning i was yanking and yanking and making a lot of noise so i just yanked really hard and yanked 1 peice right up and bustred my lip.

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Ducsauce,

Yep. I know exactly what you're talking about. Right after I got my Summit (it's been about five years now), it happened: I mean, the two pieces were absolutely locked together. I even called Matt / PA on the phone because I knew he had one and I was doing everything but using a pry bar to separate them. I never could explain to Matt what was going on, and then somehow, they just popped apart.

It's happened a bunch since then too. At one point, I took a file to the teeth on one of the pieces thinking that was the problem, but it happened after that.

The best advice I can give you is to pull the top piece (if you laid the whole stand on the ground) straight out, as if you were trying to keep it parallel with the ground. Then, after you've pulled it out a little, you can lift it up and separate the pieces.

It may take some practicing, but I can usually separate them pretty quickly now when they become stuck together -- and they still do sometimes.

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Yeah but that gets right noisey sometimes, right Greg?

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It's not bad... I've kind of learned how to do it and pull while kind of simultaneously keeping tension on it so it doesn't just clank apart.

It took a few times to get it down to where it wasn't noisy.

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I still don't know exactly what you clowns are doing to these poor stands.......:D
I have been hunting out of different Summit climbers for about 10yrs now and haven't seen the elusive "stucks stand" syndrome.
Straight in straight out, no effort at all???
I remeber that Greg, I was thinking......"What the he** is he doing?!?":eek::D

Oh well I'll make Greg get his stuck this November just so I can see what you guys are experiencing.

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I know exactly what you guys are talking about as well. This will be my 5th season in my Viper and about two years ago it started. I usually not only make a lot of noise but get all PO'd and start breathing hard. I'll have to try Greg's "trick" next time.

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I will try his trick too but if not then I may grind the teeth that are the culprits.;)

phall2: I have hit myself in the adams apple putting all my might trying to get them apart.

I still love my Razor though.:D

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I haven't ever seen this........I don't own one but have been around quite a few and hunted out of a few too.

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Yep happens with my Viper and the cables are noisey installing them unless I go reaaaaaaal slow. Once up though comfort, quiet, and safety are top rate.