hang ons...
#11
RE: hang ons...
For $50 you should be able to find a gorilla Baby Kong. It's good and solid. As far as the creaking I'e found that adding ratchet straps and tightening them down good solves the problem.
#12
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Location: IOWA/25' UP
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RE: hang ons...
ORIGINAL: Greg / MO
true, but I completely understand the desire to slip in quietly with no weight on your back and simply climb up in a pre-hung stand.
I would love to have about 15 more stands so I could cover every possible wind direction and have all of them already hung so I could just come and go without worrying about packing anything in or out or setting up and taking down...
true, but I completely understand the desire to slip in quietly with no weight on your back and simply climb up in a pre-hung stand.
I would love to have about 15 more stands so I could cover every possible wind direction and have all of them already hung so I could just come and go without worrying about packing anything in or out or setting up and taking down...
#13
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Join Date: Apr 2006
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RE: hang ons...
Another way to have tons of prehung sites for every wind direction in the woods would be to have climbing sticks cabled and padlocked to trees through out the woods and take your one, high quality, lightweight, safe, and quiet hangon in and out with you each time. Most of the noise ,with me anyway is taking my sticks off of my stand and mounting to a tree. I could easily go out to these prehung climbing sticks, climb, and silently hang my lonewolf. It only weighs 10 1/2 lbs and makes zero noise installing.I have bought some pretty decent 17' climbing stick ladders for $30-40 on sale. I think this may be an idea I implement next year for especially when I am in a hurry and have very little time to hunt after work.
#14
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: IN
Posts: 65
RE: hang ons...
I bought a hang on from menards for only $30. Its pretty comfortable and sturdy. I was at dicks sporting goods yesterday and they had a couple for under $40 bucks also. If you have a Gander Mountain by you all of there stands are 50% off right now. Hope that helps.
#16
RE: hang ons...
ORIGINAL: GregH
Is it possible to find a hang-on stand for less than $50 that doesn't creak or make noise? Are they sturdy and safe? If so, I'll have to re-think why I'm buying stands that cost three times that amount.
Is it possible to find a hang-on stand for less than $50 that doesn't creak or make noise? Are they sturdy and safe? If so, I'll have to re-think why I'm buying stands that cost three times that amount.
Sure there are.
You may need to put EXTRA straps on them.I bought a really cheap Gorilla for my daughter and got 2 motorcycle style straps and just put 1 at the top and bottom and it secures nicely.She is only 85#'s so that does make a difference but you might look at the bigger ones and they should do fine.I am not a big man either,137#'s so I could see a larger person having some difficulty finding stands that are cheap and don't creak.
I do like My Lone Wolf Alpha Hang on.I would rather have it with the climbing sticks instead of a climber.I can hang it in any tree(that diameter allows),it is quieter to hang than a climber,lighter than most and just about as quick to hang,if not quicker.It is also steardier than most and packs flat,even with the steps.The only draw back is it requires a climbing belt to hang the steps.You should use that anyway.
#18
RE: hang ons...
ORIGINAL: TFOX
Sure there are.
You may need to put EXTRA straps on them.I bought a really cheap Gorilla for my daughter and got 2 motorcycle style straps and just put 1 at the top and bottom and it secures nicely.She is only 85#'s so that does make a difference but you might look at the bigger ones and they should do fine.I am not a big man either,137#'s so I could see a larger person having some difficulty finding stands that are cheap and don't creak.
I do like My Lone Wolf Alpha Hang on.I would rather have it with the climbing sticks instead of a climber.I can hang it in any tree(that diameter allows),it is quieter to hang than a climber,lighter than most and just about as quick to hang,if not quicker.It is also steardier than most and packs flat,even with the steps.The only draw back is it requires a climbing belt to hang the steps.You should use that anyway.
ORIGINAL: GregH
Is it possible to find a hang-on stand for less than $50 that doesn't creak or make noise? Are they sturdy and safe? If so, I'll have to re-think why I'm buying stands that cost three times that amount.
Is it possible to find a hang-on stand for less than $50 that doesn't creak or make noise? Are they sturdy and safe? If so, I'll have to re-think why I'm buying stands that cost three times that amount.
Sure there are.
You may need to put EXTRA straps on them.I bought a really cheap Gorilla for my daughter and got 2 motorcycle style straps and just put 1 at the top and bottom and it secures nicely.She is only 85#'s so that does make a difference but you might look at the bigger ones and they should do fine.I am not a big man either,137#'s so I could see a larger person having some difficulty finding stands that are cheap and don't creak.
I do like My Lone Wolf Alpha Hang on.I would rather have it with the climbing sticks instead of a climber.I can hang it in any tree(that diameter allows),it is quieter to hang than a climber,lighter than most and just about as quick to hang,if not quicker.It is also steardier than most and packs flat,even with the steps.The only draw back is it requires a climbing belt to hang the steps.You should use that anyway.
#19
RE: hang ons...
Tfox, I wished I could come spend some time with you... I've got the Alpha hang-on and four steps, and while I like them ok, I can't put them up nearly as quiet as I can my climber -- and it takes a lot longer, too. I'm thinking of buying their hand climber because I really like the concept of that traction belt; I don't see how you can get quieter and quicker than that.
#20
RE: hang ons...
I'm thinking of buying their hand climber because I really like the concept of that traction belt; I don't see how you can get quieter and quicker than that.
I am sort of divided between which is best...hangon with sticks or a climber. I can have my LW climber at hunting height pretty fast. With the sticks and hanging a stand its not bad if I use the ezy hang hook/strap. But there is no way I am leaving the LW stand or sticks in the woods unless I know I will be in the same stand the next morning. Too expensive to have it walk off.