I have only climbed the trees my stand will fit. I have climbed that are at the limit of the cables. What I have had to do is tie a rope to the cables to be able to kind of hitch them up the tree, especially with the platform. As far as going bigger, not sure how safe it would be. I find my stand is sturdier on trees that fall in the middle of the size range, mostly because the V in the stand does not accomodate a bigger tree. The ends of the V will be poking the tree, which I don't trust quite as much as having the teeth inside the V digging in. My Summit takes a pretty good sized tree. I would have to say that a hang-on is going to be a better bet.

Treewalker treestands will climb 6-26 inches. And rated for 350 lbs

Hiawatha made a good point - and I do that a lot too - if the tree is too fat at the bottom, just fasten it on about head-high, and you can sometimes make up enough of the difference in diameterto get a good bite into the bark and not be on too much of a slant.

Of course, then there's that bothersome task of trying to monkey yourself uponto the platform fromthe ground.

Other than that, there is no other way. If you want to use a portable, you're always going to be limited in your tree selection.

my gorrilla climber gets on pretty big trees.

I didn't think about the the tree being to big for the v notch . I defiantly want to climb safely . i guess I'll try putting it up the tree higher to start or look into a nice light weight hang on






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