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RE: summit stand failure
two words safty harness
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RE: summit stand failure
had my top section api bowhunter model bend on me this year a little......and that was before the standard 5 lb. holiday gain!
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RE: summit stand failure(pics added page 2)
ORIGINAL: moose1915 has anyone had thier summit viper "fail" on them? i had what could only be described as "catastrophic failure" with mine this morning. The metal looks like a car ran it over, the bottom part bent into a horshoe. i have used this stand for 5 years with 0 problems, whats up? moose |
RE: summit stand failure
That is scary!!!!! I have heard of a lone wolf doing the same thing but never a summit........
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I've been a welder now for about 5 years. The company I work for has been pinching pennies since I got there, and one short cut was getting cheaper metal. Makes me wonder if your stand was made from a lower grade metal, which isn't as straight/strong as the higher grade.
At least you got down alright, and got everything worked out. |
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it looks more like to much stress on it !!
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My hand climber folded up on me last year, just as you described, i e-mailed Summit, they sent me a brand new Razor SS (minus the shooting rail)and a postage sticker to send mine back. No questions asked other than the details of what happened. I'm 5'10" and about 155. Great CS from Summit.
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What I don't understand is why you would leave a climbing stand in the same tree for the whole season. Isn't a climber designed for mobile use? If I was going to hunt the same tree over and over I'd want climbing sticks and a hang-on. Faster to get up and if I drop something I don't have to work the climber back down or go fishing for it. Why pay $200 for a light portable stand and then treat it like a $30 hangon? Just asking. Totally unrelated to the topic but it struck me as odd.
On topic, it looks like a weld seam where the weld may have popped and allowed the two parts to seperate causing structural failure. Glad you didn't tumble. Did you have your safety belt on? |
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ORIGINAL: moose1915 ORIGINAL: GMMAT I'm glad you're fine, too. I think the labcoat guy at Summit used to be a NASA engineer. I'm guessing we don't see too much of this. I'm just extremely skeptical. Something happened to this stand before this (IMO). let me clarify.. i use the stand at least twice a week thru oct, nov, dec for the past several years. never have an issue. i take them in for the season and store them in my attic. i take them down each august , check em over, and hand em in the same trees i've nbeen hanging them in for years i use this one 4 times this year, this happens today. for some reason your tone seems to indicate i'm BSing. i have nothing to gain here. I'm sharing some info and MAYBE preventing someone from getting hurt.. i don't hold a grudge against summit, i have a few more summit stands and i will continue to support them. What do you have invested to suspect i'm lying? |
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Get a Lone Wolf and forget about it!;):D:D
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