summit stand failure(pics added page 2)
12-25-2007, 06:52 PM
#63
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio (Buckeye= Big Bucks)
Posts: 333
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
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
12-25-2007, 07:11 PM
#65
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Decatur, IN
Posts: 1,425
RE: summit stand failure
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.
At least you got down alright, and got everything worked out.
12-26-2007, 08:31 AM
#67
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 29
RE: summit stand failure
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.
12-26-2007, 01:57 PM
#68
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location:
Posts: 1,927
RE: summit stand failure
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?
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?
12-26-2007, 02:03 PM
#69
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Michigan/Ohio
Posts: 11,682
RE: summit stand failure
ORIGINAL: moose1915
Jeff, how about NO?
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?
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).
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?
