summit stand failure(pics added page 2)
10-19-2007, 09:22 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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summit stand failure(pics added page 2)
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
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
10-19-2007, 10:17 AM
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Typical Buck
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RE: summit stand failure
ORIGINAL: moose1915
has anyone had thier summit viper "fail" on them?
i had what could only be described as "catastrohic 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 "catastrohic 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
so what happened? metal just doesn't bend itself. I've beat the hel out of my bushmaster for 4 season, and this is the 4th season for my viper and not a smidgen of problems. I'm curious to hear your story.
10-19-2007, 10:27 AM
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RE: summit stand failure
I made a post not 2 days ago regarding my Viper Classic. Its the cheaper of the Summit Climbers. The bottom part kept "creeking" and it was not easing to hear while 30'+ up in a tree. I took the bottom back and exchanged it, last night I went out with my new bottom portion and original top portion, this one is worse. Im going to call Summit and see if there is a "silent recall" like car companies sometimes have. Although, I would think any recall would be made public information given the high probability of injury under the circumstances in which this "product" is used by its owners.
Take a file and rasp all the coating off the contact points with the tree and I bet the noise goes away.