Anybody got the inside scoop on 09 climbers
12-09-2008, 09:38 AM
#12
Giant Nontypical
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Location: Mont County, Pa
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RE: Anybody got the inside scoop on 09 climbers
ORIGINAL: fingerz42
What is "smart" about buying a ladder stand that will run your $300+ ? I can find much better ways to spend $300...
ORIGINAL: early in
If you smart it'll be a Lone Wolf!
Not that you're not smart if you don't.
ORIGINAL: nodog
I'll be using my old summit till I get a new stand.
What will that be? Hmmm.
I'll be using my old summit till I get a new stand.
What will that be? Hmmm.
Not that you're not smart if you don't.
12-09-2008, 02:38 PM
#13
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Ohio
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RE: Anybody got the inside scoop on 09 climbers
ORIGINAL: TNBowHuntr
Here's a list of what I would want.
It must carry well and pack light. No more than 18 pounds would be great.
Connect to the tree with as little noise as possible. No metal clips banging, no cables making noise when there inserted. One thing I don't like about the summits and wish the would put some kind of hush tubes inside their rails.
A seat that gets out of the way when you climb or better yet the seat is the thing you sit on to climb. No rails.
Grips the tree but doesn't dig into it so hard each pull is like pulling a nail, summits again. I ground the teeth down on mine.
Adjusts to the tree without pulling a pin.
Halfway decent camo ALL OF IT, straps included.
Fits a wide range of trees up to 26" would be good.
Reinforced in the right places.
Comfort, I don't care. Just give me a place to rest every now and then.
Belts instead of cables. I don't like having the shink tubing. It doesn't last which causes the cables to make noies and I've uncovered things that were covered before to find the structure underneath rotten. I get the feeling the cable is rusting under that plactic. Metal has to breath to dry out or it will rot.
Here's a list of what I would want.
It must carry well and pack light. No more than 18 pounds would be great.
Connect to the tree with as little noise as possible. No metal clips banging, no cables making noise when there inserted. One thing I don't like about the summits and wish the would put some kind of hush tubes inside their rails.
A seat that gets out of the way when you climb or better yet the seat is the thing you sit on to climb. No rails.
Grips the tree but doesn't dig into it so hard each pull is like pulling a nail, summits again. I ground the teeth down on mine.
Adjusts to the tree without pulling a pin.
Halfway decent camo ALL OF IT, straps included.
Fits a wide range of trees up to 26" would be good.
Reinforced in the right places.
Comfort, I don't care. Just give me a place to rest every now and then.
Belts instead of cables. I don't like having the shink tubing. It doesn't last which causes the cables to make noies and I've uncovered things that were covered before to find the structure underneath rotten. I get the feeling the cable is rusting under that plactic. Metal has to breath to dry out or it will rot.
12-09-2008, 02:45 PM
#14
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Ohio
Posts: 7,876
RE: Anybody got the inside scoop on 09 climbers
ORIGINAL: MO_Bowhnter
Nodog, everything you described fits the lone wolf climbers to a T.
Nodog, everything you described fits the lone wolf climbers to a T.
It is about the closest one though.
