summit also sells the shrink tube to cover the cable ,if the covering is worn off .

How much is that shrink?

I have a Summit backpacker and find the footstraps useless. My feet go into the "V" on either side formed by the stand base and the support leg, so if you sit on the climbing portion, you simply hook your feet, while flexing your toes upwards, then engage the stand up the tree.

I guess it's not easy to explain, but believe me, amnipulating the stand this way is much easier than using the supplied straps.

Mrfritz44....try this:

Buy some neoprene gas line hose and cut it into about 2 1/2 inch pieces. Simply slip a piece of hose over the cable (under the gate) after you have attached the stand to the tree.

The hose will "press down" on the cable as you climb and prevent it from clanging inside the "guide" that it slips into.

Like you said you usually only need it for the base since the top portion doesn't seem to make any sound.

Email me with any question that you have and let me know on this thread if you sort of understand what I mean.

Also I bought an old army ground pad, a sort of bedroll that you lay your sleeping bag on. It is sort of a green sponge rubber material but a bit harder and very durable.

I cut it up into the appropriate sized strips and wrapped it around the areas of the stand that are not covered. I then attached the padding with cable ties. Works great and pads those areas nicely.

vc1111......got any photos of that set up? I kind of understand what you're saying, but I'm having a hard time seeing how it works so I want to be sure.

Thanks for the tip!

Fritz

No I don't have photos and my website crashed, so even if I take them, I cannot post them. Let me work on this and I'll try to post pics.

Actually I think pushing the cables in all the way make them rattle more when you are walking because more cable is in the tube to rattle. Yes it rattles for me when walking and not climbing. I sprayed some tool grip down the tubes to no avail. I'm thinking about maybe cutting some innertube to slide down there. Make a slit down the side and then push it down the tube to insulate it on the inside.

That's odd ShadowAce.......my cables are usually pushed farther up than they should be because when I set the stand down it's in the upright position. This pushes the cables well past the last barrel on each side. That extra length inside the tubes actual quiets the cables further for me. Maybe I don't have the right picture in my head?

Fritz

Will is a great guy, too bad he can't hit a big 10 point standing in front of him If you saw last years Monster Bucks video, you know what I am talking about

Will, along with everybody at Summit, are great guys that really care about what the customer thinks. Will e-mails me regularly to see how everything is going and to update me on how he has been doing. He is just a great guy.

I havn't noticed this noise of the cables. When I place my cables into the slots, I always pull them down tight. The cables are bent in a cresent shape and they ride up the edge inside the steel tube. They don't clank at all because they are naturally against one of the inside edges!