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20-25 feet normally. carry a small folding saw to cut away small branches.

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summitt

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Took the words right out of my mouth. My brother uses a Summit Revolution , a nice stand but he looks like he has a Lazy boy recliner on his back when he is walking in the woods. The Ol' man also folds very flat a fact not lost on the Summit engineers and is more reasonably priced. It is also probably the quietest climbing stand. Next one I get will be the Aerlite at 14lbs...

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rack according to the new summit catalog you can they cost 20 bucks!:D

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summit

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My best climber is a TimberTall. I sold my Summit after using the TimberTall. Very light and stable. I did replace the cloth seat with a better one though. I also use API-type pins instead of the cable adjuster bolts.

My Summit was very stable but the cable was a bit loud and wore very quickly and the stand was just too heavy (25 lb) and bulky to haul long-distance with other gear.

My favorite hang-on would be either my Buckfinder (don't make 'em anymore), Amacker Timb-R-Lok, or a W&S Cypress (don't make 'em anymore). I bought an ITS Leveler this year to try out. It looks real good. My API Alum-I-Lok is good but it has a nylon seat (what were they thinking?) that is just too noisy (sure looks nice though [:@] ).

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Summit here. ol man works too tho.

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Just ordered a summit viper yesterday.:)

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I have always ben a treelounge man ....... I just picked up a summit viper at the dixe classic Hope I'll see what all the fuss is about

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I think that the Summit viper extreme XL is the most workable stand out there.Comfortable, ease of operation and silent in and out of the tree.I have owned several but none like the viper!;)