API Treestand Recall Info.
 

For Immediate Release
October 30, 2002
Release # 03-027
CPSC Media Contact: Scott Wolfson (301) 504-0580 Ext. 1189
CPSC Recall Hotline: (800) 638-2772
API Recall Hotline: (866) 215-2419

CPSC, API Outdoors Announce Recall of Hunting Treestands

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission (CPSC), API Outdoors of Tallulah, La., a division of Outland
Sports Inc., of Overland Park, Kan., is voluntarily recalling about
9,000 treestands used by hunters. A cable that secures the treestand to
the tree can break, posing the risk of falls and serious injuries to
hunters.

API Outdoors has received two reports of the treestand's cable breaking,
including one person who fell from a tree and suffered leg abrasions.

The recalled treestands have the following brand names and model
numbers: API Hi-Point Cable Cat Climbing Treestand, Model #CC501 and API
Buckmaster Grand Slam Climbing Treestand, Model #GS3800BM. The
treestands have an olive green frame, camo seats and seatbacks with
black nylon cinch straps, and a yellow "WARNING" or "DANGER" label that
reads in part, "Safety Restraint Must Be Used At All Times." The
treestands are manufactured in Tallulah, La.

Retailers and distributors nationwide, including Wal-Mart, sold
the Cable Cat treestands through mid-October 2002 for about $180 and
Cabelas stores nationwide sold the Buckmaster treestands through mid-
October 2002 for about $230.

Consumers should stop using these treestands immediately and call
API Outdoors toll-free at (866) 215-2419 anytime to receive a free,
replacement chain. For more information, consumers can log on to the
company's website at www.apioutdoors.com or www.outlandsports.com .

To see a picture of the recalled product(s) and/or to establish a link
from your web site to this press release on CPSC's web site, link to the
following address: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml03/03027.html


Bowhunter

RE: API Treestand Recall Info.
 

OOooohhh, that's one scary thought. I don't really love my two API climbers chains, but I have more faith in them at twenty five feet up than I do a cable. I guess time will change my opinion, but recalls like this don't help.
Thanks for the update on the recall.