I just started useing this stand on November 1 and it makes more creeking noises than any stand I have ever had! I have tried to oil it with cannola oil and it helped some but not enough! I am about ready to contact API (Outland Sports) and give them HE** but before I do any ideas!????????

I' ll bet you have a heck of a time contacting Outland Sports. I don' t think they are in business anymore. Which API stand do you have?

This stand is a baby-grand. I also have a mag-light(API) from Cabelas that has given me no problems, also a API climber with no problems. The more I think about this the mader I get!

I agree with the comment about Outland Sports. They went belly-up if memory serves me. If you bought the stand from Cabelas then I would contact them and try to use their return policy. They are usually pretty good in regard to that stuff.

Unfortunately I bought this stand from a smaller company I' ll have to find the paperwork at home if I still have it!

Must be an aluminum stand. I hate aluminum stands and stopped buying them many seasons ago. No matter what I did to quiet the stands; sooner or later the aluminum would creak, gave off a " dunk" sound without a pad on the platform, flexed too damn much, etc.

However, try putting 2 Teflon washers between every metal part that touches the aluminum.

Good luck!

you' re probably s.o.o.l. the new one are made in china and from what i' ve heard they aren' t worth a damn, but you can only get the new ones from cabelas and b.p.s. so if you got it at a smaller place it was probably a leftover made in the us in which case you' ll have to wait till api starts up again!