These companies are a joke. This crap is getting old.
Editing because I’m not done.
This shouldn’t happen if a 500lb man jumped on a step. These failures are design flaws from a product “we worked so hard on” or whatever these companies say.
Glad you’re okay man!
Serious question. Could these companies be design and building their stuff in the us, using us metals and building procedures. Then sending the final product to be made overseas and then never tested the actually final product?
I find it interesting that the product website says the tree stand was "tested" to 700lbs, rated to 350lbs. It doesn't however include a testing specification or agency requirement or mention a 3rd party. Since they went 2x I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that it was done at least to the intent of the TMA/ASTM specifications.
However, under the description of the climbing rails there's no mention that I saw of testing or rated weight. Are we supposed to assume that they were tested to the same requirement? Seems somewhat doubtful to me that this type of catastrophic failure should occur on a single use of a product that was successfully tested per the TMA/ASTM standards for that kind of loading.
EDIT: I did scroll enough to see rated weight of 350# for the step. No mention of testing though.