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DIY Improvement For Strap On Steps

You pretty much made spikes from track or cross country shoes. Neat idea, just be careful taking material away from those steps. It doesn't look like you did much to affect the strength, but I'm not an engineer. If you have a bunch to do, it may be easier to buy a bunch of replacement spikes. Cross country ones are usually longer than spikes for track.

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I really don't think so. On the Ameristeps, the two top ones are just in the corners of the square "pads", so even if that little corner were to break, which I don't think it will, it wouldn't stop the step from functioning normally, IMO. The bottom one, being way on the end, would be the same situation, IMO. So, I don't think the step's ability to support weight would be affected in either case. The real strength of the step is up and down the center "rib" and mostly above where my bottom "cleat" is. On the Silent Approach steps, I placed them at some of the thickest areas and again the bottom one is right in that center rib area. And on these, the material is almost more like a nylonish stuff than a plastic. As a machinist for the last 40 years, I have found materials like this are not brittle, and almost indestructible. You would need to make your own call on whether you would trust steps modified this way but as for me, I have complete faith that they will hold up just fine. Also worth mentioning, the Ameristeps are my ROS, so not supporting my full weight, like they would if used to climb. And the Silent Approach steps will only be used for my bottom two steps if at all, so not as important as what supports me higher up.

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I’ve seen this mod before just using screws without nuts. At least for me and the trees I hunt I don’t find them to be necessary.
 
Maybe not. I'm pretty new to all parts of this. Been using climbers for years. And any permanent stands before that had screw in steps or something else more solidly attached. Just not used to steps moving around underfoot.
 
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