Long time lurker. Thank you to everyone who has inspired all of my DIY ideas over the years, hopefully I can give back with this post and inspire someone else! Disclaimer - Don't criticize the welds too badly, I've been welding for a grand total of 2 weeks now!
This platform is a cut down and welded older lone wolf hand climber. A modified hawk helium strap and tethrd buckle was my idea to replace the grossly outdated and over weight cam buckle. A 12" piece of 1.25" 6061 square tubing with .75" holes drilled 1.5" apart was used. Lastly a hawk helium tree bracket was used. With the strap this platform comes in just over 2.5lbs.
I have several ideas for reducing weight in the future. Making my own tree bracket and welding it to the square tubing would certainly save some weight. The same could be said for the "versa button", welding a piece of aluminum rod directly to the square tubing would reduce weight by eliminating excess hardware. Lastly, I plan to fabricate a platform from scratch during the off season with a sub 2lb goal. However today is the opener and it's time to hunt!
This platform is a cut down and welded older lone wolf hand climber. A modified hawk helium strap and tethrd buckle was my idea to replace the grossly outdated and over weight cam buckle. A 12" piece of 1.25" 6061 square tubing with .75" holes drilled 1.5" apart was used. Lastly a hawk helium tree bracket was used. With the strap this platform comes in just over 2.5lbs.
I have several ideas for reducing weight in the future. Making my own tree bracket and welding it to the square tubing would certainly save some weight. The same could be said for the "versa button", welding a piece of aluminum rod directly to the square tubing would reduce weight by eliminating excess hardware. Lastly, I plan to fabricate a platform from scratch during the off season with a sub 2lb goal. However today is the opener and it's time to hunt!