Helium stick mod with attached platform

[Parkerbow]

I was in the garage tinkering since it has been monsoon season here lately and came up with an idea to attach a platform to my helium top stick. I had an aluminum gorilla ground tree seat and came p with this idea. I think it turned out well and seems pretty solid. I did beef up the top part of the I beam on each side with a 1/2 in steel hollow rod.



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[Parkerbow]

Sorry, this should have been in the climbing methods and platforms section.

 

[Flyerzfan10]

I like it! How stable is it side to side?

 

[drew13]

Cool. Have you tried climbing up onto it from the lower steps on the stick? Is that tricky to do? (Just thinking about how I typically step on to the platform from the side)

 

[Parkerbow]

It has minimal flex from side to side and I am 6'1 215 lbs. I removed the middle steps from all my sticks but put one middle one back on the top stick to make it easier to step on the platform. I keep the platform up and then when I step on the middle stick I push the platform down with mt right foot and then it is pretty easy to step right on it. I really like it.

 

[cb750]

Been thinking of something similar. Thanks for sharing.

 

[fr0sty]

I was just thinking about that as an option this week. Cool to see you did this.

 

[steelhead216]

following

 

[drew13]

It has minimal flex from side to side and I am 6'1 215 lbs. I removed the middle steps from all my sticks but put one middle one back on the top stick to make it easier to step on the platform. I keep the platform up and then when I step on the middle stick I push the platform down with mt right foot and then it is pretty easy to step right on it. I really like it.

Great solution! Good work.

 

[Craig S]

Love this idea!!