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Wild Edge Stepp's

IkemanTX said:
My tendency towards Amsteel is because it is very easy to splice, is readily available from multiple sources, and is very inexpensive per foot or in bulk.
Instead of splicing directly to the step, I am going to do a spliced eye in the amsteel. That way I can pack the stepps in without ropes and just girth hitch the amsteel on once I get to the tree.


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You will probably end up leaving it on. No need to take it off.
 
swampsnyper said:
You will probably end up leaving it on. No need to take it off.
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I only have 3 steps, so at this point it is platform only. I will be sewing some straps on my sit drag to hang all 3 on, and hiking in without the ropes would be helpful in thick brush. Less to get caught.


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Has anyone tried 7/16" amsteel or bigger?

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Once you uncam it I don't find it hard at all.... ye's I've replaced lasty of mine to a steel, I probably accumalted 50+ steps over the years
 
donnieballgame said:
I wonder if Andrew from WE would put new ropes on the older stepps? It might be cheaper than amstel, 8' per stick will be about 8 dollars per stick, not to include the time to splice them all, also you have to worry about amstel wear. I was thinking you could put something over it to help protect the amstel. Someone on here posted something from treestuff that was a tube to protect the rope from friction. I bet you could use some of that climbing webbing as well.
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WE sells replacement ropes on their website, they come with a fid and the splicing is super easy, only took me a few minutes to do all 12.
 
IkemanTX said:
I only have 3 steps, so at this point it is platform only. I will be sewing some straps on my sit drag to hang all 3 on, and hiking in without the ropes would be helpful in thick brush. Less to get caught.


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I can understand that in that situation.
 
IkemanTX said:
I only have 3 steps, so at this point it is platform only. I will be sewing some straps on my sit drag to hang all 3 on, and hiking in without the ropes would be helpful in thick brush. Less to get caught.


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Only 3, heck, I'd probably make a custom bag to carry them all right on my sitdrag, get that thread injector out!
 
Loving my WE stepps. Tried them as a platform today. Very nice!

Tree damage is not bad when you get it on the 1st try.

For what it’s worth I did stretch all the ropes by hand, some. Seems to have helped (probably in my head)
 
pesqimon said:
Loving my WE stepps. Tried them as a platform today. Very nice!

Tree damage is not bad when you get it on the 1st try.

For what it’s worth I did stretch all the ropes by hand, some. Seems to have helped (probably in my head)
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I recommend putting them on and leaving them on overnight to get a good stretch vs by hand


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BassBoysLLP said:
I need to talk to andrew eventually. I think a 6 stepp bag is ideal for a lot of guys here. I picked up a 5 stepp bag. It will work 90% of the time but 6 stepp would be take me to 100%

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The 5 stepp bag does hold 6. It's pretty darn near perfect for me.

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BassBoysLLP said:
The 5 stepp bag does hold 6. It's pretty darn near perfect for me.

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That pic you posted beside the dollar bill was really cool. Super compact and pretty much the same weight as aluminum spurs/pads. Are you only using them when you can't use spurs? Do you think you could ever get to a point where they'd be your #1?
 
Babshaft said:
That pic you posted beside the dollar bill was really cool. Super compact and pretty much the same weight as aluminum spurs/pads. Are you only using them when you can't use spurs? Do you think you could ever get to a point where they'd be your #1?
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No. They are a solid #3. Spurs, bolts, stepps in that order. #2 if we are talking exclusive run and gum freelance hunting. Spurs are king

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BassBoysLLP said:
No. They are a solid #3. Spurs, bolts, stepps in that order. #2 if we are talking exclusive run and gum freelance hunting. Spurs are king

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AGREED! Bolts are awesome presets, stepps are great run and gun where spikes and bolts aren’t allowed!


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Does anyone shorten the length of ropes? I am wondering if I can cut the cordage and melt... it is ALOT of rope.
 
thenickgann said:
Does anyone shorten the length of ropes? I am wondering if I can cut the cordage and melt... it is ALOT of rope.
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Did you get the 8' ropes? I got a few 6' and a few 8', it can certainly feel like a lot of rope until you get onto a bigger tree, lol. I don't think it would be a problem to cut and melt, I would throw some tape on before you cut just to keep it all together. Good luck.
 
I only had a couple trees last year that 6’was too short. I very rarely wished for shorter ones. With the new knot method the aggravation with longer ropes is pretty much non existent.
 
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