nothing gets in your way i bet.not trees with s turns in the trunk,not leaning trees .no giant knots.or branches.just walk up a tree without leaning your head against a bar that dont serve drinks. thousands of years ago men used to sharpen rocks put them on the end of a stick and throw it at game.now we have rifles and compound bows for that.yet people think they still need a stick to hunt. just set in their ways i guess
old ameristeps.in the same bag you got.i cut the exstra sleeves out of the pockets.they got in my way .im so anal i cut the plastic zipper tabs of all my gear and replace them with paracord
I beg to disagree. Theres been alot of progress made in 2TC that some of us just haven't videoed yet. Oak trees with many branches, pines with short stubs are not any more difficult to get with 2TC than normal sticks and dealing with a lineman belt having to go around each branch.
I agree about your points on steps vs sticks. But I’ve tried the tree hopper steps, squirrel steps, and pioneer steps. Squirrel steps and pioneer steps work pretty good but they want to pull away from the tree when attached with a cam buckle, I’ve even had them slide around the tree when I’m trying to climb a leaner and can’t help but put side pressure on them. I had terrible luck with the tree hopper steps. I haven’t tried the cranford rope steps yet.
do you put your steps on the sides of the tree like a linmens pole or angled towards you at 5 o clock and 7 .if trying to put them on the side of a tree you can push them around it ...if you put sticks on the side of a tree you can push them around it .just a learning curve
I put side pressure on the steps yesterday when I was using them as my ring. They were fine. Whoopie attaches pull tight and seat the step. They are solid. No sketch. They aren’t as good as a drilled step but they go on and come off way quicker. I do the 5 and 7 o’clock personally and it’s as easy as climbing a ladder.
My main hang up isn’t going around limbs but climbing leaners. I don’t like them either but I seem cursed to hunt them. When I find good sign I look around and there will be one tree available and it will lean. Any system that relies on aiders or hanging from a tether will be difficult to climb a leaning tree with.
To be very honest, if you climb 2TC on the bottom of the leaner you have little worry about kick out and when you hang from the M tether to move your F tether you aren't fighting the tree as in your body ist drawn into it. I've done mild leaners... seriously no problem.
I have a question....do you use 1 or 2 linesman belt when you climb with strap on steps in order to be safe and going about branches or do you climb full samoan?
I think about 5 and 7. My main incident I was referring to I was trying to step up on my plat form and the step slid out from under me and I ended up hanging from my plat form by my hands until I could get my foot on the lower step. I tried to hang my platform to high above my last step and it made the angle weird. My fault but it made me nervous to use them.
Can you hang a platform on the high side and get in it from the low side? I don’t care for a ros.
if I'm not hunting and when I was younger I'd love climbing just branches without anything. I've done many tree trimming jobs in Thailand with nothing around me except my feet and hand while sawing or chopping....I love that thrill....
Yes. I hang my platform where I want my feet to be, then keep doing a couple more moves until my foot in my F tether is the same level as my platform . Swing around over. I dont use a ROS.
