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2 new Treehopper stands

I have a tree suit coming and should be here any day. I’m really intrigued by the crotch rocket. Didn’t know there were 2 sizes. Anyone recommend one size over the other?


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Westdesign03 said:
I have a tree suit coming and should be here any day. I’m really intrigued by the crotch rocket. Didn’t know there were 2 sizes. Anyone recommend one size over the other?


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This is strictly a general bit of advice. The shape/spread/angle of the tree trunks will have a bearing on which size rocket will work best.
If I had to flip a coin, I would say that the larger size will give the user a little more needed space in the "average" tree (whatever "average" means).
In a tree with more parallel trunks, I'm thinking that the larger one would be better.
In a tree with trunk spread on a wider angle, the smaller one should work okay, too.
Either size will dictate where in the crotch it will work.
I tried one...it was rock solid.
 
Allegheny Tom said:
This is strictly a general bit of advice. The shape/spread/angle of the tree trunks will have a bearing on which size rocket will work best.
If I had to flip a coin, I would say that the larger size will give the user a little more needed space in the "average" tree (whatever "average" means).
In a tree with more parallel trunks, I'm thinking that the larger one would be better.
In a tree with trunk spread on a wider angle, the smaller one should work okay, too.
Either size will dictate where in the crotch it will work.
I tried one...it was rock solid.
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Cool thanks for the advice. I didn’t think about overall space between two limbs like that. Makes sense there would be more overall where the bigger platform would fit. I would lean more towards the larger platform anyway (no pun intended) I think, just for the bigger floor space if nothing else.

I realize this is kind of a niche thing and wouldn’t be the goto for all situations, or even many situations. Still think I’m gonna have to try one sometime.


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Westdesign03 said:
Cool thanks for the advice. I didn’t think about overall space between two limbs like that. Makes sense there would be more overall where the bigger platform would fit. I would lean more towards the larger platform anyway (no pun intended) I think, just for the bigger floor space if nothing else.

I realize this is kind of a niche thing and wouldn’t be the goto for all situations, or even many situations. Still think I’m gonna have to try one sometime.


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If you hunt anywhere with apple.trees-like old farmland, these are the bomb. I have both one of the old bear creeks ones which the crotch rockets are an updated version of, and the old screaming eagle. They are rock solid.
 
Vtbow said:
If you hunt anywhere with apple.trees-like old farmland, these are the bomb. I have both one of the old bear creeks ones which the crotch rockets are an updated version of, and the old screaming eagle. They are rock solid.
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Awesome. Good to know! I don’t have any land like that to hunt at the moment but I’ve seen plenty of trees that split the places I normally go. So I think I could make one work somewhere.


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Westdesign03 said:
Awesome. Good to know! I don’t have any land like that to hunt at the moment but I’ve seen plenty of trees that split the places I normally go. So I think I could make one work somewhere.


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Before the emerald ash borer killed all our ash trees, the perfect "Y"s in trees were common. Ash trees seemed to have that trait of a perfect crotch at the perfect height.
Stinking bug from China killed all our ash trees.
 
Allegheny Tom said:
Before the emerald ash borer killed all our ash trees, the perfect "Y"s in trees were common. Ash trees seemed to have that trait of a perfect crotch at the perfect height.
Stinking bug from China killed all our ash trees.
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Oh yeah I can see that. Yeah those did a serious number. Funny all the great things coming out of China in the last decade or so.


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