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DIY Climbing Stick question
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I think it's hard to beat a cut API stick, weight aside. I cut mine down to 24", and like them.
For the price $80 on sale, you get lots of hardware. It's cheap enough to either get a drill press to make holes or buy thinner square tubing. I'll probably drill mine and consider switching to amsteel.
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For the price $80 on sale, you get lots of hardware. It's cheap enough to either get a drill press to make holes or buy thinner square tubing. I'll probably drill mine and consider switching to amsteel.
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Are you satisfied with 3 cutdown API sticks or would you try to make a 4th with the leftover hardware?
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I like mine with sewn in webbing steps. There aren't enough tree brackets to make 4. It would be nice to be a little higher sometimes.
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I used to have 4 lone wolf sticks. I think that 3 is a better number. A fourth stick to me just complicates things. I've considered switching from a single step to a two step aider, which would allow me to hit over 20ft, but it's just hard to beat the simplicity of a tubular webbing loop and 3 sticks.
DanO’s steps
1/8 alum post
Muddy brackets
Ebay cam cleats
1/4” Amsteel
Stealth Strips
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1/8 alum post
Muddy brackets
Ebay cam cleats
1/4” Amsteel
Stealth Strips
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The boat cleat is slick. I'm 99% sure that is what I will be doing to my API's when I cut them down.I like mine with sewn in webbing steps. There aren't enough tree brackets to make 4. It would be nice to be a little higher sometimes.
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Has anyone just welded aluminum tubing horizontally to the post for steps? Seems like the ticket to me from a cost perspective. Most folks are not setup to weld, much less weld aluminum. But I happen to have recently acquired a setup to do so.
Id cut the tubing on a slight angle and weld on 2 pieces for a step instead of 1 straight step. Climb one of those cheap stick ladders where they are straight out and wont take long to hate them. Doesnt take much, but angle the step and you slip into the step, not off it.
Lol I actually like the cheap ones with straight tubing steps minus the 100 pounds of steel in each set.
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Could always add a tab to edge of step if you were concerned. Or just add traction tape.
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This is my first version of diy sticks. Next version I will try to reduce weight by tapering the steps and maybe drill holes thru them and the tubing.
.125" wall aluminum tubing 24"
.250 X 1.5" aluminum flat stock 8" for step
LW versa button stick and brackets with 1/4" grade 8 hardware
2 step aider from 1" tubular webbing with 8" piece of 11mm static line inside to shape a step
8' piece of 8mm cord for rope mod
I welded the steps on and bolted the tree brackets. Final weight is around 2lbs 8ozs.
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You in Michigan, make ya a good deal. lol Ive slipped off them enough to not even open the second set I bought. The cheap ones that angle are way better in my experience. Now if I ever get my own land, Ill get the actual ladder style to fully enclose my boot.