For the record, the LWHC is 100% made to climb with, but it may not be engineered to take the weight distribution from feet standing on it vs. arms & elbows as designed, and especially for bigger guys.
I never strap mine down either. I really think being able to quietly move it around the tree is a big advantage
I have a spare too lolI've only strapped mine down once to see if it was worth it and to me it's not. I love my LWHC so much I have two, one for a back up.
What type of tree do you usually hunt? I am imagining where you are at they are pretty straight and smooth unlike the pine, hickery, oaks here where its miserable to climb with. Is it mostly poplar?
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What type of tree do you usually hunt? I am imagining where you are at they are pretty straight and smooth unlike the pine, hickery, oaks here where its miserable to climb with. Is it mostly poplar?
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I think your asking specifically when I use my LWHC so usually it will be poplars chest nut oaks and white oaks. Depends where I am though. One spot I hunt up against a swamp, I climb a smooth tree with knots on it. I don't know what species it is. If its noisy scaly bark I'll use my beast sticks. In short, if its limbless and in the right spot I'll climb it.
Some bark is bad. I like to use my hat bill to deflect bark from my eyes when raising my tether and having the wind to your back helps with that also.
Poplars are number one for sure. Just have to have cover even at nose bleed heights, at least with public land deer were I hunt.
Yea you make a good point...100lb girl could probably use these platforms as a diving board and nothing would happen.The original poster to this thread, Ricksevo, stated he weighs 295 lbs. This is at the upper weight limit recommended for a lot of climbing stands(and other stands too) - Summit Viper for instance "holds up to 300 lbs". Summit makes specific models for heavier hunters. The tethrd predators are rated at 300 lbs. I'm just mentioning these as an example to what I think the biggest problem RickSevo had is he's a big boy and would stress any 'standard' climber or saddle platform. Not trying to be negative to RickSevo just stating what I see as a big part of the problem and that is he is right at the max weight rating for a lot of stands.
Strapping the LWHC down also prolly attributed to the problem.
I'm thankful for this saddlehunter forum so we can be made aware of things like this and glad RickSevo didn't get hurt.
Yeah I definitely pushed the weight limit. They are rated at 350lbs which is what drew my attraction to them. I recalled reading the stress tests generally end up being double the rated weight limit. But I was certainly using it outside its intended purpose. I actually only climbed with it one time but found it to be noisy and difficult. The day it cracked I had used API climbing sticks to get to hunting height and then strapped the seat on.The original poster to this thread, Ricksevo, stated he weighs 295 lbs. This is at the upper weight limit recommended for a lot of climbing stands(and other stands too) - Summit Viper for instance "holds up to 300 lbs". Summit makes specific models for heavier hunters. The tethrd predators are rated at 300 lbs. I'm just mentioning these as an example to what I think the biggest problem RickSevo had is he's a big boy and would stress any 'standard' climber or saddle platform. Not trying to be negative to RickSevo just stating what I see as a big part of the problem and that is he is right at the max weight rating for a lot of stands.
Strapping the LWHC down also prolly attributed to the problem.
I'm thankful for this saddlehunter forum so we can be made aware of things like this and glad RickSevo didn't get hurt.