Primal step platform

[bj139]

Nice build! I like the design similar to the tree steps. I might have to try something like that. 3 lbs is good! Here is my first platform attempt, works pretty well except on small trees and it does tend to pull away and bend down. Similar size about 10”deep and 14 wideView attachment 35369View attachment 35370View attachment 35371

I was thinking this style of platorm needs a ratchet strap to really work well. Yours looks good.

 

[antandres]

I was thinking this style of platorm needs a ratchet strap to really work well. Yours looks good.

Thanks. I use a tie down strap from my x-stand sticks for now, but being able to get it tighter with a ratchet may help. I’d really like to use cord like a rope mod on sticks.

 

[five]

I’d really like to use cord like a rope mod on sticks.

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WE Stepps using Timber Hitch

Well, I have been using a timber hitch to attach my Predator platform for a little while. I found this to work quickly and well. So I got to thinking how to make this work with my Stepps. The first photo below is what I came up with. A 4" piece of 5/16 weld rod with a slight bend. The weld rod...

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Originally heard about the timber hitch in this thread, but the primal step / WE stepp would have to be modified as above:

Alternative Method for Platform Attachment

As I've previously stated, I'm not a big fan of the cam buckle straps supplied with most of the current saddle platforms for attachment to the tree. The buckle feels big and bulky to me and, worse yet I always seem to clank it off the metal platform at the most inopportune times. For the last...

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[Buckkillr]

Nice build! I like the design similar to the tree steps. I might have to try something like that. 3 lbs is good! Here is my first platform attempt, works pretty well except on small trees and it does tend to pull away and bend down. Similar size about 10”deep and 14 wideView attachment 35369View attachment 35370View attachment 35371

Put a couple gussets in and it'll really strengthen it if the flex bothers you. It won't add much weight at all

 

[antandres]

Put a couple gussets in and it'll really strengthen it if the flex bothers you. It won't add much weight at all

I originally was going to put gussets! Once I had that welded together it was so solid that I didn’t need it. It’s thick tubing. That part doesn’t flex, just stretches the strap and comes off the tree, needs longer legs. On my next one I plan to use thinner wall tubing and definitely add gussets.

 

[Buckkillr]

I used electrical conduit from loews that I had laying around, the little bit heavier wall stuff. I've built lock-ons out of this stuff so I knew its strong though for those you gotta put in alot of gussets however this being small I just used my previous design and it's solid. This time I put a little angle on it to help the feet.
Really wish I was smart enough to figure out how to upload full pics LOL. I had some painted top view down and somehow it's bigger than the other pics IDK

 

[Buckkillr]

Used it for first sit yesterday evening, I was in a softball sized tree, not what I'd normally choose but it bit good and never moved. That slight angle helps alot with feet discomfort