What’s everyone doing to quiet their ridge runner platform down? I’d like to get a little of the metal noise out of it without adding a bunch of weight.
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Ridge runner
- Thread starter Fuldrae
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Just curious because I have one on order. Where is the metal noise coming from, the strap buckle?
I was wondering the same thing. Doesn’t seem like it’d make any noise at all.
Branches and such and a bit of a metal twang when hanging it. Mine goes on the outside of my pack so it catches stuff sometimes
I understand the metal twang from it hitting things. As I hung my DIY platform yesterday evening I was thinking to myself this has got to be the loudest thing in the woods and scared everything for miles. But I had deer feeding on acorns directly under me with in minutes of getting set up. I think its more of an annoyance to us than an actual alarm bell to them like we think.
I have no sound issues using my Ridge runner. I also forgot the original strap on opener weekend and used some spare 5.9 mm power cord and that worked great for me seeing that was the only was i as going to be able to use it for the weekend.
I wrapped cloth camo tape around the outside ring and then wrapped some Paracord around that. It quitened down it if I bang it on something and gave a little grip to the outside edge. Great platform!
The only issue I have with my ridge runner is that it's so grippy and rough it's wearing on my backpack a little. I've been looking for some kind of sleeve I can slide it into to get it to stop eating my backpack. Other than that no complaints at all. I love the platform. I have them all and it's by far my favorite and gets used every hunt
I just received mine a week ago, it came that way. I hunted 4 sits this weekend, in 3 different trees and never adjusted it either way.
Haven’t touched adjustment bolts on any stand ever lol.
I have. I figured out that if I adjust the ridge runner and have it slightly canted up a little more than usual it bites even harder into the tree. The mounting bracket on the ridge runner seems very superior to the common platform post. I've never had it slip on any tree.
In the same boat!!!! Love the platform!!! Looking for sleeve/insert/dump pouch because it’s starting to eat my Eberlestock X2
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I put a thermal pad between the RR and my pack so it's not tearing up the pack up and it stays tight to the pack, ( need a proper hunting pack still).
Attachments
Hockey Tape! ala Jim Hole Jr. See the related video regarding his methods.
I am obsessing on how I am going to attach it to my stone glacier pack in early season. Definitely don’t want to have it rub against my pack. Still trying to figure this one out.
With my cheapie cabelas pack frame, I just strap it in. Not concerned with the pack frame.