Saddle1234
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Pros and cons and how many it takes you to get up a tree to hunting height.
Where can you buy knaider and swaider?Using a knaider and swaider, I use 4 stepps to get to hunting height. One extra stepp plus a cranford as a platform.
Pros in addition to what was mentioned - packability. That one is important to me.
Cons - they are not super comfortable as a platform, high fiddle factor to get tight which improves with practice.
this is the method id like to try for next year as of right now im using bolts but im waiting on my saddle which i should get any day nowThe packability is what I like. I use them for deep hunts on public. For my shorter walks on private I use cut-down sticks.
I use the Cain method with 6 steps and place my platform on the top step. They are simple and easy to use with practice and you can climb practically any tree with them.
I replaced ropes with amsteel and it works well. Definitely practice tho!this is the method id like to try for next year as of right now im using bolts but im waiting on my saddle which i should get any day now
Where can you buy knaider and swaider?
Might I suggest something which has worked for me, but you need to be very careful with the knot - setup an aider to help cinch it down with your feet. I have a prusik knot cinched down where I connect an aider , and use leverage to get it rediculously tight. I also aider climb with themThis is my first year with the wild steps. I have yet to see any videos that shows someone mounting them on deeply crevassed and or "corky" bark, which is all there is where I live. On the smooth hardwood barked trees, they snap tight but on the former barks, they have been a nightmare for me! The bark is constantly breaking down or crushing and even if you think you have finally got the steps cammed down tight, once you step on them, or put a little side pressure on them, they will slip right off and you'll be dangling there on your lineman's rope, praying you can find some support to fix it! The only "fix", which isn't realistic, is to take an axe and shave down the bark so it is almost gone, and the steps can contact solid wood......like I said, this isn't practical, or good for any tree!