finally got in touch with Jim and I had the wrong E Mail for him but all is good and am ordering two full sets from him. Thanks Dony1 for the info. i have several areas that I hunt and there are no trees for a climber but this will work great with hang on.
These steps seem to weigh a whole lot more than I thought. I've got 10 in each bag and they wear my shoulder out carrying them any distance. With practice they go on quick. I also bought some cranford strap on steps that weigh a lot less. I'm mixing the 2 to come up with the quickest lightest set up I can.
The steps look like they work great in the video; however, I still prefer my ladder stands, just push them up against a tree, lock them in and you have extremely easy access to the seat. These steps seem they would be hard to put around a big tree and I can't see how they would be 100% safe, like most steps, to wrap around the tree, climb to the next one, wrap around again, and climb etc.etc. With a ladder stand just put it against the tree and once it's tied in you are good to go. Yes, they are bulky, but they are made of aluminum and not that heavy to carry around. Even the 2 man stands are easy to put up; however, the disadvantage is it takes 2 people but I would give this up for the comfort they give while tree stand hunting. I used to use steps but gave them up years ago as just didn't feel safe installing them.
a bud of mine is 6'4" and places his steps so far apart they are useless for me. us shorter guys need to use more of them and place them closer together. plus if you fall and land on one it's gonna leave a mark at least.
yet another disadvantage of tree steps, with a ladder stand you just set it and anyone can use it safely. I have 2 15.5 feet high 2 man ladder stands and 2 other 17.5 foot 2 man ladder stands.
