Tony Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 as most of you know i always promote safety as much as the rest of you.. i always check my stands before season to make sure they are ok... i did that this year ... and i didnt find anything wrong.. so yesterday i pulled a stand and when i went to put it up in another location i found that the over cam buckle had metal fatigue .. it was pretty close to breaking .. it gives me the shakes to think about what would have happened if it had broken when i was in it.. check out this pic of it...as you can see the middle piece is supposed to be straight noe bent like that .. the metal is split on the edges almost all the way through... [image] [/image] i so lucky i found this before problems happened... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007hunter Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Re: Dangerous situation Do you wear a safety belt? If not you should, that way if something like that should happen you will come away with maybe some scrapes and bruises but otherwise still be in working order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IowaDeerHunter Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Re: Dangerous situation This is a good post to show that you should always check your stands and wear sfety belts. You never know when something could happen, just glad you found that before you sat in the stand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedicast Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Re: Dangerous situation Good post Tony. I like the idea of an extra ratchet stap on any hang on stand. Only takes a second to do, and it is worth the piece of mind it gives you. I always give the stand a real good tug before I climb into it. Was watching a Jay Gregory vid about a month ago, and it shows one of his stands, laying on the ground in the snow. squirrels or something chewed through the webbing. Imagine if it wasn't chewed completely through, and he got into that stand! It is something that has just stuck with me this year, checking the stand before I climb into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbonhunter Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Re: Dangerous situation [ QUOTE ] I like the idea of an extra ratchet stap on any hang on stand. [/ QUOTE ] ditto, and its not a bad idea on climbers also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY911Bowhunter Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Re: Dangerous situation I am not a fan of hang ons - so if I ever got one it would have like 4 or 5 ratchet straps on it!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Re: Dangerous situation Good eye Tony. Sure glad you caught that in time buddy. That's one of the reasons I like the chain-ons. I trust the straps, but I just don't trust the buckles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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