Newarcher Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 http://www.bowhunting.net/artman/publish/NolanTreestandAccidents.shtml See the fall guy at the bottom.....climb down, lock it to the bottom rung, before climbing up reattach it to the harness. What a great idea. The picture is one past the bloned honey, so keep scrolling down. New Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnf Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: Treestand safety for ladder stands or chain ons I've got a system that works just as well for only $20. I'll post some pics when I get home if I can get my computer there running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: Treestand safety for ladder stands or chain ons [ QUOTE ] I've got a system that works just as well for only $20. I'll post some pics when I get home if I can get my computer there running. [/ QUOTE ] I'm definitely interested in seeing your system. Please share more details and pix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnf Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 Re: Treestand safety for ladder stands or chain ons Here you go. Use very strong climbing rope. I used 9mm climbing rope from a rock climbing store 40 feet X $.45 foot and 2 feet of 6mm Prusik (sp) chord. I made a noose (sp?) knot at the top and looped my line through it 2 times for strenght and put it about 3 feet above my stand. [image][/image] Drop the line to the bottom of the tree and tie it off again at the bottom. Then use your Prusik chord and tie a prusik knot around the main chord. I used a 4 loop prussik. Most climbers recomend at least 3. [image][/image] [image][/image] Tie your carabeener into the knot and your set. As you climb pull the knot over your head, but always let go of the knot as you climb. If you fall, your weight will immidiatly close the knot and stop you. I found some rope at gander mt. that was strong enough to do this for around $10. Make sure it has a breaking strength of at least 3000lbs and working load of 550+ The prusik chord should be 2/3 the size of your main line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoyt03 Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 Re: Treestand safety for ladder stands or chain ons very nice setup, all those knots just confused the crap out of me tho, haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 Re: Treestand safety for ladder stands or chain ons That's awesome. Thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bow Hunter Derek Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 Re: Treestand safety for ladder stands or chain ons I just bought 5 complete set ups from Jim (known as safetreehunt on many forums). He has a very similar setup as what johnf posted. Great guy and Grade A materials. Check him out at. Safe Tree Hunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 Re: Treestand safety for ladder stands or chain ons Looking at these pix, I had one question. I've tie prusik knots before but what kind of knot is used to connect the ends of the prusik rope togther? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 Re: Treestand safety for ladder stands or chain ons Got to find some rope, planning on doing the same thing as John posted there with my stick ladder hangon setup. Wonder if Lowes will have rope with ratings that will work for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnf Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 Re: Treestand safety for ladder stands or chain ons I don't think lowes does. The knot that ties the prusic together is sort of like two noose knots at each end of the rope. The guy at the outdoor store tied it for me. I'll look on line to see if I can find it. I've tied the knot sence then. It's not real hard, but you have to really sinch it down hard. Here you go. It's called a stoppers knot. I think the one he used was an overhand, but instead of the double, I think he used a triple. You will put one of these knots at each end of the chord. When you tie each end make sure the opposite end of the prusik chord is through the middle of the knot your tieing. Pull them down tight and then slide them both down so you have a loop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bownarow Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 Re: Treestand safety for ladder stands or chain ons I didn't get past the girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 Re: Treestand safety for ladder stands or chain ons [ QUOTE ] I didn't get past the girl. [/ QUOTE ] same here, what were we talking about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted October 3, 2006 Report Share Posted October 3, 2006 Re: Treestand safety for ladder stands or chain ons I bought a Fall Guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.