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I had some excitement last evening. Was outside messing with a saw and inbetween running it I kept hearing people yelling. I just thought it was the neihbors kids. The closest house to me is quite a ways off.

The next thing I heard was "help". So I started listening and headed closer. I yelled and they said " we fell from our treestand call 911". Oh crap, I called 911 and headed out to the stand on my neihbors property to find the stand had colapsed and they were hanging there and couldnt move.

I had 3 departmenta show up for the rescue. Only thing that was hurt was thier egos. While we were waiting I asked if they wanted me to take thier pic. Haha they said yes and he gave me his number to send them to him.:DView attachment 36706View attachment 36707View attachment 36708
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Damn lucky nothing but egos hurt. That could've turned out to be a nightmare for the folks in that stand. When it comes to the two-man metal stands that are highly produced nowadays from Chinawan, and I have several, I've always added an extra stiff leg back to the tree, and add a turnbuckle and chain to the top where it hits the tree in the wedge and usually just a ratchet strap only from the factory. With the 3'-5' extensions you can purchase separately, you can get these things upward of 20' off the ground. A helluva lot of things can go wrong with 1" square tubing at that height with a couple of folks and their weight in one.

I've had to go back and re-weld on top of the ladder step welds with one of my MIG's on several of mine before I ever even got them to the woods...as well as the platform/bracing welds. Don't know what they teach them fools on the other side of the planet about welding, but that bubblegum/barely tacked *s-word don't cut it where I'm from. I'm sure all of y'all know exactly what I'm talking about.
 
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USMC615 said:
Damn lucky nothing but egos hurt. That could've turned out to be a nightmare for the folks in that stand. When it comes to the two-man metal stands that are highly produced nowadays from Chinawan, and I have several, I've always added an extra stiff leg back to the tree, and add a turnbuckle and chain to the top where it hits the tree in the wedge and usually just a ratchet strap only from the factory. With the 3'-5' extensions you can purchase separately, you can get these things upward of 20' off the ground. A helluva lot of things can go wrong with 1" square tubing at that height with a couple of folks and their weight in one.

I've had to go back and re-weld on top of the ladder step welds with one of my MIG's on several of mine before I ever even got them to the woods. As well as the platform/bracing. Don't know what they teach them fools on the other side of the planet about welding, but that bubblegum/barely tacked *s-word don't cut it where I'm from. I'm sure all of y'all know exactly what I'm talking about.
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If people would use the ratchet straps, these things don't go anywhere. Something's not right if they don't hold. I've got a few 2 man stands and they don't even budge. But maybe there are less sturdy models out there too. Mine are just the cheap $100 ones
 
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huskihl said:
If people would use the ratchet straps, these things don't go anywhere. Something's not right if they don't hold. I've got a few 2 man stands and they don't even budge. But maybe there are less sturdy models out there too. Mine are just the cheap $100 ones
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Thats what I said to the fella after he came down. Something wasnt right.
 
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USMC615 said:
You fuggers are funny with the welding posts. Lol.

At least my Dawgs have got South Carolina 14-0 at half. Game was re-scheduled for the weather yesterday. Game's on SEC Network.
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At least they are smarter than North Carolina. That game against Notre Dame never should have been played yesterday.
 
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So I'm at homegoods with the wife. This caught my eye
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I've got a damn goldmine at home!


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