not trying to be smart, but i would imagine that if it was usa made, it would be stamped on there somewhere.

 

And I could be wrong also, but had a friend that ran a small business, and they said that everything imported had to have a label/sticker somewhere on it, stating the country of origin.

Worth searching around the nooks and crannies for that sticker, or "Made in USA", or something.

 

Mine is a USA model and it is not stamped made in the USA anywhere on it I have ever been able to find. It only said it on the box. The LW's were only made in China in 2010 but XOP sold a lot of those that they got stuck with when LW came back to the US. LW has always replied promptly to my emails, maybe sned them an email and ask.

 

Mine is a USA model .... It only said it on the box.

Yep, that is probably enough to satisfy the requirement that my buddy mentioned.

 

The china made stands were very shiny and had very rough edges and inside corners. The mold process was just not clean looking like the USA stands are. It looks to me like it is a USA stand. The china stands were fine to use just not as pleasant to look at.

 

I also think the China models had a different color tube - it was tan/brown-ish. Yours looks to be USA made. Check the bottom side of the cast platform by the teeth - they stamped USA there on some models (I think - could be wrong)

 

I also think the China models had a different color tube - it was tan/brown-ish. Yours looks to be USA made.

The brown/tan tube coloring was first introduced on the generation 2 stands, which they began making when production returned to the U.S. In 2011. The Chinese stands had black tubing.

As someone else mentioned, the bright white washers is usually a pretty good indication of whether a stand is US or Chinese made.

 

Shoot LW an email to confirm. Usually, you can tell they are the Chinese ones because they look like CRAP. The castings looked like poop.

 

The washers is another way to tell the Chinese one were a bright white. Some had the seat with the black lone wolf on it also.

 

My China LW was "red" looking for some reason. It got returned promptly.

 

Thanks for the responses. I was selling the stand and wanted to confirm prior to selling. It appeared to be US made to me as well.

 

Older lone wolf posts were black and then they changed to this orange copper Brownish color.

Does it say anything on that bright orange sticker?

I know the hang on stands you could tell by the straps were gray and had a whitish tag that said made in China and the platforms were a little shinier.

Climbers....not so sure

 

I have two 2009 Lone Wolf stands; a handclimber and an Assault hang-on. Neither say anything on them about country of manufacture as I said earlier. I imagine you could send the serial number to Lone Wolf and they could tell you. After they went to China they changed to the copper colored tubes and brown straps. Before that, and including the China made stands, they had black tubes and grey straps. But you cannot use the color alone. Like others said, any China made stand I saw had very rough castings. Otherwise they are fine and safe to use as XOP proved when they sold them to many who are still using them.

 

Yeah, all the original stands (made in USA) had black anodizing. They switched several times over the years from anodizing, to hard coating, and are now powdercoating. It's a mixed bag....

 

You guys are unreal....you'd have to throw half your goods in your house out if you really were that concerned about foreign products. I hung many china made stands, this last year I spent 10 straight days all day in one, sun up to sun down....didn't seem to feel different, hang different or impair my ability to see deer. I'll take all the china built ones, work great for me. I have a at least 20 LW stands, the only one's I can tell a difference on are the ones with the old grey foam seats yet.....

Although I did replace the straps on some China ones....the material of the strap seems different, more slippery so to speak. the buckle doesn't cinch that well. I replaced them with XOP straps, the XOP straps are bad azz. Beefy, thick, wider, way better. They grab like glue!

I don't know about the climbers, but the hang on's straps say, Made in china. only way I can tell the difference one they are in a tree. Now my china one's have XOP straps so it will be easy to tell when the cable snaps. LOL, yeah right.