[WCork]

Glad you are ok!

When you say "strap" are you referring to the rubber track that keeps the climber portions around the tree?

 

[grander]

Glad you're ok too.
Can you post a pic of the broken strap?

 

[trial153]

Pics please...glad you ok.
First post is interesting one..,

 

[Doofy_13]

When was the last time you replaced the traction belt?

 

[va limbhanger]

Dang! Glad you're ok and subscribed. I just got a sit and climb combo this season and I love it compared to my Summit. I have noticed that sometimes the belts really can get put in some tight angles. Just wondering the age of your climber (mainly the age of the belts) and how much you weigh?

 

[grander]

The belts are full of steel cable. The odds of this happening are close to zero.

 

[buckeyboy]

glad your ok!!!!! but I don't believe the strap broke because of cold ..... most likely nicked with a saw or something
regardless wear a harness ..

 

[porterdog]

The stand is less than a month old. I love it, but.....

I've attach a photo. The other strap broke at the point inside the stand where it is "ratcheted" tight.

 

[BOWCHIEF]

Glad you're okay. Hard to believe they would break. Post pics when you get a chance.

 

[BOWCHIEF]

The stand is less than a month old. I love it, but.....

I've attach a photo. The other strap broke at the point inside the stand where it is "ratcheted" tight.

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WOW!!! That's crazy right there!!!

 

[grander]

It looks like you're missing some strands of cable? All I see is one strand? Those things should have several more.
How many strands do you see?

 

[porterdog]

The cables inside are very thin and not strong enough to hold you by themselves. Haven't been nicked by a saw.

 

[South Man]

Glad I sold mine and glad you're okay

 

[buckeyboy]

The stand is less than a month old. I love it, but.....

I've attach a photo. The other strap broke at the point inside the stand where it is "ratcheted" tight.

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I would follow up on that.. with lw did you have the belt in beyond the red warning label , the belts actually warn you it can break if not in far enough. can you post a pix from the top of the belt, and post a pix also of the piece inside? would like to see..

 

[nicko]

Glad you're OK. With the location of that break, I'd suspect a sharp edge in the square tubing where the traction belt goes in or some type of excessive outward flare of the belt against the tubing. Hopefully a very isolated incident. I've never heard of these straps breaking.

I assume you don't weigh more than what the stand is rated for.

 

[porterdog]

I count 10. All with the diameter of a steel leader.

 

[Boilers]

Holy cow! That has to be a manufacturer defect. No way they should snap at any temperature. But it happened to both top and bottom? Did there happen to be any hungry squirrels on your tree? Glad you are okay!

 

[GyrPer1]

Wow. That is interesting. Hope you're okay? I have a sit and climb, approximately 2 years old. I have used that climber A TON. No issues yet. Have been out at or around zero degrees a few times, but this post gives me pause. I am still using the original belts. Wonder if they changed the manufacturing process?

This is disturbing.

 

[TCDXT]

OMG glad that you were able to survive that fall.