I recently purchased a self climbing stand off of Facebook Marketplace for $25. The seller said it might be garbage. And for some strange reason, I think he's wrong. The stand is definitely old school. It's dark green paint has faded into a chalk and the wood under the padded seat has cracked, highlighting questionable integrity. To my amazement the jaws look like they’ve never climbed a tree. I couldn't find a single nicks in the paint on the teeth. I still can't find a brand name on it. The only readable tag had a phone number, which led to a Google search, which led to a list of recalls. Fancy . Using my sub-par "never need directions" intuition, I cobbled the aluminum contraption together and commenced a series of rigorous test runs. To my surprise, "Ol’ clanky" performed very well. It's clever two-piece design allows the user to shimmy their way up the tree fairly quickly. It does require quite a bit of upper body strength to ascend and des
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