Ladder Stand set up?

[Grute Man]

I'm planning on setting up a double ladder stand for Oober Ponage but I have a small delima -- how do ya do it?   

[mathews4ever]

The easiest way I have found is to fully assemble the stand on the ground and then position it in front of the tree( about 4-6' away from the base). then with help I usually lift the stand while a buddy pulls on the stabilizing straps to get it to the tree. then tie off the stabilizing straps and attach the ratchet strap at the top. don't forget the attach the ladder brace.

hope that helped

[Outdoors Junkie]

We use three people to put ours up.  We have four of them.  To set up we do it like this...you judge how far from the tree the base of the ladder should be. We assemble it together so we can tip it up from that point.  One person puts their foot at the base to keep it from sliding while the other two walk the ladder up till the stand is against the tree. Then while two hold the ladder steady, the third person climbs to the platform and ratchets the base to the tree. He then climbs down and we attatch the brace from the ladder to the tree. It will be fairly stable then and one of us climb up and pui ihe other ratchet strap around the tree and attatched to the top of railing. The add a chain or locking cable and you're good to go. It takes us about 15 minutes start to finish.

[Realtree]

We use three people to put ours up.  We have four of them.  To set up we do it like this...you judge how far from the tree the base of the ladder should be. We assemble it together so we can tip it up from that point.  One person puts their foot at the base to keep it from sliding while the other two walk the ladder up till the stand is against the tree. Then while two hold the ladder steady, the third person climbs to the platform and ratchets the base to the tree. He then climbs down and we attatch the brace from the ladder to the tree. It will be fairly stable then and one of us climb up and pui ihe other ratchet strap around the tree and attatched to the top of railing. The add a chain or locking cable and you're good to go. It takes us about 15 minutes start to finish.

Hey, that's the exact same way I helped to put my hunting parties stands up last year. Small world!!      

I also use the same procedure when putting my 1 person ladder stand up and can usually tip it up to the tree alone as long as it's not too windy. Best to have at least a second set of hands to help steady it if at all possible.

I have the stabilizer straps attached to the back of the seat when I set it up so I can pull them around the back of the tree from the ground and tie them off. I also add an additional ratchet strap on each ladder section for extra strength/stability that I tighten up as I'm climbing up the ladder to add the ratchet strap around the back of the seat and add my cable lock as a final step.

[deadeye]

I just put up a 15 foot ladder stand this afternoon.  I put it up by myself.   I just assemble it (do all the nuts and bolts at home other wise you probably will not have all that you need) , put the bottom against a tree and walk it up.  When I'm alone I put the stablizer on before I go up to attach it to the tree.  One thing we found about a double stand is that it will move if you stand on one side.  We usually find basswood clump or two popples close together.  The back of the ladder stand is connected to one tree while one side or the other is connected to a second tree.  This way the stand is stable.     

[Spinach]

This would have made a great "Dear MNO" question Grute.

Dear MNO

[Grute Man]

This would have made a great "Dear MNO" question Grute.

Dear MNO

Yeah it sure would.  Can we stil put it there?  I clicked on that like you have there and didn't see where to submit it as a question.