HItch Treestand...single rope

I personally wouldn’t get in a stand held by a rope. Saddle hunting is a big thing now a days and they are reliant on a rope setup similar to what climbers use I’d imagine.
My millenniums are secured by a chain and I ratchet strap the bottom of the stand to keep it from moving when getting in/out. Take a look at the milleniums.

As long as the working load of the rope is adequate, I see no problem with it. I use rope on some of my lock ons and all my steps. I do have an extra safety rope tied off as a back up, but this is a normal set up these days. I am also always tied off to the tree so multiple back ups in case the main rope happened to fail.

Rope/Strap at top and bottom is more stable at initial set up. However, once you load the stand and "set" it, its rock solid with just a rope/strap at the top. First time in a lock on, I kneel on the seat facing the tree and use a foot to lift the front of the platform. That allows the top to bite into the tree and then pushing the front of the platform back down locks the bottom to the tree.

Put a ratchet strap on it.

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Saddle hunting is a big thing now a days and they are reliant on a rope setup similar to what climbers use I’d imagine.

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I hunt out of a saddle. I use a lineman’s rope to climb up the sticks, then the tether rope to clip to my bridge and saddle. My platform uses a ratchet strap to attach to the tree.

I mean, I use 11mm ropes and rope man ascenders on them. 5000# breaking strength. I’m never not attached to the tree with at least one rope. I inspect my ropes before each season and each time I use them to make sure they aren’t damaged. This isn’t cheap equipment so I feel pretty good about it. A lot less to break or go wrong than a climber.

How do you know that tree rat hasnt chewed on that rope, while your getting into it at 5 am. Only ratchet straps or chains for me.

I only have amsteel on all my sticks and my platforms/lock ons. I actually hate getting in stands I didn’t hang now, I don’t care if it has chains and straps. If you have two buttons and you don’t attach the bottom, it’s really only a problem for side pressure, it’s a risk of it kicking out side to side. If I’m just gonna sit in it facing forward, I just do the top one.
Edit: my smallest lock is a XOP retrograde but if i wasn’t sitting in a saddle, I’d probably get a Cold War or a lwcg .75 over a retrograde or .5.

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: my smallest lock is a XOP retrograde but if i wasn’t sitting in a saddle, I’d probably get a Cold War or a lwcg .75 over a retrograde or .5.

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I was thinking of buying the retrograde. Just too small?

Good rope is good stuff. I trust a good rope 100%.

Depends on how big a boy you are. Used to hunt like this often. The rope is so much quieter than a chain when setting up.

I wouldn’t risk walking beneath that piece of shite.