A true light weight portable ladder stand

[longbow joe]

I have a leverage speed ladder which is a really cool teloscoping ladder stand .cool as hell but the thing is really heavy to carry for a morning or nite sit.l just cant believe a company cant come up with a true light weight maby only 10 foot "portable " ladder stand. As said the leverage is a home run but its weight is intolerable. Where i live a strait climber tree is sometimes hard to find a ladder is the ticket.lt would be cool to see something like a single pole with footpegs on alternate as steps and a simple mesh alluminum platform.simple seat .under 25 pounds?

[Patcon]

Looks like they call them out at 38#'s and all aluminum. Gonna be pretty hard to make them any lighter than that. Only so much metal can be removed before bad things happen...

[sproulman]

I made stands out of pvc pipe years ago to 10 ft high ..very light ..It was gray colored pipe..

[longbow joe]

Thats what im talkin about sprouler exactly ....how about using tough plastics they make everything else outta it. Even fiberglass. !

[shadowpdog]

Loc-on used to make a 10ft aluminum ladder stand. It was called the Titan. I think it weighed in at around 22lbs. I still have mine and really like it. Its a little bulky (comes it 4 sections) but manageable.

[papabear1]

I made stands out of pvc pipe years ago to 10 ft high ..very light ..It was gray colored pipe..

That gray pipe you're talking about was probably," ELECTRICAL " conduit,,,,,
its a little tougher than p.v.c. and won't decay in the sunlight.

Dave

[Predator55]

I found some of the old loc on Titan stands. 10 ft and weigh nothing. Not sure why they stopped making them but I would think someone would start making them again.

[sproulman]

I made stands out of pvc pipe years ago to 10 ft high ..very light ..It was gray colored pipe..

That gray pipe you're talking about was probably," ELECTRICAL " conduit,,,,,
its a little tougher than p.v.c. and won't decay in the sunlight.

Dave

Could be Dave..it was light gray and you can get T for steps .it came in 10 ft lengths .I made a support from tree to middle just like you get with ladder stands ..
nice thing is no one will steal it and its hard to destroy and moves easy..

I used a stadium seat at top from Wal-Mart for 16 bucks to sit on but you can build a seat out of parts but I use that seat for turkey season or when I walk in woods I strap it on tree to sit ..

[longbow joe]

What size pipe did you use?..... now your giving me ideas...... l hate when l get ideas

[sproulman]

Joe not sure on size it was big size pipe and strongest of pipes sold like said you do not want those white type of pipe.
I was building my house when contractor had pipe and I saw 10 ft piece that did not bend in middle it was gray color...he had T pieces I made steps out of and elbows I glued them in ..
I think he said you can get 12 ft lengths not sure this was 20 years ago.

my buddy built one at camp with white stuff I think it was 2 and 3/4 inside dia pipe ..

let me look around and see if I have pipe in basement being used to get you size /make of pipe..