Summit a division of PRADCO Outdoor brands, is a subsidiary of EBSCO Industries, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.
All of the Aluminum sit stands and hand climbers are assembled in Decatur, AL, and made of foreign parts. The steel stands like the Viper Classic and the ladder stands are made in China. All imported parts are spec’d to their very high standards and inspected thoroughly before use. Any stand produced since 2002 will carry a 5 year limited warranty. “Each SOP Tree Stand Harness is also built right here in the U.S.A”.
Could not reach Summit Treestands for updated info on the harness, but as of 03/2011 they were claimed to be US made.
Misuse of this product may result in serious injury or death. Note: The Explorer SD sold in retail stores during August 2016 for about $360 has been Recalled.
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Climber Treestand, Climbing Tree Stands, Tree stand Harness, Summit Tree Stand
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Ok bought the Goliath $319.00 plus tt&l. Got unboxed and seen instructional video is on CD…really who the hell uses CDs anymore. So moving on…paperwork has no pictured illustration for Goliath…whaaaat who needs that shit. So read about all the other stands i dont have and assembled the Goliath. Seat has no attaching buckle on back left corner. Maybe im not reading carefully enough. Call Summit…here we go…some little aggravating crank on a recording tells me Summit is having a high volume of call…i f*ckin bet. She says if you hold for an hour lol Summit will hang up and you can try again later lmao. Yall got me this time but it wont happen again.
Just bought a Summit SD for my son, used it once, the next morning, the seat was eaten out. I have a Viper SS, my buddies have SSs as well and they are left in the woods the entire archery and gun season of southern-tier, NY. The SSs have cotton seats. Nothing has ever touched an SS seat. The SD has some kind of synthetic seat cover. MY 2007 GMC pick-up has soy based seats, so I’m told. I’m wondering if the SD has soy based seats and attracting animals. I called Summit, the person could not tell me what the seats are made of. Huh, ok. So how do you know they don’t have anything harmful in them? The Chinese have poisoned our dog-food, lead based painted toys, you get my drift. Complaint two; The harness supplied with the stand has the leg buckles on the outside of the legs. Every time he stands up, or sits down, CLICK, CLANK! Gee sir, you are the only one who ever complained about that. Really? The only one? I bought a high quality vest harness and never used the one with my SS. My buckles are on the insides of my legs. I had to suggest to the customer service rep to take my information so that someone from Summit can call me back. Disappointed to learn Summit is not 100% American made. I would have done more research.