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Post by smsmith on Jul 13, 2017 11:11:36 GMT -6
I've got a 5 year old Gorilla ladder stand on which I'd like to replace the cables. They're 24" and I can't find any online (Gorilla doesn't make stands any more).
Any ideas for narrowing my search?
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Post by mnfish on Jul 13, 2017 11:12:49 GMT -6
try searching "rigging".
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Post by daydreamer on Jul 13, 2017 11:50:46 GMT -6
I put chains on as a replacement to a few of my old Gorilla's. Felt safer and won't have to replace anytime soon. Yes, the stands become even heavier but that was a trade off I was willing to put up with. I'm not running and gunning and moving stands all of the time.
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Post by Tooln on Jul 13, 2017 12:46:45 GMT -6
Did you try E-bay?
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Post by jbird on Jul 13, 2017 12:48:00 GMT -6
I agree with replacing with chain. I had a cable snap on a stand while I was in it last year and about shit my pants! My harness is what kept me from becoming a "thud". I wouldn't trust a "homemade" fix with cable. Something light like swing-set chain should do.
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Post by Tooln on Jul 13, 2017 13:22:39 GMT -6
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Post by smsmith on Jul 13, 2017 15:42:24 GMT -6
Thanks, I did try there and didn't find any 24" replacement cables |
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Post by smsmith on Jul 13, 2017 15:44:01 GMT -6
I put chains on as a replacement to a few of my old Gorilla's. Felt safer and won't have to replace anytime soon. Yes, the stands become even heavier but that was a trade off I was willing to put up with. I'm not running and gunning and moving stands all of the time. Thanks, so you found some chain with a similar (1000 lb. per cable) working load that would still fit on the through bolts? I can find chain that would likely work, but it has less than half the working load of the cables. |
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Post by daydreamer on Jul 13, 2017 16:22:07 GMT -6
I put chains on as a replacement to a few of my old Gorilla's. Felt safer and won't have to replace anytime soon. Yes, the stands become even heavier but that was a trade off I was willing to put up with. I'm not running and gunning and moving stands all of the time. Thanks, so you found some chain with a similar (1000 lb. per cable) working load that would still fit on the through bolts? I can find chain that would likely work, but it has less than half the working load of the cables. I don't know what the working load of the chain is but I'd trust it a lot more than the (rusted) out cable that was on there before. I used pretty big chain as you can see by the picture  |
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Post by smsmith on Jul 13, 2017 16:32:40 GMT -6
^^^thanks. I guess I'll keep looking at chain and swap out for longer bolts if need be.
looks like going with 5/16 4300 chain would get me more than 3 times the working load of the existing cable. Now to find something along those lines locally
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Post by smsmith on Jul 18, 2017 11:25:44 GMT -6
Found some chain locally rated to 850 lbs. It also worked with the existing bolts, so I went ahead and used the chain. Looking at it, it sure looks like it should hold more weight than the old, rusty, kinked cable that was on there.
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Post by buckvelvet on Jul 18, 2017 14:07:23 GMT -6
The only thing about this stuff I don't like. I won a HS system from michael waddell a couple years back when I wrote a story about how a family I knew lost a dad and a town a fireman when his tree stand snapped. Sickening....
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