Summit has contributed many of the features of ALL of today’s treestands. Although we have many patents, we chose not to patent several enhancements that made ALL stands better. Some examples: the 1st platform with on open, light weight structure; padded seats; arm/rifle rests; silent plastic bushings; knobs to replace wingnuts; welded backbar bolts; carbon fiber composite platforms, etc.
Summit stands feature "Locked" construction. Our technology, called SummitLokt, uses our own custom designed extrusions to create structures that are locked first, then welded. This allows much lower stresses on the welds for a more secure system.
We have our own, in-house testing facility. We test our stands to their absolute maximum potential, even before we send them off for the TMA Seal of Approval. This isn’t required by anyone... we do it as a part of our "engineering thoroughness" and for your peace of mind.
You get a five-year warranty with your treestand purchase. Ask around. NOBODY else in the industry seems willing to do this. Why? Because WE'RE confident with OUR quality.
We’re not a "backyard" operation. Mechanical engineers spend countless hours designing and testing and actually USING our products before they go into production. We’ve always said that anyone with a welder and some steel can build a treestand, but NOBODY can build a silent, secure, concealed and comfortable stand like WE can.
We use computer aided design or CAD in engineering. What it means to you is that accuracy, mechanical properties, structural analysis, specifications and purchasing, etc. are well defined to further assure quality products.
"Rufus" tests your harness so you don’t have to. He falls, and falls, and falls and never complains. Again, we aren’t required to test our own harnesses, but we do and that’s why they’re the best available.
Concern for you safety is not only achieved through engineering, testing, certification, etc. but we have always furnished you fall protection. In fact, we led our industry by being the 1st to furnish a full body harness with all of our stands beginning in 2000, which was four years ahead of industry certification requirements.
We’ll answer your questions. Should the need ever arise that you have to contact our customer service department, we’ll help you. Ask ANYONE who has ever dealt with our representatives and you’ll find that we’re second to none.
We don’t just build ‘em, we use ‘em. Check out any of our hunting videos. You’ll see everybody from the founder of Summit, his kids, his grandkids, our engineers and other plant employees all the way down the line using and reporting back on our stands. We don’t build stands that we THINK will work... we build stands that we KNOW will work.
We robotically weld our stands. Like Rufus, our robotic welders never complain and they don’t miss welds. They work hard all day and they consistently produce excellent parts. We also employ the best certified manual welders available for the welds that the robots can’t reach.