How to Nest your Summit Viper for Transport.🤫🦌Pack up Your Summit Stand for Stealth Backpacking 

You should get an award for this demo. Many thanks!

Just purchased my first Summit Viper yesterday and was putting it together today. I did a search on how to nest them together for transport and this video popped up. Very well explained and my climber is super snug. Thanks for the excellent video!

Bro, this was so dang helpful. I only use mine once maybe twice a year so i forget how to stow it for transport or storage and this video was awesome. Thanks!

Great idea using the seat for a back cushion... Nice information my man...

Thanks for the instruction video. To tell you the truth I did not use my viper this season because I could not find any instructions on how to nest the stand. Now I can get excited about next season. Thanks again.

Great job and thank you!!

Love the videos. Can you do a video with a small day pack tied into the outside of the packed-up viper stand?

Just got a Summit Goliath, and with such a big stand it’s hard to stay quiet walking through the woods. I tried this and walked right up on a doe. 100/10 this is the stealthiest way to carry a climber through the woods.

I’ve been carrying this wrong for years. Not nesting them. The only drawback I see with the way you have it on your back is the prongs that grab the tree will catch the backs of your legs. That’s why I turned mine upside down. Good video.

Great video man. Thanks! Just picked up a Viper

Good detailed Demonstration. 👌

Awesome!! My seat has been getting in my way!!

If you run that utility strap vertically in the middle around the frame over the seat and between the backpack straps it’s easier and holds better.

This was very helpful as someone who just picked up a climber

Thanks for the video man. I am a new hunter this year and bought my self a used summit viper and omg just learned everything I needed to learn from your video

Summit Treestands are very frustrating to pack up and carry on your back. It’s a shame they are so comfortable in the tree otherwise I would give up on the brand all together.

I borrowed one of these stands from a buddy and this was really helpful!

Thanks man. I need this video at least once a year Lol

Just bought one. I got it all together thanks to you buddy. 👍

I’ve had a viper for years and gave up on nesting… been carrying the top section by hand b/c I couldn’t get them from sliding. Going to try this after work tomorrow. Thanks for posting this.

Cool! I lost my utility strap years ago, and actually forgot about it. Just ordered a new one...

The part of the harness you leave hanging from the seat work well to keep the seat and the platform from separating. In fact, if I remember correctly that is detailed in the Summit "how to" video.

For me personally, the balance is better when I run the lower end of the backpack straps down to the next crossmember. Thanks for the video!

Thank you!

Forget those gator straps. Forget the tether. Get a set of Third Hand Archery Stabilizer Straps. Install them correctly and tighten them down and you won’t be able to budge your stand when done properly. Plus they act as a double tether when climbing and descending.

I just took mine out to the woods today. I sure wish I would've watched this first! 😆 Do you have a video taking it off the tree QUIETLY? I think I blew out the deer with my method. Lol 🤦

I do exactly as you do for early season. However, when temps start dipping I leave the top of back rest pad to the rear. I then roll up coat or other layering clothes and stuff them between frame and pad and add a bungee horizontally. I do walks sometimes of an hr back to some places and can then carry a smaller/lighter pack in. Absolutely love my summit stands.

Can't believe some actually take the straps off each use 😂

Flip the seat so it is smooth on the back.

That’s nice and all. But where do you put your backpack? Or are you supposed to go hunting with no supplies and JUST a rifle and knife? Please don’t take this the wrong way. This guy explains stuff amazingly and I’m not disputing that whatsoever. Can someone please point me in the right direction? I’m buying a new pack for this winter so if someone can say hey man this pack is perfect for a viper sd. Buy it. Please.

how do you carry an back pack and your treestand? i sweat a lot going into the woods and always carry extra clothes instead of wearing them. not sure how to attach a back pack to this. great video btw

This company should send you money

Your videos have been extremely informational. I have watched several of your Summit Viper SD videos because I am hunting with one for the first time this weekend. I've noticed in your other video, you bringing along a backpack as well. How do you travel with your tree strand on your back, with a backpack and your crossbow through the woods? Any tips?

You cannot rest a Summit Viper steel in this same manner. The cross braces are not wide enough for the lower arms to slide in. Very disappointed in this stand and sadly it was my first purchase. The stand you are demoing is much nicer and looks easier to nest.

Does this also work for the summit level pro sd?

Flip it upside down so the teeth are facing up the back of your legs will thank you lol

This should be titled "How to not prepare for your RU-vid post". Dude. Rehearse.

Bought a new summit tree stand and would trade it in a second for the old api grand slam light supreme, had one years ago but sold it due to needing the money and was a big mistake. Wanted to buy a new one but the company was sold and they changed the design and apparently cheaper out on the quality from all the bad reviews I read. Nothing in my opinion needed changing and was a great stand. Way quieter and easier to attach to the tree and packed better. From the reviews a lot of people complained about not having the sound deadening foam inside the rails and mine despite it being on the box doesn’t have any inside either, false advertising if you ask me. Don’t get me wrong it will get you up a tree but for me it doesn’t come close to the old API