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Re: Summit Viper Classic Vs. Api Crusader
[Re: sgt0004]
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10/02/17 06:26 AM
10/02/17 06:26 AM
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Posts: 8,572
Grays Creek, NC
bigcountry692001
14 point
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14 point
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 8,572
Grays Creek, NC
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I have a summit too but I’m looking at a lone wolf.
"You cant manage a deer herd with acorns."
-Dr. Craig Harper
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Re: Summit Viper Classic Vs. Api Crusader
[Re: SouthBamaSlayer]
#2243491
10/02/17 07:41 AM
10/02/17 07:41 AM
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Posts: 2,763
Lincoln
bmc77
10 point
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10 point
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 2,763
Lincoln
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API's are known as death traps. I've never had any problems with mine but I am looking to buy a new climber.The 2 grand slams I have are around 15 years old and work like the day I bought them.
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Re: Summit Viper Classic Vs. Api Crusader
[Re: SouthBamaSlayer]
#2243867
10/02/17 01:12 PM
10/02/17 01:12 PM
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Posts: 769
vinemont
headshot
4 point
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4 point
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Posts: 769
vinemont
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API's are known as death traps. I'm calling BS on that one!!! I've been hunting out of one for 25 years and it has never fell. I have owned two Summits and have had both of them slid down the tree.
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Re: Summit Viper Classic Vs. Api Crusader
[Re: sgt0004]
#2243872
10/02/17 01:16 PM
10/02/17 01:16 PM
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Posts: 769
vinemont
headshot
4 point
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4 point
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 769
vinemont
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Looking at purchasing a new climber. All I have ever hunted out of was an Ol' Man. I have been looking at he Summit Viper Classic and the Api Crusader. The biggest difference I have found between the two are the summit has the cables and the api has chains and also the api is 22 lbs and the summit is 29 lbs. Can anyone give me their opinion on the two and which one they would choose. Thanks in advance! when you go looking at stands, look at the teeth that dig into the tree. API has teeth, Summit has a bar that will not grip the tree, Also, the chains seem to hug the tree better.
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Re: Summit Viper Classic Vs. Api Crusader
[Re: headshot]
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10/02/17 01:21 PM
10/02/17 01:21 PM
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Posts: 14,134
Chilton County
MarksOutdoors
Booner
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Booner
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Posts: 14,134
Chilton County
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API's are known as death traps. I'm calling BS on that one!!! I've been hunting out of one for 25 years and it has never fell. I have owned two Summits and have had both of them slid down the tree. I think he is probably alluding to the recalls that caused some problems for API . Check out some of the YouTube videos that show a couple different models failing. With that said, I have an API that is about 6 years old that has been fine.
"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him."
-G. K. Chesterton
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Re: Summit Viper Classic Vs. Api Crusader
[Re: sgt0004]
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10/02/17 01:32 PM
10/02/17 01:32 PM
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Posts: 31,681
Slidell, La
perchjerker
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 31,681
Slidell, La
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API's made by Paul Meeks are wonderful stands and are some of the best biting stands. I can't speak for them since Mr Meeks sold out. They never have been known as death traps!
Thomas Jefferson. The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Life is too short to only hunt and fish on weekends!
If being a dumbass was fatal some of you would be on your death bed!
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Re: Summit Viper Classic Vs. Api Crusader
[Re: sgt0004]
#2244195
10/02/17 04:27 PM
10/02/17 04:27 PM
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Posts: 3,867
dothan
eskimo270
10 point
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10 point
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dothan
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Viper is what I would go with but I would get the sd, its much lighter and I promise you it will eventually make a difference.
Super Predator
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Re: Summit Viper Classic Vs. Api Crusader
[Re: perchjerker]
#2244311
10/02/17 08:23 PM
10/02/17 08:23 PM
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Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 697
Tuscaloosa
Snowman257wby
4 point
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4 point
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Posts: 697
Tuscaloosa
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API's made by Paul Meeks are wonderful stands and are some of the best biting stands. I can't speak for them since Mr Meeks sold out. They never have been known as death traps! Just tell Cause I know you know get a Treewalker
"Give me a second" - Stan Potts
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Re: Summit Viper Classic Vs. Api Crusader
[Re: sgt0004]
#2244312
10/02/17 08:32 PM
10/02/17 08:32 PM
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Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 697
Tuscaloosa
Snowman257wby
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4 point
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 697
Tuscaloosa
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(Not trying to steal the thread but) I have old Gorillas too that have been good for years but i have the gut feeling they need replacement cables just don't know how long cables last in climbers.
"Give me a second" - Stan Potts
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Re: Summit Viper Classic Vs. Api Crusader
[Re: headshot]
#2244323
10/03/17 12:17 AM
10/03/17 12:17 AM
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Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 8,035
Huntsville
jono23
14 point
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14 point
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Posts: 8,035
Huntsville
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Looking at purchasing a new climber. All I have ever hunted out of was an Ol' Man. I have been looking at he Summit Viper Classic and the Api Crusader. The biggest difference I have found between the two are the summit has the cables and the api has chains and also the api is 22 lbs and the summit is 29 lbs. Can anyone give me their opinion on the two and which one they would choose. Thanks in advance! when you go looking at stands, look at the teeth that dig into the tree. API has teeth, Summit has a bar that will not grip the tree, Also, the chains seem to hug the tree better. My summit has teeth? And it grips the tree great.
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Re: Summit Viper Classic Vs. Api Crusader
[Re: jono23]
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10/03/17 01:22 AM
10/03/17 01:22 AM
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Posts: 769
vinemont
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4 point
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Posts: 769
vinemont
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Looking at purchasing a new climber. All I have ever hunted out of was an Ol' Man. I have been looking at he Summit Viper Classic and the Api Crusader. The biggest difference I have found between the two are the summit has the cables and the api has chains and also the api is 22 lbs and the summit is 29 lbs. Can anyone give me their opinion on the two and which one they would choose. Thanks in advance! when you go looking at stands, look at the teeth that dig into the tree. API has teeth, Summit has a bar that will not grip the tree, Also, the chains seem to hug the tree better. My summit has teeth? And it grips the tree great. Really!! My son has a Goliath and it doesn't. at least not like my API. I had actually thought about bringing it to work and cutting some in it.
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