Blast From The Past....

[Fletch]

Looking for something in a closet this morning and look what I found buried in the back... A kit to build a TSS CLIMBING TREE STAND... Completely forgot I purchased it many moons ago... This stand was an upgrade from the old bakers... I loved the TSS, unlike others that felt it was only an upgrade in a death trap from the Bakers... Great thing about the TSS was it was rubber where it gripped the tree, therefore you didn't chew the tree up everytime you went up and down the tree... Always a dead giveaway to someone looking for a spot to hunt... Gee, look someone sure does go up and down this tree alot, just might be a good spot... As a side note I used my TSS about 2 years ago, so I still trusted it... Oh, also no climbing aid either, still able to hug the tree....

 

["J"]

That was my tree stand when I started out bow hunting. Hugging the tree up and down.
Oh the memories!!!

 

[Fletch]

That was my tree stand when I started out bow hunting. Hugging the tree up and down.
Oh the memories!!!

Yes the memories J.... So many scrapes on your chest... Once my Baker came off my feet about 20 ft. up, there I was hugging the tree for dear life while my stand ratcheted all the way down to the bottom... Slide down tree, got back in and went back up... Turned around and 3 bucks were under me... Guess they heard the tree stand and thought there were bucks fighting.... Only bucks I've ever rattled in...

 

[Mickey Merrie]

Looking for something in a closet this morning and look what I found buried in the back... A kit to build a TSS CLIMBING TREE STAND... Completely forgot I purchased it many moons ago... This stand was an upgrade from the old bakers... I loved the TSS, unlike others that felt it was only an upgrade in a death trap from the Bakers... Great thing about the TSS was it was rubber where it gripped the tree, therefore you didn't chew the tree up everytime you went up and down the tree... Always a dead giveaway to someone looking for a spot to hunt... Gee, look someone sure does go up and down this tree alot, just might be a good spot... As a side note I used my TSS about 2 years ago, so I still trusted it... Oh, also no climbing aid either, still able to hug the tree....

How much you want for it?

If you don't want to sell it make a hand climber/seat out of it or build it and modify the old one to be the seat!

 

[Fletch]

How much you want for it?

If you don't want to sell it make a hand climber/seat out of it or build it and modify the old one to be the seat!

I still have 2 TSS and 2 Bakers hanging in my garage... Also have a Loggy Bayou hand climber new in box... I have used one of the TSS as a seat in the past, just to have something to sit on at the base of the tree....

 

[Mickey Merrie]

I still have 2 TSS and 2 Bakers hanging in my garage... Also have a Loggy Bayou hand climber new in box... I have used one of the TSS as a seat in the past, just to have something to sit on at the base of the tree....

And my nice gut special price is?

 

[Fletch]

And my nice gut special price is?

I'll sleep on whether or not I wanna part with it...

 

[Mickey Merrie]

10 4.

 

[triple_duece]

I used a stand, not sure what kind but you needed to be a gorilla to carry it. It had two parts (top and bottom. Back side that went around the tree was and v flat bar and inside was like two 1.5” spikes. Very stable and you’d only want to climb a pine tree once as the next day it would be dripping sap. I will stick to my stands I currently have which is m100 millinium lock-ones and ole man grand vision in aluminum. Really don’t care for ladders but like them. After setting one up there was always a better tree to be in but they are a bitch to move and dangerous to set up as many hunters know.

 

[Fletch]

Yup ladder stands suck to put up... We always lean against tree then use a ladder from back of tree to fasten ratchet strap...

 

[Jackalope]

I used a stand, not sure what kind but you needed to be a gorilla to carry it. It had two parts (top and bottom. Back side that went around the tree was and v flat bar and inside was like two 1.5” spikes. Very stable and you’d only want to climb a pine tree once as the next day it would be dripping sap. I will stick to my stands I currently have which is m100 millinium lock-ones and ole man grand vision in aluminum. Really don’t care for ladders but like them. After setting one up there was always a better tree to be in but they are a bitch to move and dangerous to set up as many hunters know.

That was my first climber also. That flat bat V was like a giant boomerang. I can't remember how that flat bar attached. I seem to remember wingnuts and maybe a spring.

 

[triple_duece]

That was my first climber also. That flat bat V was like a giant boomerang. I can't remember how that flat bar attached. I seem to remember wingnuts and maybe a spring.

Bolt w a wing nut.

 

[Fletch]

Sounds like a Baker as they had bolts with wing nuts but they didn't have spikes...

 

[triple_duece]

Come to think of it, I believe there is one grown in a tree just off my line. I planned on hunting my stand near it and if I think of it I will go take a pic of it.

 

[finelyshedded]

You guys remember the TSS bows? One of the first if not THEE first split limb bow ever made. A local legend in the archery world from Morgan County, Dan Zumbro recently died had a huge hand in its design and patent along with the Loc-On tree stand. He was a very intelligent and talented man that could mesmerize you in a discussion and before you know it you could look around and there’s a crowd behind you starting to grow. Practically everyone who now hunted or shot archery in Morgan county back in the 70’s and 80’s learned something from him or he had a hand in their path to this hobby. He will be sorely missed and the archery/hunting world lost a pioneer.
We lost another great archer a few years back who was a protege of Dan’s as well named Gary Coleman. We called him Coalminer and he won many shoots in the Ohio Archers Association circuit. Me and all my buddies learned a lot from them both, may they Rest In Peace.
Here’s Dan’s obit:

Daniel Zumbro Obituary | Sep 29, 2021 | McConnelsville, OH

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www.matheneyfh.com

 

[Fletch]

You guys remember the TSS bows? One of the first if not THEE first split limb bow ever made. A local legend in the archery world from Morgan County, Dan Zumbro recently died had a huge hand in its design and patent along with the Lock-On tree stand. He was a very intelligent and talented man that could mesmerize you in a discussion and before you know it you could look around and there’s a crowd behind you starting to grow. Practically everyone who now hunted or shot archery in Morgan county back in the 70’s and 80’s learned something from him or he had a hand in their path to this hobby. He will be sorely missed and the archery/hunting world lost pioneer.
We lost another great archer a few years back who was a protege of Dan’s as well named Gary Coleman. We called him Coalminer and he won many shoots in the Ohio Archers Association circuit. Me and all my buddies learned a lot from them both, may they Rest In Peace.
Here’s Dan’s obit:

Daniel Zumbro Obituary | Sep 29, 2021 | McConnelsville, OH

Share memories & support the family

www.matheneyfh.com

Ric... I remember TSS having their hands in making compound bows but don't actually remember models... Sorry to hear about the two pioneers in the archery world passing... May they RIP...

 

[finelyshedded]

Ric... I remember TSS having their hands in making compound bows but don't actually remember models... Sorry to hear about the two pioneers in the archery world passing... May they RIP...

If you Google TSS bows or vintage bows a few will pop up. Ron and several buddies in our archery club shot them. Ron killed his first OBB qualifier with his and got a pic taken with his new bow and the deer. If I can find the pic I’ll share it here.

 

[xbowguy]

Loggy Bayou.... Man my knees and back hurt just to hear the name. My bottom let go probably 10' up just as I was readjusting the hand part.... It fell 6 or 8' then locked back onto the tree both knees gave out and slammed into the tree.... I hunted the rest of the evening on it like a chair. I still have it but that does not mean I like it!

 

[Fletch]

Loggy Bayou.... Man my knees and back hurt just to hear the name. My bottom let go probably 10' up just as I was readjusting the hand part.... It fell 6 or 8' then locked back onto the tree both knees gave out and slammed into the tree.... I hunted the rest of the evening on it like a chair. I still have it but that does not mean I like it!

LOL... Brings to memory when my oldest brother got into bow hunting... I had an extra Baker and showed him how to climb with it... He was a natural and zipped right up the tree... So we went hunting and I put him up a tree I liked... I went about 100 yds. up the hill... Shortly after I got settled in I heard a crash... I was down the tree like a fireman going down the pole... When I got to the tree I was relieved to see him standing there... The stand did do as well platform was broken and metal frame all twisted... I said what happened??? He replied I got up about 12 ft. and decided that's high enough for the first time... He then turned around and put his heels as close to the tree as possible... Well with all his weight near the tree it was....GOING DOWN, BOTTOM FLOOR.

Then another time we said we would quit around 11... When he didn't come out, I went looking... There he is up the tree... So I ask what's up??? He responds that he can't get his feet in the stirrups... He just had back surgery... So I put my Baker on the tree and go up under him and put strap around his heels..
The memories....

 

[brock ratcliff]

If you Google TSS bows or vintage bows a few will pop up. Ron and several buddies in our archery club shot them. Ron killed his first OBB qualifier with his and got a pic taken with his new bow and the deer. If I can find the pic I’ll share it here.

Yeah baby! Quadraflex, wicked bow for its time. I’ll never forget in the mid 90s I took an old HS friend hunting. He ran into his dads house, stole his brother’s old Quadraflex. When we got to my house I insisted he shoot before we went. He ripped the sight off and aimed down the arrow. The boy was a natural and amazed me with how well he shot that old bow. I e got a lot of memories of those bows.