Can someone.tell me if the.seat on this stand flips up?  Thanks TRRM

No, it does not. But I just slide mine to the side when I want to stand up.

I'm assuming you are asking if the seat folds up, if so then yes is the answer. If you do a search Guru gave an excellent photo follow along of how to a couple years ago. I do it all the time.

Thanks for the info

I must have one of the old ones.

I guess I should be more specific. Mine is not designed to fold up like a lock on stand does. If there is a way to make rig these to do it then I need to look myself. Thanks pitbull I'm going searching.

I have an older hand climber too.  The seat on a hand climber folds up quietly and easily, all you need is a bungie cord.  I don't use the straps between the seat and platform portion, replacing it with a rope to prevent dropping the platform when going up or down.

Take a bungie about 12" - 18" long.  Once you have the stand set in the tree, hook one end of the bungie around the seat platform belt on one side of the seat close to the tree, pull tight around the front of the tree (opposite side as the belt), go over/under the belt on the other side, and then tightly back and hook on the same side you started.  This holds the seat firm against the tree, no slipping when you stand up and you can also fold the seat up against the tree when you want to stand.  Works great, but I don't think you can do it if you use the stabilizing straps.  I've never used, nor seen the use for them anyway.

The seat portion alone of my hand climber, along with the bungie cord, also makes a great seat for ground hunting if you have a tree to mount it to.

Mine doesn't fold up and I use the straps between the platform and seat, but the platform is plenty large enough to stand and shoot.  Maybe the newer stands are different.

This works for me.  All the trees in my yard were either too big or too small, so a fence post will have to do.  Hopefully you will be in something a little bigger around but you get the idea...

Holds firm if you stand up:
   

Close up of bungie:
   

Folded up for standing:
   

Here's the thread mentioned by pitbull...

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=079834#000000

The seat can be flipped up but you cannot use the stabilizing straps if planning to do so...

Curt explains it really well in the above...

Jonathan