Let's face it, the less you have to struggle with when you are up a tree, the safer you will be. The hard part of hanging a hang on style treestand is ratcheting home the heavy treestand while you are trying to hold it in place on the tree. With the Hang-On Buddy system, all you do is hang the light weight mounting base in the tree with a ratchet strap, then hoist the heavy treestand up and join the Hang-On Buddy hooks to the mounting base. Lastly, insert the locking pin to secure the system.