The Recall Desk
Our severity:HighCPSC·24066·Announced 2023-12-21

FeraDyne Outdoors Recalls Rhino Tree Stands Due to Fall Hazard

FeraDyne Outdoors is recalling about 50,000 Rhino Tree Stands because the safety harness stitching can rip, creating a fall hazard. No injuries have been reported.

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a safety harness defect that creates a risk of fall injury in a high-consequence environment (tree stands). Although no illnesses or injuries have been reported, the hazard is direct and credible—tested defect in a product designed to prevent falls. Per the rubric, risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported score as High (3).

Plain-English summary

FeraDyne Outdoors, of Superior, Wisconsin, is recalling about 50,000 Rhino Tree Stands and Ladder Stands sold in the United States. The recalled safety harnesses have model numbers RTH-2000S or RTH-2001S and do not comply with the voluntary industry safety standard ASTM F2337-21. Testing found that the stitching holding together the black cloth strips and white cloth tether can rip, posing a fall hazard to the user.

The recalled tree stands were sold at Dick's Merchandising & Supply, Orscheln Farm & Home, hunting and supply stores nationwide, and online at Amazon.com and other websites from February 2021 through December 2022 for between $110 and $360. The affected tree-stand models are RTH-100, RTH-200, RTL-100, RTL-200, RTL-300, RTL-400, RTL-1000, RTL-3000, and RTL-4000.

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled tree stands and contact FeraDyne Outdoors for a free replacement safety harness. FeraDyne can be reached at 800-787-7589 (Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. CT), by email at [email protected], or online at www.rhinotreestandsrecall.com or www.feradyne.com. No injuries have been reported.

The recalled product

Product
Rhino Tree Stands
Affected units
50,000

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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