Primal Vantage Expands Recall of Plastic Tree Steps Due to Fall Hazard
Home product recall 11-024. Announced by CPSC on Oct 27, 2010.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Oct 27, 2010. Copied from CPSC on Oct 19, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- Refund what’s offered
- About 40,000 (In January and May 2010 releases #10-101 with 16,000 products, and #10-236 with an additional 1,800 recalled steps, bringing the total to 17,800, included date codes 12/08 and 10/08, December 2008 and October 2008 respectively). All steps that include a “08” date code are being added to the recall, adding 22,000 units. units, as CPSC gives them
- Reported injuries, in the notice (needs attention)
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The plastic portion of the step can break, posing a fall hazard to the user.
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What should you do?
Consumers should stop using the tree steps immediately. They should contact Primal Vantage for details on how to obtain a full refund. Consumers are asked not to return the product to retail stores as refunds can only be provided by Primal Vantage.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.
- What the company offers to fix a recalled product or vehicle: a repair, a replacement or a refund, as the recall notice says. For a vehicle, dealers make the safety repair free. Follow the notice’s own steps, or contact the company it names. Source: CPSC; NHTSA (49 U.S.C. 30120).: refund.
- How to reach the firm: For additional information, contact Primal Vantage toll free at (866) 972-6168 between 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit their website at www.treestandcustomerservice.com to print a return form or for further information on how to locate the date code on your tree step.
Which ones are recalled?
Product is a plastic tree step that attaches to a tree via a nylon strap and a large metal buckle. It is used to climb a tree in order to hunt from an elevated position. Model numbers 105 and 155 both have a “08”, which is stamped on the plastic portion of the step denoting the year of manufacture.
About 40,000 (In January and May 2010 releases #10-101 with 16,000 products, and #10-236 with an additional 1,800 recalled steps, bringing the total to 17,800, included date codes 12/08 and 10/08, December 2008 and October 2008 respectively). All steps that include a “08” date code are being added to the recall, adding 22,000 units. units, as CPSC gives them.
Ameristep Plastic Strap-On Tree Step.
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CPSC’s photos
CPSC shows 1 photo on its notice. Hearth Record doesn’t copy them; each opens on cpsc.gov.
Who made and sold it?
- Made by Primal Vantage Co., Inc., Randolph, N.J.
- The product was sold from April 2008 through November 2009 at various outdoor and sporting goods retailers nationwide as a 3-step package in model 105 or as a single step in model 155.
- Made in China, as the notice gives it.
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Was anyone hurt?
Primal Vantage has received six complaints of step breakage, including two reports of consumers being bruised and cut.
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What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
Recalls of kids’ and home products are from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). CPSC does not endorse Hearth Record. Copied on Oct 19, 2026.