A socket for allowing a ratchet to be used to screw a folding tree step into or out of a tree trunk. The socket has two C-shaped brackets which are perpendicularly oriented relative to one another. With the foot peg of the tree step folded alongside the main support bar of the tree step, one bracket fits around the foot peg while the other bracket fits around the end of the main support bar to which the screw portion of the tree step is attached.
