Looking for Hunting Blind Platform
11-23-2014, 10:19 AM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 7
Looking for Hunting Blind Platform
I'm in the market for a sturdy, lightweight blind platform, probably about 6x6 and about 6-8 feet up. I'm looking to top it with plywood and use a pop-up style square blind on it. I have no sons, but one of my daughters is interested in hunting, so I'd like to make it as comfortable as possible for her (and me). Getting a solid side blind out to my spot is out of the question -- too hard to get it there. I figure this is the next best thing. Everything has to fit into my jet sled. I thought I'd use two 3x6 1/2" sheets of plywood for the floor.
The ladder would need to go to the side, not through the floor.
Any ideas?
The ladder would need to go to the side, not through the floor.
Any ideas?
Last edited by schuld66; 11-23-2014 at 10:38 AM.
11-23-2014, 10:58 AM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: GA
Posts: 357
I think sportsman guide sells one... You can also buy the elevator brackets and build one.. 1/2" ply wood is kind of thin, it will work with the right floor system but if not you could go through it..
Last edited by ojibwa; 11-23-2014 at 12:40 PM.
11-23-2014, 12:34 PM
#3
Spike
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Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 7
11-24-2014, 01:04 AM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: MICHIGAN
Posts: 2,568
If you can get a platform to your spot you can get a modular blind out to it.
4x4x8' corner post and center post, 2x6 platform frame attached. 3/3 inch ply for the floor with one 2/4 center joist. Porch part is 2x6 treated.
Walls are 7/16 OSB cut and attached to 11/2" corner post, 11/2 rails on the bottom bolted to the plat form then lag bolted at the corners.
I can get better pictures of the insides if you want so you can build it in sections and then assemble at the hunting spot.
Al
4x4x8' corner post and center post, 2x6 platform frame attached. 3/3 inch ply for the floor with one 2/4 center joist. Porch part is 2x6 treated.
Walls are 7/16 OSB cut and attached to 11/2" corner post, 11/2 rails on the bottom bolted to the plat form then lag bolted at the corners.
I can get better pictures of the insides if you want so you can build it in sections and then assemble at the hunting spot.
Al
11-24-2014, 04:43 AM
#8
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Indiana
Posts: 585
I built an attic in my pole barn and used 3/4 inch for the floor. My trusses are 4 foot on center so I put joist in every 2 feet. There are still spots that it "sags" when I step on it. So if you are going to use 1/2 inch you will lose and of your weight "savings" in bracing. Might as well go with the thicker stuff.
