well i dont remember to be honest. I stock 1" square tubing for auto work so I didnt pay attention to how much I used. 1" 16 gauge square tubing sells for about 50 cents a foot if that helps.

if you are mig welding I would suggest using 11 gauge instead of 16 gauge. 11 gauge runs aournd 70 cents a foot.

Heres my 20 ' stand all setup. This stand is kind of a gamble, i put it at the bottom of a valley that is located where 3 separate hills meet. In the winter time its such a good spot that you can see all three hillsides all the way up to the field edge.
For bow season, I have cut out some good shooting lanes hitting the 5 major deer trails that run the hill.

After getting home I realized the camera didnt pic up the treestand in the distance as good as the human eye does, so i circled it in some of the pics of further distances. The last pic is almost at the top of the hill on the west side. If the vantage points arent clear in the pics because of my poor photography, let me just say there are some dead deer walking on this hillside

The only real problem is getting into the stand without making my presence known. I litterally have to cross all the trails just to get to her, I may use a scent drag this season to help cover my scent on the way in.


http://www.photodump.org/stored8/20ftstand.jpg
http://www.photodump.org/stored8/20ftstand1.jpg
http://www.photodump.org/stored8/20ftstand2.jpg
http://www.photodump.org/stored8/20ftstand3.jpg
http://www.photodump.org/stored8/20ftstand4.jpg
http://www.photodump.org/stored8/20ftstand5.jpg
http://www.photodump.org/stored8/trail.jpg

the stand in question is dead center in the map pic .the blue dots and yellow lines represent entrances to the path running along the hill and running up it.