i would buy oneif i were you. i have went through 2 wooden dog boxes in 5 years of hard hunting withhounds,and this year i finally went and bought a dimond plated owens dog box. it will last me a life time and it was only 500. thats with top storage and all.insulated etc.. it will cost nearly that much fora wooden dogbox pluss time.
what kind of dogs do you have. where ya from in illinois?
there are alot of used dogboxes for 150+/- on ukcdogs.com. id check them out. you will be much happier with one. i priomise ya.