RE: How many still build their own stands.
 

yeah home made plans woudl be GREAT
if you are willing to share with us all
i built a custome treestand, but its made for two people and it was almost 60 pounds of wood. :D but no one in their right mind coudl steal that thing in less than a week! and its been up since 2000.

RE: How many still build their own stands.
 

I have constructed several platform tower hunting stands 16ft high. I built them solid! Each one weighs about 500lb. We moved them into the woods with a tractor and tipped them up. You would need the hulk and superman to move them.

The platform is 4ft square, and we put galvanized pipe for a railing. Then we wrap the top in camo, and it works great as a two seater, especially with kids.

RE: How many still build their own stands.
 

Well my friends dad acutally invented the stands and he was thinking about selling the plans online but didn't want to for insurance reasons. I suppose I could take a picture and explain how there built w/o any risks. Anybody know if I can get sued if it fails and you get hurt using my plans? I'm not saying thats going to happen because they are really sturdy I just want to be safe.

RE: How many still build their own stands.
 

I one once and lost the key. I took just a pair of wire cutters, and that was that. I would use bike locks like that anymore. There are much better locks out there.

RE: How many still build their own stands.
 

I built this stand with 1" square tubing, 1"x1" angle iron, conduit, and steel mesh for the base. I secure it with 2 1000lbs ratchet straps and use climbing sticks to reach it. It's very quiet and stable and cost about 25 bucks to build. It took about 2-3 hours to design, cut and weld.
I just bought a TIG welder and my next one will be aluminum. The one shown weighs 21lbs. Oh yeah, I put a pine board for a seat on it, bolted to seat frame with long self tapping machine screws.

RE: How many still build their own stands.
 

Dave, very nice? Want to sell a few?