How many still build their own stands.
08-12-2004, 08:14 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Danville KY USA
Posts: 219
How many still build their own stands.
Me and my hunting partner just finished hanging 2 new wood platforms on one of our fav hunting spots. I guess I have brain damage because I sure forgot how hard it is to hammer nails while hanging upside down from a branch[:@]. We have to do this because a store bought stand wouldn't make it a week in this area. It's a shame that people have to be this way but I guess thats how it is!
08-12-2004, 10:48 PM
#4
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Grants pass,Oregon
Posts: 161
RE: How many still build their own stands.
I build my first hang on stand out of a old bed frame. A friend helped me do it he has been building them for years. I have been using it for a couple of years the only thing that I dont like about it is that it is stinking heavy. So when I was in collage two years back I made one out of Aluminum, alot lighter but still heavy due the the fact that I am an overkill freak and used like 1/4" aluminum. But I still havnt finished it yet due to laziness, all it needs is the seat, pad and straps installed. The first one cost about $25 and the aluminum one cost about $40 or so.
08-13-2004, 06:58 AM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,704
08-13-2004, 08:12 AM
#6
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Gouldsboro, PA
Posts: 548
RE: How many still build their own stands.
I just built a ladder stand out of 2x4's, 18 feet high, with platform and seat. I will be locking it in with a chain and putting on camo wrap around the lower half. It is hopefully going up this weekend.
Tom
Tom
08-13-2004, 08:31 AM
#8
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Maine
Posts: 3,555
RE: How many still build their own stands.
I use to have a couple of wooden ladder stands. The were great, legs and ladder rungs made from small trees, they blended right in until the got to be a couple of years old. The early one season I was climbing up into a stand and the third from top rung broke under my weight and sent me fall to the ground[:'(]. Since then I've put my money into metal. You just can't beat the longevity of metal