New Deer Stands

DTAggie · October 03, 2011, 09:03:41 PM

Quote from: Caneyscud on October 03, 2011, 02:42:36 PM
Noticed you ordered them big enough that you can lay down in! And that little corner seat. I don't know about yours'n, but they don't call me big bu$$ for nothing! Good looking Sonny. Those bring back memories of building them with my Dad!

That's not a seat, its a booze stand!

ronbeaux · October 04, 2011, 04:38:24 AM

Good looking stands Sonny! Good luck this year!

OU812 · October 04, 2011, 07:32:27 AM

Sonny;

How in the he!! do you get those big a$$ stands up on stilts?

Just tryin to picture how you folks do it.

We were gonna build one out at one of our spots, allready got the stilts in the ground on an open blind.

classicrockgriller · October 04, 2011, 07:46:50 AM

Quote from: OU812 on October 04, 2011, 07:32:27 AM
Sonny;

How in the he!! do you get those big a$$ stands up on stilts?

Just tryin to picture how you folks do it.

We were gonna build one out at one of our spots, allready got the stilts in the ground on an open blind.

Curt, the box stand will get unloaded and laid on it's side on the ground

and the legs and braces will go on. Get it close to where you want and tie

a rope on one side and pull it up with a tractor and two guys stabilizing

the legs and it goes right up. We then dig a hole one leg at a time and level

the stand and THEN install guide wires or two by four bracing's to keep it

from blowing over. Takes about two hours per stand if there isn't a lot of

beer involved. ;D

Tenpoint5 · October 04, 2011, 08:10:27 AM

Yep that's the easy way to do it. Mine wasn't the easy way at all! We built it in the garage then assembled it once we got the platform up out in the timber and raised each of the sides up one at a time.

classicrockgriller · October 04, 2011, 08:14:14 AM

Quote from: Tenpoint5 on October 04, 2011, 08:10:27 AM
Yep that's the easy way to do it. Mine wasn't the easy way at all! We built it in the garage then assembled it once we got the platform up out in the timber and raised each of the sides up one at a time.

Been there and done that when a tractor wasn't available.

Sides not too bad, but the roof is a killer.

Last year we hoisted one with two 4 wheeler winches after

we tied the 4 wheelers off to trees.

OU812 · October 04, 2011, 08:59:47 AM

Thats how I thought you would do it Sonny, just thought that the legs might break wile standin it up.

Are problum is the legs, stilts I call em, are allready in the ground. :-\

Were tryin to rebulid an open stand into a closed in condo kinda thing. ;)

classicrockgriller · October 04, 2011, 09:59:58 AM

Curt, gonna call you.

I talk faster than I can type. ;D

OU812 · October 04, 2011, 10:18:40 AM

Quote from: classicrockgriller on October 04, 2011, 09:59:58 AM
Curt, gonna call you.

I talk faster than I can type. ;D

Got it, thanks bud.