SC_Mike
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I have a field in the back of my property about 2-3 acres I didn't hunt last year because I didn't have a stand. Back in May I decided to change all that. I had a friend with a drone come out and shoot some overhead pics of the property to find best placement as not to send a bullet through my truck or my outhouse, or another stand.
I wanted a good sized stand that I could stand up in and stretch out some. I decided on a 4x6x6 box basically with visibility 360 and no ladder, I wanted some kind of stairs.
The real key were the brackets that are available for the legs on the corners. The brackets kick the legs out at a 15 degree angle in two directions, making it easier to get the legs out on a more stable stance. You can find them if you do a search, or PM me and I'll tell you which I used.
I started with a basic 4'x6' frame made from treated 2''x8'' and a 3/4 inch treated plywood floor. Tied together tight with 2 1/2" outdoor deck screws, I didn't want any squeaks. The brackets are made for 4" 4x4 legs as long as you dare. I thought 10' would be enough.
Here's the floor on its legs after I had used the tractor to stand it up, then I added cross braces and used the bucket on the tractor to set it back in the edge of the trees. I couldn't get it exactly where I wanted so I settled on a spot over a rock pile the previous owner had created, giving me extra incentive not to fall during the building process.
Here you can see the way I ran the framing for the sides, screwed securely to the frame so the 1/2 inch ply would go on the inside and screwed into the 2/4s on the "outside".
The front corners I used 6'6'' 2x4s to get the roof high enough to stand up in and 6'2'' in the rear to get a decent fall for the rain water to run off. The roof is just three pieces of 1/2 inch treated cut to 2'x8' and screwed into three 2''x4'' rafters that ran front to back. I overlapped them as you would do shingles as not to get any leaks inside the box. I used minimum screws inside the box area and added silicon to the screw heads on the outside.
I then felt the urge to camo it so I painted as I thought about my stairs and tried to remember my HS geometry.
The stairs ended up a little more steep that I wanted but are very comfortable even for those of us of the "XL" persuasion... About a week ago I stopped painting as not to introduce anymore paint smells to the woods and field. This give it about six more weeks before the season begins for the scents to fade.
I used some camo cloth to cover the windows and can pin sections up out of the way when hunting. Here's a few pics of the inside. I have added a small shelf for anything I may need. I added a urinal which runs two feet under ground. After a test run with the urinal I should have run it at an angle as not to get sounds of "falling water" back up the through the pipe. a couple of small sponges down the tube should take care of that.
Anyway, I hope this helps someone who's thinking of building their own. I've got about $700.00 in it counting the brackets but I did use some scrap lumber and I had the chair and cloth. I spent roughly two days a week over a couple months on it by myself, with help probably half that time.
Any questions let me know or PM me.
I wanted a good sized stand that I could stand up in and stretch out some. I decided on a 4x6x6 box basically with visibility 360 and no ladder, I wanted some kind of stairs.
The real key were the brackets that are available for the legs on the corners. The brackets kick the legs out at a 15 degree angle in two directions, making it easier to get the legs out on a more stable stance. You can find them if you do a search, or PM me and I'll tell you which I used.
I started with a basic 4'x6' frame made from treated 2''x8'' and a 3/4 inch treated plywood floor. Tied together tight with 2 1/2" outdoor deck screws, I didn't want any squeaks. The brackets are made for 4" 4x4 legs as long as you dare. I thought 10' would be enough.
Here's the floor on its legs after I had used the tractor to stand it up, then I added cross braces and used the bucket on the tractor to set it back in the edge of the trees. I couldn't get it exactly where I wanted so I settled on a spot over a rock pile the previous owner had created, giving me extra incentive not to fall during the building process.
Here you can see the way I ran the framing for the sides, screwed securely to the frame so the 1/2 inch ply would go on the inside and screwed into the 2/4s on the "outside".
The front corners I used 6'6'' 2x4s to get the roof high enough to stand up in and 6'2'' in the rear to get a decent fall for the rain water to run off. The roof is just three pieces of 1/2 inch treated cut to 2'x8' and screwed into three 2''x4'' rafters that ran front to back. I overlapped them as you would do shingles as not to get any leaks inside the box. I used minimum screws inside the box area and added silicon to the screw heads on the outside.
I then felt the urge to camo it so I painted as I thought about my stairs and tried to remember my HS geometry.
The stairs ended up a little more steep that I wanted but are very comfortable even for those of us of the "XL" persuasion... About a week ago I stopped painting as not to introduce anymore paint smells to the woods and field. This give it about six more weeks before the season begins for the scents to fade.
I used some camo cloth to cover the windows and can pin sections up out of the way when hunting. Here's a few pics of the inside. I have added a small shelf for anything I may need. I added a urinal which runs two feet under ground. After a test run with the urinal I should have run it at an angle as not to get sounds of "falling water" back up the through the pipe. a couple of small sponges down the tube should take care of that.
Anyway, I hope this helps someone who's thinking of building their own. I've got about $700.00 in it counting the brackets but I did use some scrap lumber and I had the chair and cloth. I spent roughly two days a week over a couple months on it by myself, with help probably half that time.
Any questions let me know or PM me.
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