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Post by badbrad on Aug 6, 2019 14:28:19 GMT -6
When my redneck gets delivered I am having them pick up and move my "shack" elevated blind as well since they will have the equipment there to do it. I put up that blind years ago long before I posted or read QDMA or knew any of you crazy (but smart) guys.
Back then I put my 4x4s in elevators tipped up the blind then finished leveling it. Then I used a post hold digger and dug down 3-4' adjacent to each leg and put a 4x4 in there. Lag bolted the blind leg to the post I put in the ground and concreted and then redimixed concrete around the below ground post. It worked good but digging those 4 holes in that clay is hard work. Give me the best way to do it without a lot of work boys. The stand is a 5'x5' fiberglass shack blind about 10' in the air. Thanks
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Post by Foggy on Aug 6, 2019 14:38:53 GMT -6
When my redneck gets delivered I am having them pick up and move my "shack" elevated blind as well since they will have the equipment there to do it. I put up that blind years ago long before I posted or read QDMA or knew any of you crazy (but smart) guys. Back then I put my 4x4s in elevators tipped up the blind then finished leveling it. Then I used a post hold digger and dug down 3-4' adjacent to each leg and put a 4x4 in there. Lag bolted the blind leg to the post I put in the ground and concreted and then redimixed concrete around the below ground post. It worked good but digging those 4 holes in that clay is hard work. Give me the best way to do it without a lot of work boys. The stand is a 5'x5' fiberglass shack blind about 10' in the air. Thanks The redneck blinds come with 24" pins that you drive in to each of 4 corner pads. Then you put One ground anchor in the center of the 4 legs.....and run a cable from the floor of the blind above to the ground anchor. They furnish a turnbuckle to take up the slack in the cable. I doubt any wind would tip these blinds over. My wooden post blinds are secured to the ground by a single hurricane anchor in the middle of the blind......and I use a 1/8" cable to secure to that anchor. so far / so good. You can get those screw-in ground hurricane anchors at Menards for about $7 or so (?).
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Post by Sandbur on Aug 6, 2019 15:29:51 GMT -6
When my redneck gets delivered I am having them pick up and move my "shack" elevated blind as well since they will have the equipment there to do it. I put up that blind years ago long before I posted or read QDMA or knew any of you crazy (but smart) guys. Back then I put my 4x4s in elevators tipped up the blind then finished leveling it. Then I used a post hold digger and dug down 3-4' adjacent to each leg and put a 4x4 in there. Lag bolted the blind leg to the post I put in the ground and concreted and then redimixed concrete around the below ground post. It worked good but digging those 4 holes in that clay is hard work. Give me the best way to do it without a lot of work boys. The stand is a 5'x5' fiberglass shack blind about 10' in the air. Thanks What do you mean by crazy, but smart? You are overestimating us!
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Post by badgerfowl on Aug 6, 2019 15:33:25 GMT -6
All I do with my wooden leg blinds w/ elevators is drive a u-post next to a leg or two and screw it to the 4x4 leg with a deck screw. I'm more worried about a tree falling on it than it actually tipping over. If was in a wide open field on top of a hill it may be different.
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Post by jbird on Aug 6, 2019 15:53:41 GMT -6
When I think I need something I use ground anchors and coated cables....I run one out from each corner, after I have everything as level as I'm gonna get it. I typically just have the legs sitting on some sort of concrete pad or paver. I often use the concrete preforms for building decks as well. Whatever works. This is the type of anchor I use - I tend to use a 24 or 36 inch version. I run a piece of bar thru the eye to screw it down as far as I can. www.ruralking.com/multi-purpose-earth-anchor-15-3-dia
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Post by badbrad on Aug 6, 2019 16:44:04 GMT -6
When my redneck gets delivered I am having them pick up and move my "shack" elevated blind as well since they will have the equipment there to do it. I put up that blind years ago long before I posted or read QDMA or knew any of you crazy (but smart) guys. Back then I put my 4x4s in elevators tipped up the blind then finished leveling it. Then I used a post hold digger and dug down 3-4' adjacent to each leg and put a 4x4 in there. Lag bolted the blind leg to the post I put in the ground and concreted and then redimixed concrete around the below ground post. It worked good but digging those 4 holes in that clay is hard work. Give me the best way to do it without a lot of work boys. The stand is a 5'x5' fiberglass shack blind about 10' in the air. Thanks The redneck blinds come with 24" pins that you drive in to each of 4 corner pads. Then you put One ground anchor in the center of the 4 legs.....and run a cable from the floor of the blind above to the ground anchor. They furnish a turnbuckle to take up the slack in the cable. I doubt any wind would tip these blinds over. My wooden post blinds are secured to the ground by a single hurricane anchor in the middle of the blind......and I use a 1/8" cable to secure to that anchor. so far / so good. You can get those screw-in ground hurricane anchors at Menards for about $7 or so (?). I'm not worried about the redneck. It's getting installed as I don't want to screw around with a expensive blink line that not getting it right. So you are saying a single hurricane. How do I attach it to the bottom of the blind ? It's not wood construction. Well the floor has some 2x4s.
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Post by Foggy on Aug 6, 2019 18:45:20 GMT -6
The redneck blinds come with 24" pins that you drive in to each of 4 corner pads. Then you put One ground anchor in the center of the 4 legs.....and run a cable from the floor of the blind above to the ground anchor. They furnish a turnbuckle to take up the slack in the cable. I doubt any wind would tip these blinds over. My wooden post blinds are secured to the ground by a single hurricane anchor in the middle of the blind......and I use a 1/8" cable to secure to that anchor. so far / so good. You can get those screw-in ground hurricane anchors at Menards for about $7 or so (?). I'm not worried about the redneck. It's getting installed as I don't want to screw around with a expensive blink line that not getting it right. So you are saying a single hurricane. How do I attach it to the bottom of the blind ? It's not wood construction. Well the floor has some 2x4s. I am not sure how you would attach a cable to your unknown blind floor. Maybe a pic would help? (I drilled a hole through one of my 2x6"s to attach to. Your question is above my pay scale. .
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Post by Tooln on Aug 6, 2019 19:01:45 GMT -6
I used 2 hurricane anchors one on each side, attach 1 cable to legs on each side, center of cable down to the hurricane anchor with a turnbuckle.
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Post by Tooln on Aug 6, 2019 19:07:00 GMT -6
Not the best pic but circled is where I attached the cable.
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Post by badbrad on Aug 7, 2019 8:12:14 GMT -6
I'm not worried about the redneck. It's getting installed as I don't want to screw around with a expensive blink line that not getting it right. So you are saying a single hurricane. How do I attach it to the bottom of the blind ? It's not wood construction. Well the floor has some 2x4s. I am not sure how you would attach a cable to your unknown blind floor. Maybe a pic would help? (I drilled a hole through one of my 2x6"s to attach to. Your question is above my pay scale. . I don't have a picture and won't get to the blind soon. If I recall its wood 2x4s and then sprayed with some type of coating on the underside. This is my set up. Notice how I anchored it.
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Post by Foggy on Aug 7, 2019 8:36:39 GMT -6
Not sure what you got for floor joists under that stand. If they are 2x6 or better I would just drill a hole thru it and use a cable and cable ties to secure it. Then put a gourd anchor below......tighten it up.....and your good to go. Looks like your corners are secured by stakes....no? If you have 2x4 or less for floor joists.....you could screw a loop to the underside and reply on this loop to hold your cable. Use good sized, long, screws. see below...
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Post by Foggy on Aug 7, 2019 9:53:16 GMT -6
This is a stand I just "remodeled" to add a side door instead of the trap door it had. It's sitting on a Redneck 10' tower I recently bought directly from Redneck. The four legs each have a long pin to stake them to the ground (though a hole in each foot) and I use the furnished cable and ground anchor to attach the center of the blind to the gourd via a taught cable. I think you can see the cable in this picture. Or perphaps look on the Redneck site for more detail?
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Post by badbrad on Aug 7, 2019 10:05:01 GMT -6
Would it be an overkill to run a cable and post from each leg and an earth anchor like Jbird is showing above? Or should I still put one centered under the blind?
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Post by Foggy on Aug 7, 2019 10:43:21 GMT -6
Would it be an overkill to run a cable and post from each leg and an earth anchor like Jbird is showing above? Or should I still put one centered under the blind? No guarantees. But it would seem like your putting on a belt an suspenders to do the job?? Simple is good if you ever want to move your blind / tower. Everr try to pulll one of those ground anchors out?
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Post by Tooln on Aug 7, 2019 13:31:43 GMT -6
Would it be an overkill to run a cable and post from each leg and an earth anchor like Jbird is showing above? Or should I still put one centered under the blind? Yes it would. My shadow hunter is 21' up. It is anchored the same way as the picture of my wifes blond I pictured. I'm heading to the 40 today and will take a better pic for you, well that is if I remember too.
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