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Post by smsmith on May 27, 2023 6:28:25 GMT -6
Ladder. That's one thing I do need to improve at some point. Steps would be great I built steps up to two of mine In Missouri with green treated 2”x10”. No way am I climbing a ladder with all those clothes on while toting a backpack and gun. I wish I had better construction skills
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Post by MoBuckChaser on May 27, 2023 6:36:08 GMT -6
I built steps up to two of mine In Missouri with green treated 2”x10”. No way am I climbing a ladder with all those clothes on while toting a backpack and gun. I wish I had better construction skills I built normal rise and run steps up to my 16’ blind. Which means I had to join together the stair stringers that were now 30’ long. It was a project to get them up in the air and braced so it wouldn’t collapse at a later date. Lol!
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Post by smsmith on May 27, 2023 6:51:28 GMT -6
I wish I had better construction skills I built normal rise and run steps up to my 16’ blind. Which means I had to join together the stair stringers that were now 30’ long. It was a project to get them up in the air and braced so it wouldn’t collapse at a later date. Lol! About the only way my stands will ever get stairs is if I hire the Amish to build them.
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Post by caveman on May 27, 2023 7:40:56 GMT -6
Ladder. That's one thing I do need to improve at some point. Steps would be great I built steps up to two of mine In Missouri with green treated 2”x10”. No way am I climbing a ladder with all those clothes on while toting a backpack and gun.
Was thinking how much safer something like this would be. Pictured is 3' wide steps and that seems to be real nice for having a hand rail on both sides.
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Post by biglakebass on May 27, 2023 7:56:26 GMT -6
Whats the price on those steps?
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Post by caveman on May 27, 2023 10:36:33 GMT -6
Whats the price on those steps? Price unknown yet. Working on it.
My closest "competitor" charges $500 a step, 5 step minimum. But that is also The Lake market.
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Post by smsmith on May 27, 2023 10:54:16 GMT -6
The young fellers got 'er done. They had to drag it with the skidsteer, but they got it where I wanted it. I predict I'll see many bucks from this stand.
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Post by biglakebass on May 27, 2023 10:59:56 GMT -6
I love it. Is it anchored down? Room for a chair on the deck on those balmy days?
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Post by smsmith on May 27, 2023 11:02:43 GMT -6
I love it. Is it anchored down?Room for a chair on the deck on those balmy days? Yep, the 2"x4"'s on the corners are screwed to green treated ground stakes. I'm glad they were the ones to sledgehammer the stakes into the rocky, dry soil and not me.
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Post by MoBuckChaser on May 29, 2023 18:19:57 GMT -6
I love it. Is it anchored down?Room for a chair on the deck on those balmy days? Yep, the 2"x4"'s on the corners are screwed to green treated ground stakes. I'm glad they were the ones to sledgehammer the stakes into the rocky, dry soil and not me. Here is my steps. Still useable after 10 years.
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Post by benmnwi on May 29, 2023 21:42:30 GMT -6
here’s a picture of my stand that was put up Friday. It is on a field edge, so I only had it 6’ up. It is up against a tree row I planted 16 years ago. I’m happy and I might eventually add some stairs and a brace or two.
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Post by smsmith on May 30, 2023 7:59:20 GMT -6
here’s a picture of my stand that was put up Friday. It is on a field edge, so I only had it 6’ up. It is up against a tree row I planted 16 years ago. I’m happy and I might eventually add some stairs and a brace or two. A couple x-braces should get added to mine at some point too.
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Post by biglakebass on May 30, 2023 9:15:41 GMT -6
Why do they box in the bottom portion by the ground? Ground blind?
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Post by MoBuckChaser on May 30, 2023 9:22:35 GMT -6
Why do they box in the bottom portion by the ground? Ground blind? Plywood is a better cross brace then 2x4. And the plywood adds weight and is free verses 2x4
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Post by MoBuckChaser on May 30, 2023 10:42:37 GMT -6
On FB right now. Can’t build steps for $600
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