making your own stand
02-13-2006, 12:04 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Woodford county IL
Posts: 259
making your own stand
i bought a $60 cheap ladder stand and it has the smallest platform and kind of uncomfortable tohunt a all day hunt so i was thinking of welding some angle iron on and make a large shooting platform and screwing a lawn chair on it
will it be safe any other ideas for stands
ps i love paint
will it be safe any other ideas for stands
ps i love paint
02-13-2006, 12:30 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Modena Wi
Posts: 1,444
RE: making your own stand
sounds like a recipe for disaster to me. I have a few of the cheap ladder stands similar to what you describe. I use them as ladders only to get to a hang on stand. Works really well giving you a safe way to hang the stand.
it'll be as safe as you make it...good luck, great "paint".
02-14-2006, 12:05 PM
#10
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 842
RE: making your own stand
If you have to ask (if it will be safe)...then the answer is no.
Especially do NOT use angle iron. Might as well use spaghetti, or you'll need so much cross bracing that the thing will weigh 500 pounds.
Save up a few $$ and buy a decent stand when you can afford it.
Especially do NOT use angle iron. Might as well use spaghetti, or you'll need so much cross bracing that the thing will weigh 500 pounds.
Save up a few $$ and buy a decent stand when you can afford it.