DIY Treestands

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  1. w1ckstar

    w1ckstar Weekend Warrior

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    Have any of you guys ever made you're own treestands? I'm in a welding class this semester at tech and we get to do a project at the end of the course. Just wondering if anyone has any safe and reliable plans that would work? Thanks.
     
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    I would guess it wouldn't take much in the way of plans to just copy the specs on a commercial stand. Honestly though with the price of stands as cheap as they are I can't see where building them would be cheeper figuring in time and materials
     
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    probably not, but if I could weld, I'd make my own.....
     
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    Jeepwillys Die Hard Bowhunter

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    My BIL makes his own ladder stands. 30$ worth of steel and he'll make 2 stands 16' to the seat. They are solid but a little heavy. As for his time, it's just tinkering in his free time.
    Plus side is no one steals them.
     
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