Posted By: Bob Roach
Tower Stand Construction - 09/25/2017 12:48 AM
Last week while at the Sportsman's Club supervising the pavement work, I started construction on the Tower Stand for my wife.
This picture is of the entrance side showing the 4'X4' aluminum floor constructed from a repurposed Fire Escape Platform that I have been planning to use for this purpose for around 30 years.
Around the Aluminum floor is a 2"x12" oak frame work. I have vertical 4"x4" posts in all 4 corners, and on the left side of the door opening. The siding is plywood.
The top is constructed from 3 rows of 2"X6" CCA lumber with about a 3/4" space between them creating approximately an 18" shelf to use as a shooting platform.
The stand utilizes Elevator Double 8 Leg Brackets from Academy Sports the cheapest source I found on them. I believe they were $70 shipped.
The 27" 4"x4" legs are temporary just to get it off the ground a little.
The plan is to use a swivel seat in the stand so that the wife can cover all 360 degrees around her stand location.
After getting some body work estimates tomorrow morning. (Little old lady backed into the wifes 2017 3/4 Ton RAM 4x4 pickup on the Wal-Mart parking lot today) I will get the 12' 4"x4" legs picked up at the lumber yard, and stop by the Saw Mill and have some Oak Braces cut. I am hoping to have it in place by next weekend.
I have a spot picked out on the North East corner of the property. We have a strip of field about 100 feet wide X 100 yards long on the corner with a wooded draw to the South on us, and woods on the North and West on adjoining properties. She can cover the main field, plus the area described above. She can also cover a pond to her West. She has been hunting this location for years, just from Ground Blinds and Ladder Stands. The Tower Stand will have her placed in the best location to cover everything in that area.
Tiny Pictures was not working worth a hoot, or I would have had more pictures.
More to come.
Bob
This picture is of the entrance side showing the 4'X4' aluminum floor constructed from a repurposed Fire Escape Platform that I have been planning to use for this purpose for around 30 years.
Around the Aluminum floor is a 2"x12" oak frame work. I have vertical 4"x4" posts in all 4 corners, and on the left side of the door opening. The siding is plywood.
The top is constructed from 3 rows of 2"X6" CCA lumber with about a 3/4" space between them creating approximately an 18" shelf to use as a shooting platform.
The stand utilizes Elevator Double 8 Leg Brackets from Academy Sports the cheapest source I found on them. I believe they were $70 shipped.
The 27" 4"x4" legs are temporary just to get it off the ground a little.
The plan is to use a swivel seat in the stand so that the wife can cover all 360 degrees around her stand location.
After getting some body work estimates tomorrow morning. (Little old lady backed into the wifes 2017 3/4 Ton RAM 4x4 pickup on the Wal-Mart parking lot today) I will get the 12' 4"x4" legs picked up at the lumber yard, and stop by the Saw Mill and have some Oak Braces cut. I am hoping to have it in place by next weekend.
I have a spot picked out on the North East corner of the property. We have a strip of field about 100 feet wide X 100 yards long on the corner with a wooded draw to the South on us, and woods on the North and West on adjoining properties. She can cover the main field, plus the area described above. She can also cover a pond to her West. She has been hunting this location for years, just from Ground Blinds and Ladder Stands. The Tower Stand will have her placed in the best location to cover everything in that area.
Tiny Pictures was not working worth a hoot, or I would have had more pictures.
More to come.
Bob