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sorry about the sideways photo, thought it was upright before I posted. but  thanks for the  compliments. this is one of 8, the platforms are 2 feet wide and 3 ft long. they are super rigid, I assemble with construction adhesive and 3 inch deck screws,i use chains to attach to the tree with a long threaded bolt to draw tight.

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I was gonna say... stand it up it's no good on it's side.  LOL  I just made a wooden stand between 2 pines 16 ft up. Have since added a seat and a rail on the back side. All the steps have 3 deck screws and one 6" lag screw. 

 

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2 hours ago, bugsNbows said:

Looks sturdy. Perhaps came the ladder tho... it's very noticeable. The deer (where I hunt) would pick it out and be gone! Just a thought... no negative implied. 

No offense at all ,  but that stand has been in that tree for months now plenty of time for deer to get used to it by October . We have hunted out of these type of stands for many years and have killed lots of deer from them . Besides deer are color blind . 

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Looks sturdy. Perhaps came the ladder tho... it's very noticeable. The deer (where I hunt) would pick it out and be gone! Just a thought... no negative implied. 




That would be the least of my worries. I have shot deer out of fields that had trucks in the middle of them that got stuck that day.


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4 hours ago, Fletch said:

Just wondering what your all in cost is on one of these. Paint, wood, screws, chains, bolts, adhesive...?

Nice looking stand, looks sturdy and comfy!

well I have never kept track of cost, but I buy construction adhesive by the case, 5 lb tubs of deck screws and I bought the paint at home depot it was a 5 gallon of there oops paint ,but I think I got the 5 gallons of exterior paint at like $40 bucks. you could easily figure it up just decide on your height  and width/ length of the platform you want and figure  in your rungs etc . the entire reason I started building them was the wife did not like how unsteady the store bought ones felt  when she climbed them and I hated the lack of foot room and she likes the big plat forms it makes her feel safer and I like them as I can stretch out the legs (I am 6-3).

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