Tajmahal begins

[Lomax]

47 minutes ago, 2012_taco said:

Well the 1st blind we built made it through the season up to last Friday's wind storm. This sucks, now I have to take it apart, repair what's broken and put it up again.  I  knew we should have anchored it but just ran out of time.  I  will definitely strap it down this time. 

Bummer to see that doesn’t look too damaged.  Hopefully you get it anchored back up soon.  

[Moho81]

Well the 1st blind we built made it through the season up to last Friday's wind storm. This sucks, now I have to take it apart, repair what's broken and put it up again.  I  knew we should have anchored it but just ran out of time.  I  will definitely strap it down this time. 

I did 4 ratchet straps from mine into nearby trees with big eye screws. Knock on wood it’s held up to all the wind storms. I want to come up with something more permanent though.


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[mlammerhirt]

I have the corkscrew ground anchors they use for mobile homes on all four corners now. Actually only three corners lol....when I stopped at value that day I installed them they only had three. Then I ran an I bolt through the 2x4 frame and connected a ratchet strap....and locked it down real nice.

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[luberhill]

I took 4 steel fence posts , drove them into the ground and bolted them thru my cross braces 

Never moves !

[2012_taco]

13 hours ago, luberhill said:

I took 4 steel fence posts , drove them into the ground and bolted them thru my cross braces 

Never moves !

Do you mean the post like these from Tractor Supply?

[luberhill]

Yes ... I’ll post a pic that shows where I bolted them .

I took four sold concrete blocks under each leg because it’s kinda wet where I am 

[luberhill]

So look on all four sides on the lower horizontal braces.

I used carriage bolts ... we get very high north and west winds

[2012_taco]

Update on the damaged blind, we took it apart and I brought it home to fix.  Well we decided as long as there was so much work to do on it we might just as well make it bigger. It was 4x6 and the second blind we built is 6x6 which is much nicer! So this one is now 5x6. I made the windows smaller as we felt they were too big, and I made an entire new roof.  I'm contemplating cutting 8"off the walls as it looks to tall but I don't think it's worth the effort? Re paint and it's ready to  take it apart and haul it to the property and put it back up!

[2012_taco]

Well the blind is done, just need to take it apart, load it on trailer, haul it back up the hill,  then put it back up. And anchor it of course!

I'm not real happy with my paint job, I think I got a little carried away with the leaves.  Looks too busy,  we'll see how it looks in the field.

[The_Real_TCIII]

I dont see it

[Moho81]

I figured I’d keep rolling on this thread instead of making a new one. I pick up ten 2x4x8 pressure treated boards to build a railing around the porch for safety and for a shooting rail. I prepped the posts tonight and will install over the weekend. Each post is 2 pieces. 1 longer than the other so I can screw it into the side of the blind. I hope my idea works.




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[Zag]

Glad this threads still getting mileage!!

[2012_taco]

Tajmahal begins,  actually tajmahal finished! We rebuilt the damaged blind from last year back in May and finally finished putting it back up today. This time it's anchored down so even Ida won't be able to blow it over! Got screw in trailer anchors from a friend and secured it with 5/16"coated cable. 

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[Marsala-man]

Bought two BOCES Building Trades mock houses that my son and his classmates built during the year at the end of the school year. Changed a few things to the design including the shed roof.

Clad it in galvanized siding I bought at auction. Got 25 sheets of 3 X 8 for $400. Have a second building and enough siding so that'll hopefully get done in the next month. 

This currently sits overlooking 3.5 acres of brassicas and about 10 apple trees. Can't wait to hunt in comfort this year. 

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[XGX7PM]

Lots of inspiration here. 

Will be assembling my tower blind this weekend.

What's everyone covering their floors with?

ł will have plywood decking, and kicking around a couple ideas about how to cover it...

ł want something that will have some insulative properties but more importantly be weather proof and QUIET.

My enclosed space will be 6'x6', ł already have a my buddy heater w/ hookups for a 20lb tank, shooting chairs and a urinal design which will run through flexible pvc down to a French drain.

Heavily leaning towards one of these as opposed to outdoor/boat carpeting -->

Thoughts?

[Fletch]

I just used astroturf carpet but I bet that would work fine. 

[2012_taco]

I used old office carpet tiles that I garbage picked, but those rubber mats will work great plus they won't absorb water and freeze. 

[Moho81]

I have an office chair on wheels so the soft rubber mat would not work for what I did. BUT I do think that will work really good if your not using a rolling chair. It should be quiet and insulate the floor all at the same time.