Originally posted by Bobby Urban: QuoteOriginally posted by Ryan Rothhaar: Nailin' boards up in a tree sounds like a good way to get yourself killed. I do still have and use some of the old, over engineered, home made steel stands my Dad made back in the 1970's, but he was a tool and die maker and a welder, so they are safer than you could buy.Nowadays I'd wager you couldn't buy the metal to build one for what you can buy a hang-on for. I get Ameristeps or the ones Rural King has on sale at the end of the year for 30-40 bucks each, replace the platform cables with chains, put on a better strap, and go hunting. Heck, I bet you couldn't buy the treated lumber to nail boards up in a tree for 30 bucks....R Ding, Ding, Ding - I have not read through all of this so I apologize in advance for repeating what a lot of people have said but... I am a welder and have access to pretty much free material and still cannot produce tree stands for the price you can buy them considering my time. [/b]
Originally posted by Ryan Rothhaar: Nailin' boards up in a tree sounds like a good way to get yourself killed. I do still have and use some of the old, over engineered, home made steel stands my Dad made back in the 1970's, but he was a tool and die maker and a welder, so they are safer than you could buy.Nowadays I'd wager you couldn't buy the metal to build one for what you can buy a hang-on for. I get Ameristeps or the ones Rural King has on sale at the end of the year for 30-40 bucks each, replace the platform cables with chains, put on a better strap, and go hunting. Heck, I bet you couldn't buy the treated lumber to nail boards up in a tree for 30 bucks....R