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I'm kinda with Muddy
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on this one. I don't move the ones I have but If I add more its usually in August. 'course Muddy sold me a climber last year just after he had me take out a life insurace policy with him as a beneficiary.

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The 'Bonker
 
SAME HERE. WE MAKE OUR OWN LADDER STANDS AND LEAVE THEM UP YEAR ROUND. IF WE ADD NEW ONES IT IS IN EARLY TO MID AUGUST.
 
Was wondering if you guys that don't remove your stands ever had the problem of the tree growing so much that it makes the chain or strap a permanent part of the tree?
We have a few screaming eagle stands that bent due to the tree growing so much during one summer. The chains had to be cut to remove them.

Nonres
 
I loosen the chain and put the stand on cockeyed then relock it. Havn't had a problem yet. Which reminds me...next time I'm home I'd better loosen up my stands!!

Thanks for the reminder.
 
Ya, a couple of my portables have become quite permanent. Watch those tree steps too. The only time I did a leaf flop from a tree was when a tree step had grown into the tree and broke.
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Needless to say, it was quite a wake up call on that dark morning.
 
Trees, who puts them in trees? I actually have one permanent stand that is 6' X 6' platform 16' high that sits on 3 old electric line poles. Had to bring in the dragline to build a temporary land bridge over a drainage ditch so I could drive a cat back in the timber to auger out the post holes and then drag the poles and set them in. Should work great next year when I can bring my 12-year-old nephew with me. It is big enough to lay down and take a little nap in from time to time.
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I have had really good luck putting up my stand the first day I hunt(muzzle & bow). I'll walk into a hot spot put it up and wait for hammer time. I shot both my bucks last year on the first time in the stand. Element of surprise to the bucks territory.
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Buckinrut:

I called Alliant Energy a couple of years ago and asked if I could get some of their old poles to build "tree houses". They must not have thought that was a good idea. They never called me back. Where did you get your poles? I have a great spot to build a platform but I wanna use poles cause I'm too cheap to buy 6X6 posts.

The 'Bonker
 
'Bonker - their old poles may have been treated with creosote. that's the stuff they use to treat railroad ties with. you don't want to get into that.
 
I realize some states consider old poles as hazardous materials due to the creosote, but I think it would be a good way to recycle the poles instead of letting them lay around in a pile some where. I know they are hard on chain saws and it would be easier to square things up with flat sided 6 bys, but I get a real kick out of using things for stuff other than their original use and keeping landfills empty.
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The 'Bonker
 
Bonker- My neighbor got some poles from the elec company a few years ago to use as corner fence posts. Ya might try that angle, sounds safer to them than "treehouses". By the way, new ones are about $350 installed for a light pole in your yard.
 
Man that creosote is a great bug repellent!
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Actually we used some to put up a retaining wall in the back of our house. Worked great for that...
 
The local REC, rural electric company, gave us all the poles we wanted for free. They had a pile of old poles out by their shop and we grabbed 6 or 7 of them. Make sure you bring some muscle they are extremely heavy. The ones we got were treated with something, but were old enough that they weren't covered with it. $350 sound pretty cheap for a new pole, I'm in the process of building a new house and unfortunately I have power provided by mid-America, first estimate was over 2k for one pole, 400 ft of underground line, and a transformer. If I could get power from the REC it would have been less than a third of that.
 
BONKER
SORRY FOR NOT REPLYING ANY SOONER. WE MAKE THEM OUT OF 1" SQUARE TUBE. WE CUT THE RUNGS 12" LONG MAKING THE LADDER 14" WIDE. WE MAKE IT 14' TALL. WE ALSO MAKE 1' AND 2' EXTENTIONS TO ADD TO THE BOTTOM IF WE NEED THEM. FOR THE TOP WE USE 1 1/2' ANGLE IRON AND MAKE A FRAME ABOUT 3' SQUARE AND COVER THAT WITH EXPANDED METAL. WE USE THE FRAME WITH WITH THE ANGLE IRON POINTING UP SO THAT YOU CAN FEEL THE EDGE WITH YOUR TOES SO THAT YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE CLOSE TO THE EDGE. JUST A LITTLE MORE COMFORTING FOR ME I GUESS. ON THE TOP FRAME WE WELD TWO 12" PIECES OF 3/4" SQUARE TUBE AT AN ANGLE. THESE SLIDE INTO THE LADDER. THE HARDEST PART IS GETTING THE ANGLE RIGHT SO THAT WHEN YOU STAND IT UP AGAINST A TREE IT ENTIRE STAND IS AT THE CORRECT ANGLE. WE WELD CHAIN LINKS TO IT AND USE RACHET STRAPS TO HOLD IT IN PLACE. AS FOR THE SEATS WE BOUGHT 10 OLD GRAY PLASTIC CHAIRS AT AN AUCTION FOR $1. A LITTLE GREEN AND BROWN PAINT TO CAMO THEM UP A BIT AND YOU ARE READDY TO GO. NOW THAT YOU ARE TOTALLY CONFUSED IF YOU NEED ANYTHING ELSE JUST HOLLER.
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HUSKERBUCK
 
Huskerbuck,

Thanks for the reply. I have a couple more questions. What is the wall thickness of the 1X1 and the 3/4X3/4? What is the thickness of the angle iron? Do you use any bracing from the steps to the trunk or just the straps and how many straps? The welding on the link is a great idea. I've got all of the equipment to build 'em and a resonable priced steel dealer, I just don't know how heavy to go on the steel.

Thanks for the info. It really helps.

The 'Bonker
 
BONKER
THE TUBING IS 1/4" AND THE ANGLE IRON IS 3/8" WE USE THREE STRAPS PER STAND. ONE AT THE TOP HOLDING THE PLATFORM TO THE TREE AND ONE HOLDING THE CHAIR DOWN. THE OTHER GOES FROM THE LADDER TO THE TREE HOLDING THE BRACE THAT YOU ASK ABOUT. THEY WORK GREAT FOR US. WE BUILD THEM IN THE WINTER WHEN DEER SEASON IS OVER. YOU CANT BELIEVE HOW MANY DEER WE SHOOT WHILE WE ARE BUILDING THEM AND HAVING A COUPLE OF
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1/4"
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3/8"
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. that should hold up a gorrilla, or at least need a gorrillas help to put it up. I assume when you build the extensions you just weld a 3/4X3/4 stub into the extenstion and insert it into the main ladder. Do you run a brace on an angle from the platform to the ladder?

Looks like I better get a new blade for the chop saw and make sure the CO2/Argon tank is full.

The 'Bonker
 
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