PAMOUNTAINMAN
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What is your best design for homemade platforms for using at presets.
If you trust your carpentry skills you could make simple cantilevered wood platforms.
Neat! Any more pictures?We made these. That general design is by far my favorite platform for private land.
This version is a bit heavy, mostly because it's overbuilt and we used chain. But they could be lightened up considerably by using amsteel or webbing instead of the chain.
Chain is nice because its critter and theft proof. Can't be chewed and can be pad locked to the tree.
These can be leveled on leaning trees.
The entire foot surface is totally usable...no vertical post like a lot of commercial stands. These will penetrate the bark so they probably are not legal on most public lands.
The design has been around for many decades. I've seen similar ones made from plywood.
One thing not shown in this pic is that there should be a safety cord that goes from the support rod to the platform to prevent it from "trap door" collapse.
Ive used these for 30 years without that safety cord and never had one collapse but they really should have the cord.
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I have several of these with a slightly different build (I dont have pics of those).Neat! Any more pictures?
Are those just cut up atv ramps?I have several of these with a slightly different build (I dont have pics of those).
As I said, these are really over built. The solid plates in the pics are what the teeth are welded to, and the plates are bolted to the platform.
The reason we did it that was the "logistics" of the guy who welded for us...think " government job" at his regular job. He didn't want to handle the platform at his job site but he would weld the teeth to the plates.
The stands could be a pound lighter if the teeth were welded directly to the platform...the way my other diy stands are.
We've used chains on most of our older versions and we just welded a hook directly onto the platform. My buddy thought a clevis would be better than a hook. I'm torn on that. Each has their attributes.
I would bet that these could be further lightened by another 5 pounds by using webbing, amsteel, or other rope. I did have some I made in the 1980s and I used old lap style seatbelts from a junkyard. They worked really well. These days there are a lot more sources for webbing, buckles and other suitabl hardware. This off season I will try swapping the clevis for a hook, and then use amsteel with a timber hitch. I am optimistic that will work well and these will be 100% quiet and half the weight.
The platform material is scrap from catwalks from my old plant. When they closed the place they were sending those to the junk...I snagged a bunch. They make great platforms.
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Not sure. I've never laid hands on atv ramps so I don't know if there are differences. These were from catwalks and stairs in a factory. They are galvanized steel. I'd love to have some of this in aluminum.Are those just cut up atv ramps?
It's called grip strut and it's used for industrial walkways, ramps, etc.Are those just cut up atv ramps?
I have several of these with a slightly different build (I dont have pics of those).
As I said, these are really over built. The solid plates in the pics are what the teeth are welded to, and the plates are bolted to the platform.
The reason we did it that was the "logistics" of the guy who welded for us...think " government job" at his regular job. He didn't want to handle the platform at his job site but he would weld the teeth to the plates.
The stands could be a pound lighter if the teeth were welded directly to the platform...the way my other diy stands are.
We've used chains on most of our older versions and we just welded a hook directly onto the platform. My buddy thought a clevis would be better than a hook. I'm torn on that. Each has their attributes.
I would bet that these could be further lightened by another 5 pounds by using webbing, amsteel, or other rope. I did have some I made in the 1980s and I used old lap style seatbelts from a junkyard. They worked really well. These days there are a lot more sources for webbing, buckles and other suitabl hardware. This off season I will try swapping the clevis for a hook, and then use amsteel with a timber hitch. I am optimistic that will work well and these will be 100% quiet and half the weight.
The platform material is scrap from catwalks from my old plant. When they closed the place they were sending those to the junk...I snagged a bunch. They make great platforms.
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