I made me a few tree stands (pics)

[ChetterB]

Congrats they look very good. The design looks close to a Screaming Eagle, design. Should be very effective design, good luck.

[Chris Surtees]

   

[jimmerc]

Very Nice work,          

[KentuckyTJ]

Excellent work!

[Pat B]

I had a welder friend extend the back rails to raise the seat. The guys that design tree stands must have really short legs. I'm only 5'8" tall and have short legs and every stand with an attached seat I've bought, the seat was too low.

[michaelschwister]

They do look like screaming eagle stands.  Would you consider building some to sell? (to me)

Mike

[Chris O]

Before I read that you built the WHOLE thing I just thought you made the seats. Those looks great and im sure there better quality than most of the ones available too! Nice work!

[Schultzy]

Great job on the stands!! I've been building my own for many years as well and yet have I saw a store made stand as solid as mine In the tree. But I may purchase the new Muddy hang on just for the hell of It to see how solid they are. This would be my 1st store bought stand ever.

Once again, great job on the stands.

[DV of WI]

They look just like the ones I made in 88. My brother and I still use them. I think they cost about $12 each back then. One modification we have made we got rid of the chain on a couple and use poly rope around the tree. These are the ones we use when gong in and setting up and not looking to leave the stand in the tree. I think mine weigh about 7 lbs per stand.

[VTer]

Schultzy, tell us about these Muddys!

[doug g]

Nice work.  

[Widowbender]

Great Lookin Stands, Don!!!

David

[John Dill]

Don

Just like we talked....could you hang one of them nice stands for me under a heavily loaded acorn tree. I prefer right hand shots....(LOL)  :D

[Morning Star]

A few friends and I did up the same style stands about 10 years ago.  Made around 30 of them.   We didn't have the equipement to bend the square tubing, so we found a place that could.  Was a good investment.  Yours look great.  

[jake jr. trickshot]

       

[BD]

Let me know if you would build to sell a few as I would be interested?

[Oliverstacy]

They do indeed look like the Screaming Eagles...as many have said.  That was my first stand in '86, wow a few years ago.  I grew up on a farm and had a welder at my disposal, made a few and go figure the only stand I've ever had stolen was my original Screaming Eagle    .

We still hunt from one of the clones I built in the late 80's...heavy stands but solid to say the least.

Nice job!!!

Josh

[chessieboy]

how about a build along or at least some pics of the gear you used.

[onewhohasfun]

Have you tried hanging a VW from one?

[Don Batten]

Thomas, no not yet, I'm fresh out of VW's around here.LOL

Bill, I wish I had taken a few pics as I went along, but no real secrets anway. I just used the old stand as a referanc and measured off it. tubing is 3/4" 16ga steel. used a miller welder set on dc+ at about 32amps and 6012 3/16 rods. (mig would be the way to go if I was going into prodution, which I don't plan on). The real trick was bending the tubing. I happen to own a Hatachi rebar bender/cutter. I use it to bend rebar in footings for house foundations. tried to bend the spuare tubing and it didn't work. I was able to take a 1/8 welding rod with the flux taken off and line it up center of the inside of the bend in the bender and it worked nicely. You need about 3 hands to do it, but I made a couple of stands to support the steel and managed to getter dune. DB