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Skinning stand upgrade
osage outlaw:
I built this deer skinning stand 21 years ago when I was 19. I even set the poles by hand without any help. I used scrap treated wood for the deck. By my estimation, it's held over 80 deer. It's due for an upgrade. I figure if I build it out of wood again it will need to be replaced when I'm in my 60's. So I'm doing my future self a favor and building it out of galvanized steel. Even the deck. I'm going to put down some kind of anti slip adhesive strips so it won't be too slippery when it's wet. I was thinking of pouring a concrete pad but figured it would be cheaper and less work to use galvanized channel.
The original. My dad hasn't done a very good job of keeping it trimmed around it. The stand is behind his garage.
I picked up a load of steel today. The channel pieces are 24' long. I had a little bit of overhang. I'm going to bolt the I-beams together for the uprights.
Pat B:
That one will be around for your great, great grand kids. Are you going to bolt it together or weld?
Hawkdancer:
Looks like that will be good even for a moose! And it will confound the hell out of anthropolists a 100 years from now! Be sure to leave a rabbit bone nearby for a great false clue >:D >:D (lol)!
Hawkdancer
Pappy:
Nothing like a good place to skin and care for deer, looking forward to seeing what you come up with. :)
Pappy
osage outlaw:
--- Quote from: Pat B on August 18, 2020, 09:02:15 pm ---That one will be around for your great, great grand kids. Are you going to bolt it together or weld?
--- End quote ---
I'm planning on bolting it together Pat. I told my daughter if she has kids they will be able to use it until they are too old to hunt.
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