Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Around the Campfire => Topic started by: osage outlaw on January 20, 2018, 06:25:59 pm
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We take our ladder stands down after deer season is over. We haul them on a UTV with a 4' bed. They bounce around and are a pain to hold down. I wanted something better so this is what I came up with. We tested it out on an old stand and it looks like it will work. I should be able to haul 2 stands on it. The front bolts to the bumper and the back goes into the hitch receiver. It had a little bit of play so we strapped it down. I put some rubber strips on it to keep from scratching up the stands.
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You could stack staves up there too, or is it too long.
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It's too long for staves. I haul them in log form. I'm working on something new for that. I'll be posting it soon.
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Good idea :OK ! Bob
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That'll work for ya I bet.Nice work.In the past I made racks to carry teepee poles on my toyota.Nice little buggy there too.
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Nice job Clint. I have a Polaris Ranger that I use and have two tree stand hauler assistants that help break down our ladder stands so we can haul 4 or 5 out at a time. The assistants are 12 and 15.
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We replaced the pins on our stands with bolts. We store them in one piece.
Ed, I got that a few weeks ago. I've been doing some repairs and tune up work on it.
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I tossed the pins and use a long ratchet strap from top step to the bottom step. Almost eliminates any noise of metal on metal at the joints. I also have a covered trailer I store the stands and 3 D targets in. Left one out one year and the ice split metal.
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Nice rack, looks like you may be able to make extenders by adding diagonal braces front and back. I don't climb tall ladders any more, and only use my trailer rack for the rain fly pole and the one pole upright. A short cross beam would allow for staves as well.
Hawkdancer
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I won't be using it for staves. I'm just about done making a log loading trailer. I'll use it to bring the logs to my splitting stand at the house.
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Nice Clint should work good as long as you don't have to low of trees to go under. I'm thinking it would work good for a canoe if you had one to.
Bjrogg
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Good idea Clint
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Nice idea.
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Looks like that should work, I only have a couple of ladder stands, and they are a pain to bring out. I usually just loosen them on the tree and leave them. ;)
Pappy