Elevated and Insulated Garage Door blind shack - 6x6 and 8 feet tall

[alldaysit]

Well, I am finally getting around to building two more shacks for this year. Got a start on them this weekend.

I am using 2" thick by 24" tall insulated garage door panels for the exterior.

We got large oak pallets from my wife's work for free. They have oak 4x4s for lower supports and oak planks across the top. The plant purchased some heavy duty machines and they were delivered on these. They measure 8'x7.5'. The shacks will be 6x6 inside. I have been collecting doors and windows for the past year or so. I collected some trailer house windows off the side of the road for free, and I bought two very nice windows and 3 doors from the local bargain bin for about two hundred bucks.

So far, my budget for two shacks:

Lumber/steel was about $650 (posts, 2x4s, 4x4s, and 2x8s - all treated)
Windows and doors: $180
Garage door panels: $200
Still need hinges for the doors($30), elevator brackets($160), vents ($8), garage anti-fatigue mat padding ($40) and steps($250).

Total for two: $1600 10' off the ground with steps and railing.

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[swat1018]

Where did you get the door panels? I've seen the blinds built with no lumber, other than the floor, using exclusively insulated garage door panels.

 

[alldaysit]

I bought 21 - 20' door panels off Craigslist for $200. I thought about just doing them out of the door panels, but I was a former home builder and decided some light framing was a good idea.


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[alldaysit]

Well, I think I will be wrapping the framing in tar paper or plastic just before I put the door panels on, for moisture control.


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[Bill]

Well, I think I will be wrapping the framing in tar paper or plastic just before I put the door panels on, for moisture control.


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And bug control. Looking good!

 

[alldaysit]

Got some more work done! They are coming together.

 

[alldaysit]

Got some more work done this week!

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[alldaysit]

Tomorrow they *may be standing in there location. Pending weather.

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[Bill]

Fancy paint.

 

[BC Buck]

Cant wait to see in final position.

 

[alldaysit]

Ready for disassembly and transport.

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[JFK52]

Nice job, I like them. I have 9 enclosed blinds and 9 open blinds on my land. As my hunting crew and myself have aged, I have seen a marked preference for the enclosed blinds. Everyone wants to be out of the elements and have room to move around without being seen by the deer.
My only recommendation would be some type of curtains to block off the light inside the blind. Also, good luck keeping out the Japanese beetles. I have them in droves in my enclosed stands. They like to get in and stay right around the window edges.

 

[alldaysit]

Nice job, I like them. I have 9 enclosed blinds and 9 open blinds on my land. As my hunting crew and myself have aged, I have seen a marked preference for the enclosed blinds. Everyone wants to be out of the elements and have room to move around without being seen by the deer.
My only recommendation would be some type of curtains to block off the light inside the blind. Also, good luck keeping out the Japanese beetles. I have them in droves in my enclosed stands. They like to get in and stay right around the window edges.

Thanks buddy. I have been feeling the same way. I used to sit all day long no matter the temperature. Now with a heater and a nice chair even when it’s below zero, it’s still a great time to go.

I have been using a pesticide at home and will be using it on these also. Especially around the eves.

I bought some blackout curtains and actual curtain rods. Do you guys cut holes out of them to see through?


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[alldaysit]

One panel and a roof and they are fully loaded. All legs and cross bracing also. I’m finally starting to get excited! Been a lot of work thus far.


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[alldaysit]

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[Bill]

You named them. That's pretty cool.
I like the grapple hook too. I just know I'd ask one of them to do to much.

 

[alldaysit]

You named them. That's pretty cool.
I like the grapple hook too. I just know I'd ask one of them to do to much.

I did name them! I took a chance hoping it would be cool! Thanks Bill! I have a vinyl cutter so it takes no time at all, and the effect is worth the effort.

I named them The Pipeline Stand and the Big Rock Stand.

I’ll gets pics from the Stand in the next few weeks.

The grapple is worth its value in a month of use. It cost me a thousand bucks to install everything myself, and a buddy reinforced my bucket top with his welder with 5” C-channel. I bolted the grapple base to the channel. I tweaked the factory top the first time using it.

The grapple is stronger than the curl or lift function of my tractor loader.


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[alldaysit]

First sit last night and seen two does and a 7 pointer. Really cool feeling.


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[JFK52]

What a coincidence. I have a 4'x8' stand on my farm that is called "The Pipeline Stand" It sits just off a Koch brothers buried natural gas pipeline that has a 4 rod (66 feet) easement. Total area is .8 acre. This year I planted it in RR Eagle soy beans which did just great. My stand was built 25 years ago and is still going strong.

 

[WTNUT]

How did you get those set upright with that tractor?


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