That looks awesome makes me want to sip on a cool drink and hang out in the hammock. How does that height work for the thick brush I am going to build one next year :up:
Been building these for years, at that height...for the conditions there...like I mentioned earlier.......until a few good frosts, it's too thick to see good...after the frosts, normally you can see em farther than you can kill em :biggrin:
The Base is 4 ft square, and 4 ft tall......with this one sitting on the crossarms (used for skids), it's about 4ft 4 3/4 inches to the floor......the deminsions of a crossarm are 3 3/4 X 4 3/4 X 8 or 10 ft long......... you can use 4X4's for the legs, or in this case, it is 1 1/2 angle iron......we also have used 2x6's, doubled up for the legs........there are several different ways to do it, just let your imagination go!!!! :up:
One good thing about the 4X4 size.....which is great for 1 person.....is that it can be Pre-fabed at home, then taken to the woods to be assembled.......if building for 2 people...4X6 is the way to go :up:
Something else...when building/planning, think ahead, as we have taken these and added 4ft (more) to the legs to make 8ft to the floor, as conditions change ( I am able to cheat that way, collecting old crossarms, from work, and they are pre-drilled, all the same:biggrin
and one of the older ones I have has had 12ft added to the legs and is still standing...although High winds this past spring managed to take the roof off of it:smack: and it has yet to be fixed.......thinking about leaving it off this year and hunt it on the fair weather days...and then build a new 4X6 next spring!!!!!!!!!
