Ladder stand hauler

[osage outlaw]

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.

[DC]

You could stack staves up there too, or is it too long.

[osage outlaw]

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.

[chamookman]

Good idea  ! Bob

[BowEd]

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.

[JEB]

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.

[osage outlaw]

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. 

[JEB]

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.

[Hawkdancer]

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

[osage outlaw]

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.

[bjrogg]

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

[selfbow joe]

Good idea Clint

[---GUTSHOT--->]

Nice idea.

[Pappy]

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