nmyotebuster
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Neither of us are fabricators, but we just had to give this a try.
Myself, and My bro-in-law ( biohazardman ) decided to have a go at a skinning rack for the back of the truck, as we have grown tired of skinning on the ground all the time.
After a bit of cussing and discussing, we got to measuring and cutting.
Here is the contraption prior to polish and paint.
It needs a bit of grinding on the welds, as it was the first time I have ever welded, and Bio, has only done it a couple of times before.
Needless to say he is much better at it, though we both need practice.
And here is our first dinner guest, though I think she will be a bit stringy for my tastes.
It took 20 feet of 2" square pipe, a hand crank winch, and 2 pulleys. It breaks into 2, 4 foot sections to fit in the bed of the truck for transport.
8 foot from the receiver to the top of the pole, 9 foot 6 inches from the ground to the top. We will probably get a different gambrel as that one is a bit long for the height, but it should be great after that.
I can hang from it easily ( I figure I equal one old fat Whitetail ( at least ) ), and I doubt it would even tilt if we hung a bull elk in all it's glory, from it.
Hopefully Bio will post some pics after it's gone through paint, and then we can test it on his Mcgregor hunt this coming weekend.
Thanks for looking,
NMYB
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Teach your kids to hunt now, and you won't have to hunt for them later.
Myself, and My bro-in-law ( biohazardman ) decided to have a go at a skinning rack for the back of the truck, as we have grown tired of skinning on the ground all the time.
After a bit of cussing and discussing, we got to measuring and cutting.
Here is the contraption prior to polish and paint.
It needs a bit of grinding on the welds, as it was the first time I have ever welded, and Bio, has only done it a couple of times before.
Needless to say he is much better at it, though we both need practice.
And here is our first dinner guest, though I think she will be a bit stringy for my tastes.
It took 20 feet of 2" square pipe, a hand crank winch, and 2 pulleys. It breaks into 2, 4 foot sections to fit in the bed of the truck for transport.
8 foot from the receiver to the top of the pole, 9 foot 6 inches from the ground to the top. We will probably get a different gambrel as that one is a bit long for the height, but it should be great after that.
I can hang from it easily ( I figure I equal one old fat Whitetail ( at least ) ), and I doubt it would even tilt if we hung a bull elk in all it's glory, from it.
Hopefully Bio will post some pics after it's gone through paint, and then we can test it on his Mcgregor hunt this coming weekend.
Thanks for looking,
NMYB
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Teach your kids to hunt now, and you won't have to hunt for them later.