Threshing Machine Deer Stand

Threshing Machine Deer Stand COMBINES Miscellaneous David Mackenthun bought an old McCormick Deering pull-type threshing machine at an auction for $25 and then converted the old steel-wheeled harvester into a mobile deer stand     “It makes a great deer stand and I spent almost nothing on it ” says Mackenthun “I can move it where I want and thanks to a heater inside it’s always warm The windows lift out of the way to shoot ”     Mackenthun stripped away everything except the thresher’s body and then built a 5-ft long roofed stand inside He bolted a pair of 3-in angle irons on the floor from front to back and screwed 2 by 6’s across them to form the floor The stand bolts to the floor and also to the thresher’s body He installed a door on back of the body and added a pair of homemade metal steps     He added a carpet and insulated the top and sides The back window flips up and is off an old camper The flipped-up window attaches to the rafters with a small metal bracket     “It’s very comfortable inside A small LP heater keeps me warm no matter what the weather ” says Mackenthun “The stand is fitted with side windows that open up and hook onto the stand’s rafters and the end windows also flip out I also keep a wheeled office chair inside     “I store the LP heater on front of the thresher as well as a big pickup bed toolbox that I cut in half to store my sleeping bag ”     Mackenthun says he sold all the cast iron metal that he stripped away from the thresher for $80 “My total cost to build the deer stand was about zero ” he notes     Contact: FARM SHOW Followup David Mackenthun 33068 Wannigan Rd Frazee Minn 56544 ph 218 334-5661

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