Inspiration Required - Towable wheeled shooting hut / shed

[jthyttin]

Unfortunately my tractor is a compact job so can only lift 250kg on the front loader. Rough calculation of timber weight is 500-600kg.

Can you get rear forks for your tractor, might become handy in other use also?

If the timber is free, I can see the point. But otherwise if you calculate total cost, it just might be worth your while to use lighter materials. 7ft x 5ft x 5ft cube totally covered in 6.5mm (marine) ply will weigh about 75kg. Of course it's not wise to use 6.5mm for floor, but you have 175kg to add until you reach the 250kg front loader limit. Small hut doesn't require too much as framing goes. Floor should be rigid, and proper joists underneath to enable loading and proper supporting while in suitable place.

 

[bowji john]

I built a rather elaborate one for the .22LR range

I mention it only because I built it on 8” by 4” timbers that gave it rigidity when moving it

The timbers also double as the skids allowing it to be towed by the tractor over the ground

J

 

[pendle]

Just up north finishing it off.
Can not tow it yet as two of leafs of my leaf spring have snapped. FFS. Replaced the other leaf spring a month ago.

I have put shelving brackets to help stop movement of the flaps. Also draw ropes to lower the flaps down slowly. How many of you have dropped them and there is a deer passing.
The box is fastened down onto the trailer bed the ratchet straps are for added stability while traveling and hold it down in high winds.

 

[Brittany boy]

I’ve previously picked up small caravans for free which three local schools have used as outside classrooms, you can tow it into position , has stabilisers and then just camouflage, cheap alternative.

 

[Len the dog]

 

[old 30-06]

There is no need to reinvent the wheel. Keep it simple. My sugestion would be to build it on an old caravan chassis. They are readily available and cheep. They come complete with a tow hitch and a set of wheels. Even a small caravan chassis is plenty big enough for a good sized hide. If it is to be used on one farm then construct your hide in its completed form. If you need to travel some distance with it, then build it as a "flat pack". It is quick and easy to put it together when you get there with a battery screw driver and some 4 inch screws. Simplicity works !

 

[lambic]

Revisiting this idea again.

Going to try and come with a design for a bench rest style shooting table incorporated in a wooden clad hut which can be towed by a tractor over grass.

Kill two birds with one stone ... Need to keep the weight down though

 

[muddy42]

Id buy an old caravan for next to nothing. Either shoot from the caravan or use the chassis to attach a B&Q potting shed. If you go down this last route, the more you move it around and the bumpier the ground is, you can really shake it lose. Ive seen this happen. Of course nothing is repairable and you can try and brace it by adding triangular crosspieces and using screws and bolts not nails.

 

[Brittany boy]

Old caravan remove the windows if you want replace with netting take out internal walls 360 degree shooting and easy to tow

 

[VSS]

Get a rooftent.
360° shooting while lying in bed.
No messing about towing a shed.
What's not to like?

 

[lambic]

Get a rooftent.
360° shooting while lying in bed.
No messing about towing a shed.
What's not to like?

Erm...shooting in bed