Hey guys, just to kill some time and hopefully make a buck, I've been building a heavy duty ground blind, anticipating selling it for this coming season. These are the only pic's I can find right now, the blind is about half way completed. It's weight got to be so much, that I had to put temporary castor wheels under it to move it around while working on it.

Now for the question on thoughts. I came across a boat trailer awhile back that had been converted to a flat bed trailer. It is 6' wide and 12' long.

Which do you guys feel would be more likely to sell easily, the blind alone or if I mount the blind on the forward portion of the trailer leaving enough room on the rear of the trailer for a 4 wheeler, camping gear or whatever ?

The steel framed 5' x 5' blind will be completed with 4 sliding aluminum framed windows, full size door, carpeting and insulated, painted, metal roof, office chair, Mr. Buddy propane heater & bottle with 12' hose. It's not just thrown together, precision fits, cuts and welding.

Looks good, but how high are the windows? I would go to TSC and buy an axle, spring, tires, wheels, hitch,jacks etc and build my own trailer.

stand alone.

Make it removeable so the buyer gets both a blind and a trailer. Secure it with small rachet straps.

Put two 4x4 Trex material "sleds" underneath it to help with the loading and unloading with a winch or come along. It'll also keep the steel out of the water if you don't put it in a low spot.

And don't paint the tin roof. Painting tin roofs defeats the purpose of having a tin roof. Let the tin do it's job.

Everything looks good for making a decent ammount of money until people see the OSB board. I wouldn't pay more tha $400 for any blind made out of OSB. Shame you have a nice set up, going cheap on the wood defeats the purpose though.

WHERE DID YOU GET YOUR WINDOWS I LIKE THE ONES YOU INSTALLED I"M WORKING ON ONE JUST LIKE THAT 5X5 7FT IN FRONT AND 6'8 IN REAR..ANY INFO...

t/c hunter, got them at Lowe's. They are aluminum framed windows sold for mobile homes. The downside is the expense, but I was tired of having water leaks all the time from around any other kind of designed windows I've used over the years and soggy carpet inside the blind. They were $49 each, but as I get older, comfort is more important than spending a few extra hours at work to pay for some luxury in the long run.

t/c hunter pm thehunted, he'll hook you up on windows.

rico, that's a great dog you got there.

What is you base material? angle or square tube? What size?

I started a blind 5' x 7' using 1" square tube for my base, have not put the plywood floor down yet. It has a little give when I step on it, hope this goes away when the floor is installed.

To Chuck McDonald: I already have over $300 dollars in materials in my blind and haven't bought the outter skin (plywood or tin),paint,carpet,insulation,or windows. So $400 dollars is a pretty good deal.

thanks rico334