Break down and setup of 16' stand and heavy blind

[XBowHunter]

I have a chance to buy a tall and heavy deer stand for a very reasonable price.

I attached a pic. The blind unbolts from the welded stand.

Stand is 5'8"x5'8" on top and 11'8"x11'x8" at the base.

School me on different methods of break down and stand up?

Is this possible to do with a couple of pickups? Or will I need something more heavy duty?

Thanks

[XBowHunter]

Short of using heavy equipment, does anyone have a better method than something like this?

http://youtu.be/SZ9zngkfGfQ

[kparker158]

I'd get 2 trucks, one pull the stand over, and the other one back up slowly lowering it down. Sounds good on paper. Haha. That's how we set one up one time just didn't take it down.

[XBowHunter]

I'd get 2 trucks, one pull the stand over, and the other one back up slowly lowering it down. Sounds good on paper. Haha. That's how we set one up one time just didn't take it down.

That was my original thought. Long as the pulling truck has enough low end torque to get it moving

[UncleBubba]

One truck pulling it over, one come-a-long connected to the closest biggest tree to let it down. Done it many times. If no trees then two trucks is necessary...

[Andy]

Pallet forks on a tractor

[Thumper]

That was my original thought. Long as the pulling truck has enough low end torque to get it moving

And as long as the legs on the stand do not slide or break.

We've used a rope and man power to tilt them over after jacking one side up and putting it on cinder blocks.

[BBBGP]

I have done it with one truck and and 3 guys....Lots o fun!

[nanny_slammer]

walk in the park amigo no doubt

[XBowHunter]

And as long as the legs on the stand do not slide or break.

We've used a rope and man power to tilt them over after jacking one side up and putting it on cinder blocks.

Breaking the legs would be a concern for sure...

[jerp]

I was helping do the two-truck laydown thing on one of those. We got it tipped most of the way over and the legs slipped out. It crashed from about 8 feet off the ground and busted the box up pretty good. We had even thought about that possibility beforehand but we figured the legs would dig in. What we didn't realize was that there was only a couple inches of dirt over a solid slab of rock. We should have known that was why the legs were not staked - the guys who put it up had secured it with long guy wires

[XBowHunter]

I was helping do the two-truck laydown thing on one of those. We got it tipped most of the way over and the legs slipped out. It crashed from about 8 feet off the ground and busted the box up pretty good. We had even thought about that possibility beforehand but we figured the legs would dig in. What we didn't realize was that there was only a couple inches of dirt over a solid slab of rock. We should have known that was why the legs were not staked - the guys who put it up had secured it with long guy wires

I've been researching some and it looks like some 6" deep holes to get started can really help.

Tough part is estimating the landing holes...