Post by Junior on Feb 19, 2021 3:03:12 GMT -7
For quite some time now, I have wanted to build a shooting bench that is built onto a small trailer with jacks in each corner so a fellow could take it out into the field, level it and have a stable shooting platform for shooting at a prairie dog town, or even just long range shooting at a gravel pit or whatever.
Today I decided to start looking at this concept again one place I found online sells such a trailer for about $12,000 (yes, TWELVE thousand) and it motivated me to try building a prototype and see how it goes.
Ideally, the trailer would be a single axle with a solid diamond plate floor that sits fairly close to the ground. I would want full size tires on it though for ease of taking off road. The bench, instead of being a traditional T shape bench, I want to go with a U shaped bench, because it gives more bench area in front of the shooter for ammo, dope cards, note books, chronograph, whatever. Ideally, the bench would also rotate 360 degrees on the trailer, using manual power or perhaps a small 12 volt winch off of a ATV or the likes. Also, I would want to build it with a removable roof to help protect the shooter from weather. Set up with a roof, the trailer could also be used as a ground blind for big game hunting as well. A locking tool box would be added for storing rifle rest and stuff, and perhaps a perch with a place to mount a spotting scope for a spotter of shooting long range.
I’ve built several trailers and sold them, and it’s been profitable enough that I bought land last year to build a shop on and start doing it a bit more. If I build the prototype for me and it gets interest, I may start building a couple of these to sell, although mine would be much cheaper, in the 4000ish dollar range.
Today I decided to start looking at this concept again one place I found online sells such a trailer for about $12,000 (yes, TWELVE thousand) and it motivated me to try building a prototype and see how it goes.
Ideally, the trailer would be a single axle with a solid diamond plate floor that sits fairly close to the ground. I would want full size tires on it though for ease of taking off road. The bench, instead of being a traditional T shape bench, I want to go with a U shaped bench, because it gives more bench area in front of the shooter for ammo, dope cards, note books, chronograph, whatever. Ideally, the bench would also rotate 360 degrees on the trailer, using manual power or perhaps a small 12 volt winch off of a ATV or the likes. Also, I would want to build it with a removable roof to help protect the shooter from weather. Set up with a roof, the trailer could also be used as a ground blind for big game hunting as well. A locking tool box would be added for storing rifle rest and stuff, and perhaps a perch with a place to mount a spotting scope for a spotter of shooting long range.
I’ve built several trailers and sold them, and it’s been profitable enough that I bought land last year to build a shop on and start doing it a bit more. If I build the prototype for me and it gets interest, I may start building a couple of these to sell, although mine would be much cheaper, in the 4000ish dollar range.
