That's a lot of weight. Will those barrels hold up all that lumber?

By my calculations the blind has a total of 9,180lbs. flotation. Each barrel weighs 40 pounds empty. Avg. 8ft. long 2X4 weighs 9.68 pounds. So one board ft. weighs 3.63lbs. Simply calculate the total board ft. of all the wood and subtract that from total flotation. Should be able to figure out a good estimate of total weight of the blind and an estimate of net flotation for people and gear.

I will say that 8 guys standing on one side of that blind to shoot and the blind will lean significantly. If you estimate 200lbs. per man, that's 1600 lbs. That's 17% of total flotation. She's gonna lean quite a bit. OP might think about adding ballast barrels standing up right on the back that you can fill up with a pump when you hunt 8 guys.

 

Would posts at the corners and a few along the length help? That's basically what we do with our floating docks. The dock can go up and down on, but is limited in how much it can move side to side or back and forth because the posts only allow it to lean a little.

Something like this.

 

That's a lot of weight. Will those barrels hold up all that lumber?

I doubt it!!! Going to be tipsy too with 6-8 guys on it with gear.

 

You guys are taking all the shine off the opener "experience". :lol3:

 

I hope it works out for them,it is a nice blind.

 

I hope it works out for them,it is a nice blind.

It is, just hard to relate to an 8 man blind. I don't know 7 other guys smart enough to carve a Mallard into 1/8ths at the end of the day.

 

I hope it works out for them,it is a nice blind.

It is, just hard to relate to an 8 man blind. I don't know 7 other guys smart enough to carve a Mallard into 1/8ths at the end of the day.

He is hunting in the same area as possumfoot.....probably more than one mallard in the blind after most hunts. My main concern would be stability when 8 people stand to shoot. Before it's all said and done, another row of 10 barrels may need to be added to the front of the blind putting the shooting hole in the middle of the structure. Big area to try and hide nonetheless.

 

I hope it works out for them,it is a nice blind.

It is, just hard to relate to an 8 man blind. I don't know 7 other guys smart enough to carve a Mallard into 1/8ths at the end of the day.

He is hunting in the same area as possumfoot.....probably more than one mallard in the blind after most hunts. My main concern would be stability when 8 people stand to shoot.

Ya think?

 

I hope it works out for them,it is a nice blind.

It is, just hard to relate to an 8 man blind. I don't know 7 other guys smart enough to carve a Mallard into 1/8ths at the end of the day.

He is hunting in the same area as possumfoot.....probably more than one mallard in the blind after most hunts. My main concern would be stability when 8 people stand to shoot.

Ya think?

Would be more impressive if the blind used kegs for flotation....

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:sarcmark:

 

I found one for your dove hunt HNTFSH....

You can put it on the Plond....
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I found one for your dove hunt HNTFSH....

You can put it on the Plond....
:sarcmark:

Those barrels look plastic! :thumbsup:

 

I found one for your dove hunt HNTFSH....

You can put it on the Plond....
:sarcmark:

Those barrels look plastic! :thumbsup:

That they are...plastic blue barrels for all the blue days on the plond with one mallard. :sarcmark: :umm:

 

Lol

 

So will it be remain stable enough for eight guys leaning into their shots? Well, there is really only one way to find out, and it is called Teal Season. :thumbsup:

Worst case, you add a couple barrels as outriggers.

Besides, think of the water action if you can get with eight happy fellows, singing pub songs and rocking back and forth. :thumbsup:

 

Rock the boat song comes to mind

 

next weekend when i and buddies field set up for birds and it takes about a half hour,(and the odd time we cant get limit of birds) im not going to bitch about a single thing,after reading and seeing what some have to do to get birds.

 

On stability and flotation.... blinds similar to this are pretty common in our area. I don't suspect we'll have any trouble.

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If you do not have your eight hunters sing this song and throw down these sweet dance moves to test the blind, you are a communist. :hammer:

 

Love the blind also would love to know where to get those pvc sheets number or company name I'm not far from Memphis thanks

 

Love the blind also would love to know where to get those pvc sheets number or company name I'm not far from Memphis thanks

I got them off craigslist. These were in North AL. You may be able to find it elsewhere but I'm not sure where it comes from.

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We went up to put the blind together this weekend. We weren't sure what we were getting into but were lucky to find low water. Transportation and assembly went much better than anticipated. Between sweat, mud, mosquitoes and adult beverages, I didn't take a lot of pictures but I'll add some more when my partners send them to me.

1st order of business.... set up camp.

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Some during assembly

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Before brush

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After the first layer of brush

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Looks like a great time, shortly, to throw some Smartweed seed out on those mud flats. It'll not make it up this year, hopefully, but as long as the soil temp stays under 70 degrees, it will sit in the mud until the warmth of spring and summer allows it to germinate. It'll produce seeds for next fall and regenerate each year. A very good natural duck food and attractant. Jap millet would also be good to broadcast in different spot while the water is out. Also a next year food source. Make sure you wait til the soil temp is under 70 then broadcast or wait til next spring. You want to give enough time to produce a seed head so they can drop seed in the fall and re-seed.

Hellava good camo job! Hope you get water!

Is that an impoundment you can control water or natural slough?