posted by Eric on Nov 15
If you are looking to buy a tree stand that is already made rather than build one yourself, you might not be making a bad move. The quality and affordability of tree stands nowadays makes building your own a less appealing money-saving venture. This is especially true if you don’t already have all the required tools ad materials to build your own.
A good basic cheap tree stand will only run you about $40 in most sporting goods departments. You can find even better cheap tree stands for even cheaper online. These stands are built quality. They have a long-standing reputation and name backing them up. Unless you have a lot of experience welding, you will probably be better off safetywise by going with the tried and tested tree stands built by a manufacturer who has been around for a long time.
If you are looking for a cheap tree stand to save money, consider that the time it takes you to build your own tree stand could be used doing work at your job. Even if you only make $10 an hour, that’s just 4 hours worth of work to be able to buy a tree stand. If it would take you longer than 4 hours to build one, you are better of working and buying one.
Now, this doesn’t take into account the fun and sense of pride and accomplishment that you would get by doing things yourself. But speaking strictly money-wise, if you are looking for a cheap treestand, your best bet is to buy one.