there is a guy from out of town that rides with me some. he has made several rails, in a pretty interesting way. he said he goes out in the woods with a saw and finds a few 6-8in diameter trees and cuts them into sections of the needed length. this is where it gets good. cuts off the limbs and stands them up in a 5 gal bucket, pours in cement and lets it set up. Then takes it out to the spot and drops them 6-8 ft apart and then cuts the tops off to the desired lenght. Screw in the top of the slider and add a few support 2x4's on the post and you're good to go. he said he can build them pretty quick and the trees cut down on costs. he also said he sometimes keeps the small limbs (not anything that would hurt if you hit it) on the trees and tells people they are duck blinds.
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