Want to build a shooting bench

Holler at me if you come south this summer bro, we change out the wire ropes on our cranes pretty often. They got a bunch of grease on them though.

Let me know a rough guess on the size you’re wanting. We have several at work. If one of those doesn’t fit the size you need I have access to some more that are different sizes.

Looks to be about 4ft diameter, 3ft wide spool...... Where are you located? Theres a few on facebook marketplace but i sure do hate trying to deal with anybody on there. Going rate is about $50. I would be glad to pay that or a little more if i have to.

Itll be September before im down that way and we will probably be in a little SUV

I can get some of those. How many do you need? I live in NW Walker Co. and work in Helena.

I just need one. I could come pick it up where you live. Thanks

Sent you a pm jwalker

Not sure where in Blount Cty you are, but if the "doghouse" connection doesn't work, I sometimes see a sign for "free wood" on west Oxmoor Road in Homewood. They have pallets and wooden spools in that area. It's near the UPS offices, on that side of the road, but the sign faces W Oxmoor.

Yep, this is what I was going to post. They have a ton of them.

We go and get stuff from there every now and then. My college kid built a table and entertainment center out of a spool and packing crates from there.

Doghouse is getting me one. Thanks for the replies. Thanks for the help doghouse. Skinny, ill send you a couple dollars for making the communication possible.

Dang. That looks sharp for a super cheap shooting table that’s stable and will last!

They will last for a few years but will last longer if you put pavers underneath and paint or stain the spool. I made one and put it directly on the ground and it rotted . There’s a place in Homewood off of Oxmoor and Citation Ct. that has stacks of them and they used to give them away. I’m not sure if they still do.

Yeah last one i had was on my deck, and it didn't last very long at all. Heck i even brushed it with some deck sealer

I wouldn’t spend much time fixing one of these up for a shooting bench unless you can find a treated one or have a way to keep it off the ground and out of the weather.

We placed one in large pasture and it was complete trash is less than 2 yrs.

if looking for something a little more portable that will last, check out member Lonny on 24hrCampfire and pick up some of his brackets. very well made

There’s fold up and/or field benches, for impromptu stuff that are likely as stable and definitely easier to move. For my permanent bench, I was looking at concrete…..but I’ve ended up with some monster slab rock I can make into a platform….which will end and excuses for bench stability. Lol

I had used a couple of spindles for a while, but it took a lot of ground work to get them locked in stable, and I couldn’t cover them from weather. Someone stole them to ride in my in law’s trailer (that they also stole).