I have a friend who is in the construction business. He has about 100 sections of scaffolding that is no longer osha compliant. Something about the way the x braces are attached.

We are trying to come up with some uses. We considered using them as bases to shooting houses. We thought we could weld the x braces on permantely. Then build a house on the top.

The advantages to this would be a built in ladder for access and pretty stable platform. We plan to set four 4x4 into concrete and bolt the scaffolding into it so it would not blow over.

Disadvantage would be that it might be noisy. But if it was always there I assume the deer would get used to it. We have a stand that has a loose metal panel and the wind makes it bang back and forth but it has been that way for about 4 years and the deer pay it no attention...

Has anyone used them for this before? Any other ideas for uses...

Concrete or not I'd put guy wires on them.

Dayum... I would like to buy some to work on my cabin build. Does he have any for sale?

We have 2 shooting houses on our club on scaffolding. We put one big ratchet strap in center hooked to fence post that was drove in ground 2 ft. Scaffols had tube pipes on the main frame that we hooked ratchets in to for the 4 corners that were anchored to fence posts also. Pulled her tight and they been there for about 4 years. Steady as any shooting house I've ever sit in. I wouldn't hesitate to use it at all.....

Some of my lock on stands I have the scaffold ladders strapped to the tree for access instead of a set of sticks.

I dont know if he wants to sell them, but I can ask.

He also has a bunch of old jack stands. Yall got an idea what they can be used for?

Periodically somebody will suggest building stands on them. I've hunted out of a couple, and they do tend to creak. However, the main drawback is cost. Even worn out scaffolding is high. If you've got the material for free, have a ball.

Wow, lots of projects in that barn!
I need something to build a shed, looking for Z beams 12-16' long and round or square steel pipe or tubing if your friend has anything?
Scaffold can be used for duck blinds and or ground blinds.
Use concrete and a welder to build a heck of a shooting house main structure. Set it up in concrete and weld the cross beams and uprights as you go up. Enclose with ply wood.

Looks like he has a formwork business.
I would see if you could imitate the "elevators" with the post shores.

Those are shoring posts with uheads for shoring beams under structures. I work in the scaffold rental business and deal with that stuff all the time.