Gutting or Skinning Rack Ideas

[Creedmore]

During the offseason, I'm going to put together a new skinning rack for our camp. I can weld together the usual swingset.

Looking for any ideas or cool features that others have added.

Thanks!

[Dale Moser]

I think I'm going to do the same.

So far I have:

Brake winches
Lights
Shelves to lay knives/saws.
Drink holders
Custom gambrel that can be attached to the side of the rack to stop animal spinning.
Gravel to stand on and keep mud to a minimum.

[txhunter-1]

We finished ours out and it has everything Dale mentioned. Framed under it and laid bricks and pavers then poured sacks of ready mix and watered it down. It is not perfect but we are out of the water and mud. Off the side we have a cheap old stainless table to stack ice chest or work on quarters, if needed. If you light it put some tin over the lights to keep them out of the weather and to keep rain off you as well.

[Dale Moser]

Originally Posted by txhunter-1

We finished ours out and it has everything Dale mentioned. Framed under it and laid bricks and pavers then poured sacks of ready mix and watered it down. It is not perfect but we are out of the water and mud. Off the side we have a cheap old stainless table to stack ice chest or work on quarters, if needed. If you light it put some tin over the lights to keep them out of the weather and to keep rain off you as well.

I actually OWN a brick company....and didn't think of putting brick down.

Adding to the list.

[BlessedVeteran0305]

If you light it put some tin over the lights to keep them out of the weather and to keep rain off you as well.[/QUOTE]

I would take that a little further and put tin on both ends, across the back and over the top, and maybe run outlets to it.

[Creedmore]

Great ideas. Shelves and drink holders, yes!

[BigCohiba]

Ours is off grid. We have a water tote and RV pump for water. LED pod lights mounted under tin roof for work lighting. Everything is powered by a big deep cycle battery with solar panel and charge controller. We had a big wooden deck leftover from another project and put it under the skinning rack. It has worked great and keeps you up off the ground...

[Triple 7]

ours is a 10x10 frame out of square tubing. It has a crank on each pole so we could have 4 animals hung at a time. We added lights and put flat rocks on the ground to get out of the mud

[kmack]

Lights; good hand cranks with cable and solid pulleys; a good solid floor; room for a work table. Those are all the things we wanted for ours.

10' x10' with 3 hand cranks, 3/16" cable and 800 lb metal pulleys. The frame is 2x2x1/4" tubing and 3x3x1/4" angle (top) because it's what we had on the lease.
The concrete is 4'x4'x4" thick test pads (for concrete finishing type) from a jobsite I had.
We mounted a section of unistrut perpendicular to the frame to put lights on. This allowed more light from both sides at an angle rather than just straight down.
The stainless table was a bonus.

The only damage we've had so far was someone over-cranked a cable one day and ripped the welds on one of the pulleys.

We just celebrated our 10th year using this rack!

[Big Lee]

Get yourself a cheap Harbor Freight winch. Let the winch do all the lifting.

[kcmarullo]

^^^^^ This is what I did ^^^^^^^

[Smart]

We have since added a stainless cleaning table in between the legs on the left and benches on the right .... plus other sitting benches on the fence.... we also added hooks to the legs above the winches to attach the gambrel too. Simple but effective . The flooring is scrap aluminum scaffolding. We were going to do concrete until a member stumbled across that.

[DeerGeek]

I remove the two winches after the season and store in the barn… Seem to last longer.

[TexasBob]

Ours is a work in progress. Had to get out of the mud. 10x10. Decking and a large patio table rescued from a scrap yard to stand on. Roof on it now and will be enclosed on 3 sides. Lights run off a generator. Harbor freight winch.




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[Creedmore]

Great ideas! I'm going to incorporate some of that.

[dallred]

This worked well for me. Electric winch would be much better.

[Casey]

Originally Posted by Dale Moser

I think I'm going to do the same.

So far I have:

Brake winches
Lights
Shelves to lay knives/saws.
Drink holders
Custom gambrel that can be attached to the side of the rack to stop animal spinning.
Gravel to stand on and keep mud to a minimum.

This is far more important than most people realize. It's a big add for me.

Make sure you get the right winch. We have a high-geared one and it takes a few hundred thousand turns to raise a hill country doe off the ground. We are able to attach a cordless drill to it but we don't always have that tool handy.

[Philip-TX]

Originally Posted by DeerGeek

I remove the two winches after the season and store in the barn… Seem to last longer.

Looks like you can drive sxs under it a hoist right out of the bed... like

[curtintex]

Not finished yet, but getting close


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[McClain]

Here is a simple one I built for under a shed.

https://discussions.texasbowhunter.c...d.php?t=745352

[Runnin4D]

Originally Posted by Dale Moser

I think I'm going to do the same.

So far I have:

Brake winches
Lights
Shelves to lay knives/saws.
Drink holders
Custom gambrel that can be attached to the side of the rack to stop animal spinning.
Gravel to stand on and keep mud to a minimum.

To stop spinning here is an idea from a lease I was once on:

Run two cables out of winch. One will be longer than the other. Each has a basic hook on the end. They will each drop down at an appropriate distance off the beam or whatever the pulley is attached to. As it is winched up the legs get spread tighter and it won’t spin. I hope this makes sense I could draw it a lot better lol.

[birddoggin]

Runnin,

so each of the "hooks" will run down either side of the animal along the vertical brace? or did I miss it?

[Runnin4D]

[SaintBlaise]

I have a short video that includes our cleaning area. PM me if you want to see it.

Ideas - heavy duty style:

1. make the hanging area plenty tall enough. (so you can raise your deer high enough, that the night creatures can't reach them)

2. pour concrete slab if you have the means, and slope it away from the work space to a central drain in the back of the slab.

3. central drainage - use 3 or 4" pvc at the back of the slab, making a field line to keep the water away from the area.

4. run electrical and water to both sides of the slab.

5. cover it.

6. since you are pouring concrete. Make a sidewalk to the cooler.

[RR 314]

I hunted on a place years ago down south where there were anchors in the slab and they would get skinning started and attach clamps to the hide (connected to cables in the anchors). Electric winch would then lift the animal higher and it would dang near case skin the animal. Pretty slick.

[scott123456789]

This was prior to adding an LED shop light and magnetic strip on the leg to hold knives. So far it has been just about perfect for what we need.

[Agdog]

Originally Posted by scott123456789

This was prior to adding an LED shop light and magnetic strip on the leg to hold knives. So far it has been just about perfect for what we need.

I was reading through wondering if anyone had used magnets for their blades. Seems like it’d be handy

[Drycreek3189]

A grown son to do most of the work while you supervise would come in handy.......

You do have to hold a bloody knife in your hand just to make it look good !

[Quackerbox]

Our is 16x16x12. Just 3 of us shooting to only one winch but lights from all sides. Ome shelf near the winch

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[doug]

Originally Posted by scott123456789

This was prior to adding an LED shop light and magnetic strip on the leg to hold knives. So far it has been just about perfect for what we need.

Magnetic strip is a great idea! They have some cheap ones at harbor frieght im going to try this with! Thanks!

[texan16]

Originally Posted by Runnin4D

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You will never be compared to Picasso, but I like that idea. I HATE shuffling around trying to keep up with a spinning deer, which is what we have to do know. Will add this to our set up for sure.

[E.TX.BOWHUNTER]

Anyone thought about an anchor in the floor or a temporary bar attachment? Use the lift/wench for skinning an animal after tying the hide to the floor and peeling the skin off?

[RR 314]

Originally Posted by E.TX.BOWHUNTER

Anyone thought about an anchor in the floor or a temporary bar attachment? Use the lift/wench for skinning an animal after tying the hide to the floor and peeling the skin off?

Never hear of the same. . Interesting idea.




See post 25.

[Chief Big Toe]

some great ideas, the eyebolt in the floor seems to be a great idea, to skin as you raise the carcass..
as long as not to much else comes off with it when pulling up,, meaning meat

[kmack]

Originally Posted by Chief Big Toe

some great ideas, the eyebolt in the floor seems to be a great idea...

...until someone forgets to take it out (or that it's even there) and trips with a knife in their hands.

I used to have eye-bolts in the floor of my garage back when I was working on motorcycles. I had 3 sets of them. I knew they were there. And if I didn't pull them out after every time I used them, guaranteed that I'd trip on them the very next day at least once!

It's a good idea, but potentially dangerous.

[Dusty Britches]

How tall are y'all's racks? I improvised with a cross member at 10' but I wish I could get another 2 feet up to keep me from bending over so much.

[Runnin4D]

Originally Posted by texan16

You will never be compared to Picasso, but I like that idea. I HATE shuffling around trying to keep up with a spinning deer, which is what we have to do know. Will add this to our set up for sure.

Haha gee thanks I at least hoped it was enough to get the point across lol

[psicoo]

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[Walker]

We had one with the top rail being a sliding garage door channel. One hoist at one end. Several hooks hanging from rollers. Winch a deer up. Transfer to a roller and slide out of the way for the next deer.