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Some of the guys on my east Texas lease(sandy ground) dig holes either 4x4 or 4x6, concrete the 4x4 posts in the ground, build platform, prefab sides, pull sides up, assemble in place, add the roof, done deal!! They X brace the legs depending on height. They build some as high as 15 feet. Most are 6 to 10’, takes a couple hours if they do a good prefab job. They survived the hurricane that blew through about the time Katrina hit. If built out of treated wood, they will last a long time. I make the ladders for them out of square tubing.

If you can’t dig holes to bury 4x4’s, you might see how much it would cost to have a metal platform built, then compare to material cost for wood. I’m a metal guy. I like platforms like these. Way faster and lighter than wood to build. Do you have any welder friends?