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[Die Judicii]

Yeah Hi fellas,,,,,,,,,,
Thanks one and all for your comments and thoughts, which is always encouraging when sometimes you doubt yourself.

[Stix]

Sheesh...lota work in that...well done...

And with a setup like that...have you considered the OHS regs.?..for example, a change area for the waitress, & body oils/lubricant storage for the masseuse...?

[JSS]

That's an awesome bit of kit mate, very very impressive!! Have you thought about one of those 12v car seat cover/warmers to keep you toasty on those cold nights?

[Blr243]

I’m glad this setup got posted. After two hunting trips I got jack of scanning with my thermal riflescope so I bought a pair of thermal binos. I use them day and night both walking and while slowly putting along the tracks on the quad .......I’m going to try something new on my next trip at the end of next week .... far from the comfort of the house that I stay on while on the property I’m going to set up some fermented corn in the middle of an old cultivation paddock ... it’s bounded by thick scrub on three sides and the scrub is thick with pigs .....it’s so thick that it’s hell hunting in there so my plan is to draw them out in the open with the grain in the middle of the night .....I have bought a special purposeful semi reclining chair to sit in inside a sleeping bag about 300 from the bait. My plan was to scan every two minutes and as I start falling asleep make sure I have alarms set every 15 minutes to wake me so I can scan every time .... this thread has got me thinking what I can do to improve my setup and my chances So I reckon I’ll get cracking on a chair frame mounted overhead adjustable bino harness that always sits right in front of me as I lay comfortably in my chair. And I want to be able to flip it up out of the way to so I can get up when I have to With this setup I should be able to just open my eyes and look. With no arm movements or effort ......100 per cent 20th century laziness! But I’m sure the pigs will show up and then I will have to drag myself out of my chair ...

[TassieTiger]

Dear sir, I would like to communicate with you via the dark web (RE you potentially putting remote controls on this vehicle, zoom cameras with rifle extension arms, modems and other robotic controls and devices including belt fead mags)...but not on a public forum. Please enter Ip 6.205426.3566.552. thsnks heaps signed The Jackyl - lolz.

WTF ? Are you some sort of secret agent taz ?

Ya better not work with agent 86 for control

You need to watch the movie the jackal - he sorts out some van like the op, has a remote controlled gattling gun and target cam and operates it from miles away....anyway, if i have to explain it, its not funny...although...that bits is. lol.
Agent 86 could do very bad things to me if she wanted too !

actually, i do remember that now, good movie

but , actually , 86 is get smart . his female companion agent is 99 . don't worry taz , if that's your thing i think the sydney mardi gras isn't too far away

zis is kaos , and vee don't do THAT here

sorry mate , i couldn't help myself

You know I was thinking when I typed that - hang in lol...I can still recall that episode when they infiltrated that bikie gang and 99 was teased in tight black latex to look like leather...I must have been 17 at the time lol.

Back to the op - nice work! It’s kind of a brilliant platform that you’ll probably never stop doing little things too - here and there...cup holder here, esky there, torch mount here, charge mount there, rocket launcher here, grenade catapult there....

[Member-Deleted]

maaaaaaate...

[Die Judicii]

.....I have bought a special purposeful semi reclining chair to sit in inside a sleeping bag about 300 from the bait. My plan was to scan every two minutes and as I start falling asleep ...

You'll be right mate,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, It's just a matter of figuring which bait is which.

If you fall asleep in your recliner chair the piggies love fresh meat.

And,,,,, if your a heavy sleeper there won't be much of you left when the sun rises.

[Die Judicii]

Well I have decided to add a touch of class to the shooting platform (Taj Mahal)

This morning I managed to pick up an as new ISRI bench seat for an unbelievably cheap price.

I'm going to get rid of the deep sided black bucket seats (they are too restrictive for movement) and put the ISRI seat in.
Being fabric it will be easy to slide and twist a bit in silence. The black buckets squeak when clothing rubs on em.

The ISRI also has a built in cup holder and snacks table.

No pics yet, but will post some soon.

[JSS]

You had me at cup holder and snacks table!!

[Tank]

Add a couple DShK’s to complete the ISIS technical look!!
Haha!
Happy hunting!
Regs,
Tank.

[Die Judicii]

Add a couple DShK’s to complete the ISIS technical look!!
Haha!
Happy hunting!
Regs,
Tank.

?? I'm not up to speed on that one mate,,, "Please explain" ?

[trekin]

Add a couple DShK’s to complete the ISIS technical look!!
Haha!
Happy hunting!
Regs,
Tank.

?? I'm not up to speed on that one mate,,, "Please explain" ?

Think Tank might have ment "tactical look".

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[Die Judicii]

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Well it is now up and running again.
I removed the two black buckets (they were too cramped, and they used to squeak on clothing)

I replaced them with an as new bench seat (ISRI Brand) out of a Mercedes van.

Had to cut 4" off the base box so the seats won't hit the gutter on the carport.
Then Mig'd it all back together and included a fully seal floor plate, and lined one side of the storage compartments with extra thick styrene foam to be used as a large storage esky.

Because the seat was originally fixed in position, I bought heavy duty roller slides and built them into it as well.
Adjustment of position is now easily done with one single lever, and is in 1" increments.

For those that expected cup holders in the original version,,,,, voila
Check these babies out.

Tried it out last night in the bush for 10 hours, and I'm pleased to say that it works very well, is comfortable, and quiet.

Edited,,,,,, I forgot to add the pics

[Member-Deleted]

Up and going again looks good taboot

[JSS]

It just keeps getting better and better......Nice work mate!!

[duncan61]

That is so good

[Stix]

I assume your welding results are better than that of your caulking/silicone...

Are you having a display booth with demo model to tske orders at the gun & 4wd/camping shows around the country...


Shoot a few of them dogs to hang off the ute & a double page spread in SSAA shooter mag might be on the cards i rekon...!!

[brinny]

Hell...does that look the goods....some serious thought and engineering gone into that....well done mate ....

[Bill]

I'll admit thats not far off the perfect the shooting platform but is it high enough to shoot safe forward for hogs at 20 yd ?

[Die Judicii]

Looking backwards in time I see that nearly all pics and features are now wildly out of date.
Will get all new pics and add explanatories.



Oh,,,,,,,,, and by the way,,, I originally named it the Taj Mahal.
But my partner has renamed it "Camilla" (the 3rd person in the relationship,,,, due to the amount of time I spend working on it.)

[Die Judicii]

OK,,,, here are the up to date pics just taken.

The bench top is aluminium sheet with black pool carpet glued on.
The deck of the turntable is also covered with black pool carpet.

Note the custom made thermos holders.

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Access ladder deployed. The little strut btween the turntable deck and dog box is lifted out when set up for the night.

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Rear view also showing ladder deployed from its compartment.

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Tray for dogs with drain that goes through the tray towards the ground

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The business end

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Office view

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Power supply cable for my heated jacket

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Red lights bank and switch, Table up/down switch, Slew left/right switch (bottom) Cigg lighter socket, and Twin USB ports. Note the narrow tray btween the carpeted top and the red lights bank,,, is where I slide the battery packs for the scopes.

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[Oldbloke]

Looks great. A few little improvements. But what happened to my seat?

[brinny]

Sure does look the goods Ed....lots of painstaking work gone into that.....Just curious, do you park up on a bait station for the night....or a dead animal.....or just pick a spot at random and hope the dogs come wandering through.....or do you change positions through the night if it gets a bit quiet where you set up....?

[Die Judicii]

Sure does look the goods Ed....lots of painstaking work gone into that.....Just curious, do you park up on a bait station for the night....or a dead animal.....or just pick a spot at random and hope the dogs come wandering through.....or do you change positions through the night if it gets a bit quiet where you set up....?

On rare occasions, I just find a promising looking spot,, maybe water, maybe carcass, or well used game trail, and suck and see.

But mostly from homework done up to a fortnight prior, I know where one (or more) is most likely to visit, or pass through, even
though they rarely if ever have a timetable and appointments like foxes do.

I also rely a lot on info I can get from various cameras I setup.

A bit like fishing,,,,,, it takes patience,, method,, cunning,, and also important to closely observe all other wildlife in the vicinity.

I've also had some brilliant successes with a couple of purpose built gadgets.

[Die Judicii]

Further to your question Brinny,,,,,
Most times I end up on whichever property has a dog/s causing havoc at the owners request,,, and more often than not the owner shows me which section
of the property etc that most of the damage has been done in.
So, you get to know a reasonably concise area that it/they will turn up in again. Even though sometimes a week or more later.
I've been lucky enough on five occasions so far to get an offending dog the very first night of attending.

One in particular that DID ACTUALLY HAVE A TIMETABLE,,,, and turned up within minutes of the time that the landowner said it had been attacking
sheep in previous nights.

[Die Judicii]

This is the one that turned up "dead on time"

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[brinny]

Further to your question Brinny,,,,,
Most times I end up on whichever property has a dog/s causing havoc at the owners request,,, and more often than not the owner shows me which section
of the property etc that most of the damage has been done in.
So, you get to know a reasonably concise area that it/they will turn up in again. Even though sometimes a week or more later.
I've been lucky enough on five occasions so far to get an offending dog the very first night of attending.

One in particular that DID ACTUALLY HAVE A TIMETABLE,,,, and turned up within minutes of the time that the landowner said it had been attacking
sheep in previous nights.

Theres no doubt that they are an interesting critter to chase.....A lot of time can be spent in vain out in all the elements waiting for them to show.....Cant begin to count the number of nights i have sat out all night waiting for them in some of the most promising looking country where the farmer has had pretty severe issues with them...and not seen a thing....apart from the usual other critters poking about.....Other nights where iv had some pretty good successes too.....Can never pick it....but we cant get them tucked up in bed at home.....

[Die Judicii]

Agreed that ya can't get them when your tucked up in bed.
As opposed to what many do,,, (just sitting out for an hour or so) I still find it amazing the stuff you see wandering/stalking
about when you are there for the entire night.
You've just gotta get through those "dead patches" when it seems that NOTHING is on the move.

Most of the landowners (that don't use cameras) are pretty shocked when you give them a report of what you've seen in their
paddocks during the night.

The common reply from them is,,,,, "I had no idea"

[LJC]

Wouldn't be surprised if those seats have warmers in them as well judging by the look of this rig.
+1 for cup holders!

Awesome bit of kit, thanks for the share.

[Die Judicii]

Thanks for the comments and compliments fellas.