I recently bought some scales and a hoist w/ gambrel to start weighing more of the hogs I catch. I was hoping to set it up in my tiny ass backyard but there are no big trees back there to use and since I also just got a nice framing nail gun and some extra wood lying around and figured I would build a hog cleaning station that I can mount my hoist and scale to out of the wood. I have seen some pictures of some cool ones that other people built but I would love more ideas.
Currently I am thinking the simpliest way would be an A-frame type structure build with 2x4 or 2x6 boards. I figure a good height would be 12'-14' so I don't have to bend down much to clean the hogs. Is that going to be tall enough? I was hoping to find an old metal swing set or something like that but I don't think most of the ones I seen are tall enough. Anyways any ideas would be helpful. I definitely want to be sure its reinforced and strong enough to hold a big hog without worrying about it not being unstable or breaking.
Thanks again!
