![]() ![]() Just lay the doubled-up plywood piece on the ground with the bottom side facing up and then just start attaching your layers of 2×4 to the plywood. Look at the sequence of images below to see what I mean it’s pretty simple. This more or less guarantees that your first layer will be completely aligned with the plywood. When you start to assemble, I suggest starting with the top of the blocks and working down rather than building up from the bottom layer. Update: be sure and read the comments as some readers have left feedback and thoughts on making these adjustable. If you’re clever enough you could make these adjustable, much like jerk blocks. I didn’t bother with that though. My blocks have six layers in addition to the top, but that may be too tall for some people (I’m 6’4″), so you may prefer four or five layers. The top layer along with the stall mat is about 2¼” high, and each layer of 2×4’s adds another 1½” inches. In terms of how high to make the blocks (how many layers to build up), that’s entirely up to you. I’m confident that if you choose to go with some other size that you can line up and evenly space alternating 2×4’s with relative ease by using a tape measure and basic math skills. Technically you can create any size that you can imagine 17½ x 24½” is just super easy. Not only is this a good size functionally, but it’s the easiest size to build because it’s the exact dimensions of 5 side-by-side 2×4’s (17½”) and 7 side-by-side 2×4’s (24½”.)īy going with this size you can avoid any measuring during the assembly (not counting the cuts, obviously) since a scrap 2×4 is all that is needed to perfectly space each attached 2×4 (see image below.) Of course, you still need to correctly place the first 2×4 in each layer but once you do that the remaining pieces of that layer are easy. I’ll mostly be giving some pointers that’ll make the project simpler for the sake of perhaps making you aware of something you may not have yet considered yourself.įor starters, if you’re okay with your pulling blocks being 17½” wide by 24½” long, go with this size. Matter of fact, I don’t think a project this simple requires super detailed, step-by-step instructions, so I’m going to keep this fairly brief. ![]() If you own the tools required to do this project then you probably don’t need to do much more than look at the pictures to figure it out. My DIY pulling blocks are extremely easy to build.
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