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Chainsaw is all I can say. All you need is to cut lengths for the two legs and a rough board for the top. Check with a small sawmill to see if they can help. Toenail a screw in from the bottom (a few on each side) and your set. Good luck.
How long is your ceremony? What about barn beams on blocks of wood (wide and sturdy) that you can borrow from someone (farmer?) rather than making something ($$$!!!) and needing to sell it afterwards?
Why not just rent chairs? I had a rustic venue (at a barn!) and struggled with what to do and opted that chairs were comfier for everyone and we used them for dinner as well (just had them moved into the barn).
@Beebug: Dont know even want to know what the price of barn board is around here. I nearly choked the first time I saw an add at over 10$ per linear foot. Some regions dont have barn board available anymore and they import it.
@naturalysam: Isn't the price insane? We used barnboard for runners down our tables and the pricing was insane. I did resort to trespassing and getting some illegally from abandoned barns in the boonies (had to get a tetanus shot after one trespass!) but 90% of it came from a barn that fell down last winter and the woman who owned the property welcomed us to carefully sort through the rubble, and gave her $40 to take whatever we wanted.....THAT was a huge score for us two months before the wedding, I was getting worried! I sold it all for $200 in a heartbeat, but we had cut it to 8ft lengths and cleaned it and it was perfect for tables, so worth the $ for the bride that bought it from me.
The venue where we got married operates as a pumpkin/fun fall farm and they offered their beams they had from an old barn to use as benches, that's why I suggested what I did! Sometimes random places (maple syrup places, pumpkin patches, etc places that may only seasonally need their seating might be worth looking into to see if anything can be borrowed? Just a thought :) Another idea is to call people who take down barns? I know that's big around here, and they always have extra wood and beams, and you never know?
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Does anyone know where I could rent or buy benches for the ceremony? I would prefer white or rustic wood and I don't want to have to spend a ton! I may end up having to make them but that would be a lot of work with 150+ people...