RedNeckRacin
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So I have some horses that I feed round bales too. My FIL built a single bale feeder for them and the dam thing drives me nuts. It only holds one round bale at a time and I have to get out of the tractor several times to put one bale out. (open the pasture, drive in, close the gate, drive to the feeder, open the feeder door, put the bale in, close the feeder door then get outta the pasture. This wouldn't be such a big deal except I have to do this every four days. So being the lazy engineer that I am I decided I had had enough. I bummed some left over materials from the guys at work 8" high pressure steel pipe and some 2 3/8" tubing. The engineering has been awhile in the making put the two main requirements were to be able to move it around so the horses weren't always standing in the mud. The other requirement was to be able to put more hay out at a time without having to open and close the dam door on the feeder. Again doesnt sound like a big deal but the bales rarely go in easy and the whole shack leans to its extremely hard getting a square dooor back in an oblong hole.
SO attached are the pictures of the construction for your enjoyment! Im going to put sheet metal on the roof to help keep some rain off the hay, so its like 90% done right now. I welcome any comments or suggestions. For a frame of reference the skids are approxmately 23' long. The short posts are 5' high and the tall posts are 7' high.
SO attached are the pictures of the construction for your enjoyment! Im going to put sheet metal on the roof to help keep some rain off the hay, so its like 90% done right now. I welcome any comments or suggestions. For a frame of reference the skids are approxmately 23' long. The short posts are 5' high and the tall posts are 7' high.
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