My new horse stall fronts...

[DJ54]

Got the hardware on my last two stall doors yesterday,and a coat of sealer on them... Love that Cannonball track..!!

 

[acme97]

Very nice! Where did you get the track hardware from?

 

[blueriver]

Very well done ... I wouldn't have horse's good enough for a stall like that. Now my Mules would love it.

 

[BeezFun]

I really like the narrower grill work, I assume it's steel? Usually they use something about the size of 1/2" conduit and it looks like a prison. Did you buy those doors as a kit, or did you make all that from scratch?

I don't see what restrains the base of the doors from being pushed out. Maybe you haven't finished that part yet.

Very nice work.

 

[DJ54]

Got the track and trollies from a local lumber store, not big box type... Should be able to Google Cannonball track, and find a local supplier in your area. Those doors probably weigh close to 125-150 lbs. apiece, and you can push them with one finger...

Sure you got horses good enough for this...!! Love them long ears too... One of the stalls is for my mammoth donkey, Percy... He is a hoot..!!

Everything you see, except hardware, is built from scratch. Grill work is simply 1 1/2" X 1/8" flat strap. Rods are 3/8" round stock. Cut straps to length, tacked together on the ends, then measured, and center punched 2" O.C., then drilled in a stack. Inserted rods, and tacked on the bottom, then seperated the flats, and spaced at 16" with spacers.

Stall fronts are white oak, all ship lapped. Doors are Poplar, panel ship lapped too...

I need yet to set a stubby 4X4 on the one end to hold it in. I usually set a piece of 1/2" plywood between, for a spacer. These are much like I have here at the old place, and have held up very well for 12 years.

I'll get some pics of the finished interior today, as it is all ship lapped Poplar too, at least the bottom half.

 

[Western]

Very well done ... I wouldn't have horse's good enough for a stall like that..

Got that right! I'd stay in it!!:laughing:

Very nice job

 

[DJ54]

Thanks for the compliments... I appreciate it.

Here is a link for the cannonball track system. Door Track Systems - CannonBall:HNP

I forgot I used it on an sliding entry door here on the old barn. The slider is 14'W and 12' H. Can even move that with one hand. Great stuff..!!

I prefer the pendant bolt type trolley, because the bolt is bent in a configuration, so as to adjust the door in and out for clearance.

 

[BeezFun]

Inserted rods, and tacked on the bottom, then seperated the flats, and spaced at 16" with spacers.

So the rods protrude slightly through the top flat, or is that welded too? Explain the spacers for the 16" horizontal flats, I assumed those were welded too. I would think that would be pretty flexible in the middle of a panel unless the whole thing were welded together. It sounds like the horizontal straps are just floating.

Don't you have any horses that chew? We always get at least one that wants to eat the whole place. I'd be sleeping out there at night to make sure they didn't damage a place that looked that good.

 

[DJ54]

Every rod, is welded where it goes through a flat. I cut 2X2's, then cut a rabbit in the center to go over a rod, and space the flats @ 16", except the top. Lots of holes to drill, and lots of welds to make..., LOL... But they are very ridgid..!!

Welded tabs on, made from the 1 1/2", 2" long, and put a 3/8" lag screw through it, into the poles, bottom, and header across the top.

They don't seem to chew on the insides. But then they aren't locked in their stalls... They are free to come and go when they want. Everyone has their opinion, but I think it eliminates stall sour, or just plain bored, being locked in... AND..., always fearful of a fire... You never know...

The hay rack always has enough hay in it, what they can clean up in a day, or more..., plus out on pasture.

Now if I could just break these two mares, from being "housebroke"....

 

[Harvey9]

DJ54, very nice work.

 

[NativeSon]

Great looking Doors........and Barn!

Charlie

 

[MrWhippy]

We have had the same track on our stalls for 15 years. Top product that requires little to no maintenance.:thumbsup:

 

[BeezFun]

Lots of holes to drill, and lots of welds to make..., LOL... But they are very ridgid..!!

OK thanks, I get it. That is a lot of fabrication, but the end result is sure worth it.

They don't seem to chew on the insides. But then they aren't locked in their stalls...

Totally agree on not locking them up, our stall doors haven't worked for years. But we only let them on the pasture part of the time or they gain way too much weight, even with grazing muzzles. The rest of the time they're free to wander the paddocks but can't get at food. We've got one old geezer who eats so slow he can be out 24x7, but the rest gain too much weight even though they get ridden or walked every day.

Now if I could just break these two mares, from being "housebroke"....

For us it's the gelding that won't go anywhere but in his stall. Free to wander anywhere he wants but he walks all the way back to the stall to go. At night he lays down and sleeps in there, and every day we clean it all up. Weird. The mare only goes in there to get away from the flies, stands outside even in the winter.

 

[DJ54]

Guess maybe I should have posted a pic of the outside first... Here is a shot of a buddy of mine, and his son installing the gutters. Kinda' puts things into perspective, as to it's size. (42' X 96') The two bays to the left will store my 3 trailers. The 3rd is a straight shot though, with another OH door going out the back. No more digging out snow from around sliders for me...

Stalls to the right. Still need to get the white vinyl brick mold on to trim them out the door openings, and set them off.

If you look, there is a 6' free standing overhang in front of the stalls. Kinda' like their own front porch. Provides shade on sunny days, and can stand with their heads out on rainy days. They always seem to want to see what's going on, LOL... It worked so well on the one I have here now where I live, I decided to incorporate it into the new one.

 

[Gizmo2]

Every rod, is welded where it goes through a flat. I cut 2X2's, then cut a rabbit in the center to go over a rod, and space the flats @ 16", except the top. Lots of holes to drill, and lots of welds to make..., LOL... But they are very ridgid..!!

Welded tabs on, made from the 1 1/2", 2" long, and put a 3/8" lag screw through it, into the poles, bottom, and header across the top.

They don't seem to chew on the insides. But then they aren't locked in their stalls... They are free to come and go when they want. Everyone has their opinion, but I think it eliminates stall sour, or just plain bored, being locked in... AND..., always fearful of a fire... You never know...

The hay rack always has enough hay in it, what they can clean up in a day, or more..., plus out on pasture.

Now if I could just break these two mares, from being "housebroke"....

I used EMT conduit http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/153626-my-horse-barn-progress-9.html#post1859203

Doors are http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/build-yourself/153626-my-horse-barn-progress-10.html#post1859853

If you are using hay racks to feed hay I'd use caution. Better to feed off the floor.

 

[DJ54]

Cost was a factor figured in. Even with the rise in steel prices, I had less then $500.00 in all of the grill work. includuing paint. IH Red of course... Time has to be figured in too, but I have more time than money... Mostly missed out on, in the saddle time this year. But it was too hot to ride most of the time anyway, LOL..

The doors, I have approx. $425.00 in all of them. That's paying $1.00 per BF for the Poplar, screws, and some Thompson's Water Seal.

Here is a picture of my hay rack(made that too, about 8 years ago). Big enough to hold my 4X4 round bales, but my gelding has a tendency to waste hay, so now I just put in a little at a time, usually what ever they will clean up between feedings. Low enough to eat in the natural grazing position.

When the weather is nasty, it is fed off the ground in the stalls.

 

[Gizmo2]

Looks good! After 25+ years with horses I sure am glad we only have one left to deal with. We are getting close to turning that page in our journey of life.

 

[USNative]

Very nice work, especially for the cost.Your stalls look to be pretty small from the pics you posted. Our stalls are 16' x 20' but ours are going to be used mainly in the spring and early summer for working with the foals. Plenty of room so they don't feel cramped up in there. We keep our mares with foals in there for the first week after foaling so we can imprint and work with the babies. The stalls would be used for a sick or injured horse as well but other than that they are outside.

Our stalls each have a opening in the right hand corners so the horses can put there heads out and look around. They also will be used to get the food in the stall easily. We used the pipe type of bars and we like em' but I also like yours as they are so thin that the horse can see outside the stall real easy.Visibility is very important for a horse in a stall because it will cut way down on stress while inside the stall.

Yep, you did do a very good job on yours indeed. :thumbsup:

 

[DJ54]

Stalls are 12' X 12', and they seem to have plenty of room in the one's here.

 

[USNative]

Stalls are 12' X 12', and they seem to have plenty of room in the one's here.

12x12 is plenty for a stall. They looked smaller in the pics but sometimes pics can be a bit deceiving. :confused2: