Thanks I just got it saturday and put some better pics of it up today. Victor Junior Wood CookstoveCool cook stove.
Yes in a way. What I'm hoping to do is get a sawmill built and cut my own lumber for it.For 150, it'll do nicely. I assume, as funds and/or materials become available, that you'll put a back wall on it and maybe side walls?
Perfect. The roof is most important and you've got that done and looking solid.Yes in a way. What I'm hoping to do is get a sawmill built and cut my own lumber for it.
I'd really like to put a floor in but that probably won't happen. Maybe some crush & run someday.Perfect. The roof is most important and you've got that done and looking solid.
Yeah it's on plastic pallets now but I don't have anymore of the plastic ones. So the rest of it will have to go on wooden pallets. Did you notice the way I set the posts so each row of bales hits on a post? I've got 5 more bales to pickup this coming week and then that side will be full.Hay can do well on pallets or something like that for the time being.
Gah! Composite railroad ties!!!Just another thought, the railroads tried out some plastic railroad ties a few years ago, which for whatever reason didn't work out and went back to wooden. When that happened we got a bunch for free that we used when we made our pig pen. Those would be great to put hay on. Not sure if they would still be available or not though.
Feeding cows, goats, pigs plus turkeys and chickens use some for bedding. I have some roll up door panels with the rollers & springs and hope to use them as doors one day. lolI would look into old garage door panels to use as walls to close in to protect your hay. We use them to make barns for animal shelters. Can get them for $25 dollars a panel. Not sure what kind of animals you are trying to feed. Right now, our hay gets stored on a couple old telephone poles and get tarped. We use it for both the cows and goats. Cows are not a problem, but with goats, you have to keep it out of the weather or it will kill them.
Cows and pigs are totally different than goats. Goats can develop a killer polio when they ingest molded hay.Feeding cows, goats, pigs plus turkeys and chickens use some for bedding. I have some roll up door panels with the rollers & springs and hope to use them as doors one day. lol
It seems to hold better feed value all the way around when covered.Cows and pigs are totally different than goats. Goats can develop a killer polio when they ingest molded hay.
That sounds like it will be super nice! We are small taters compared to your operation. All total we might have 30-35 animals. That sounds like a lot in some ways but if we put that in cow units we have 4 maybe 5. All of our stock is heritage type stuff and small in stature.I had an old hay shed on this property when we bought it. It was about 36×48 with a gable roof. I gave it to a young rancher down the road in exchange for labor drilling holes in rock for fence posts. It took him about a week to take it down and haul it off to his ranch. I store about 40 ton of hay in our new barn and about 60 ton outside covered with a tarp. When I built the new barn I put in a wooden floor. I used 2×8 fir/larch screwed down to pressure treated 4×6's at 18" on center. I put the 4×6's on 18×18 inch concrete pads by 6" thick and 24" on center. I wired it for lights, plus I built some stalls and a loft. I've got about $65k in to this barn so far.
I like the price of Biggkids better. It'll do the job that it was designed for. Putting sides up and a floor will be a bug improvement too.
We're in the process of scaling down big time here. We sold off all of our non-contigous land, since the kids didn't want any of it. We only have a few hundred acres left. We recently sold our herd of registered red Angus cattle. We'll get a few commercial quality feeder calves this spring, possibly up to 50 head that we'll sell in the fall. We get 4 - 6 feet of snow here that lasts through April, so feeding a lot of cows is quite a chore.That sounds like it will be super nice! We are small taters compared to your operation. All total we might have 30-35 animals. That sounds like a lot in some ways but if we put that in cow units we have 4 maybe 5. All of our stock is heritage type stuff and small in stature.
Only a few hundred acres, in my dreams. lol We are only on 36 acres. But it was also worn out farm land turned timberland for 70+ years when I started here. Plus a fair portion is pretty steep and therefor will never be tillable. I'm leaving all steep areas wooded.We're in the process of scaling down big time here. We sold off all of our non-contigous land, since the kids didn't want any of it. We only have a few hundred acres left. We recently sold our herd of registered red Angus cattle. We'll get a few commercial quality feeder calves this spring, possibly up to 50 head that we'll sell in the fall. We get 4 - 6 feet of snow here that lasts through April, so feeding a lot of cows is quite a chore.
What do I think?While I was out doing things today I counted up what metal roofing I have left. There’s enough to add about 10 more feet on one 1/2 of the building making that 1/2 roughly 13×24 that could be enclosed with a roof size of about 15×27. That would be about 12×23 open space inside a great size for a single bay workshop. The celling is even high enough to to get the deuce inside. What do you guys think? Oh and it won’t add a cent in cash to the cost, I already have everything to add that much more roof. Enclosing it is another story, I don’t have anything for that yet.
In that case let me share this playlist to inspire you.Well I'm sure there is but my pockets are far to empty to buy a sawmill. I need to build the one I have all the parts on hand for! No B.S. I have damn near every single piece to build a nice sawmill. I just need to get off my lazy ass and get it done! Of course having some help would make it a lot easier to get done.
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