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Anyone had any experience with these? Are they worth investing in?
i've got one for sheep....it's ok but in hindsight i wish i'd gone steel portal.. so no IMO....go steel frame... go smaller if budget constaints
Steel portal is always better, but what's wrong with the tunnel? It must be at least half price of same sized shed. If floor space is needed it's a good, cheap alternative IMO.
I have no experience of them, though - but keep thinking I should put one up for sheep work
i've a 42ft x 21ft and TBF the sheep love it......but you get tears in the plastic....last week i was worried about snow wt....mucking out could be awkward ...you could soon wreck one with a telehander
Fair points. Snow should be OK aslong as the plastic was tensioned properly ? (although big snow will bring the frame down long before a shed).
How long is the sheet supposed to last?
We have 2 a small one 30ftx50ft and a big one 40ftx 100ft they both have ewes and lambs in at the moment but will have cows and calves in the big one soon and the small one just stores lambing hurdles prattly quad etc. The snow did go through the small one in Dec but that was because it had no stock inside to heat the snow so it melts a little and slides off. We have just put its third sheet on since 1994. The big one we put weaned calves in sometimes and it's good and not too bad for pneumonia but can be drippy in wet foggy weather. If I was doing them again I would put a shed up but saying that they serve us well really
Impressive looking Cover, I have similar size waiting to be put up but don't have Sheet purchased yet. Where did you get yours? Is it a tarpaulin cover?We have a 30m by 9m one for hay storage that's just 10 years old never really done anything to it maintenance wise other than throw the odd bucketful of soil down the sheet when its stretched a bit.
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Impressive looking Cover, I have similar size waiting to be put up but don't have Sheet purchased yet. Where did you get yours? Is it a tarpaulin cover?
Brilliant job, hope it lasts another five years. Can you still space hoops every 7ft or do they need to be closer for this type of cover?The cover is made from the sheeting they use on curtain sided trucks and was guaranteed for ten years and has lasted that long and should go another year or two. However it's not cheap, from memory about £2.5k when we bought it, but it's indestructible.
Brilliant job, hope it lasts another five years. Can you still space hoops every 7ft or do they need to be closer for this type of cover?