Calf poly tunnel
- Thread starter vantage
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Would add it was one of these...
mcgregorpolytunnels.co.uk
They offer an erection service (but probably not at the moment)
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mcgregorpolytunnels.co.uk
They offer an erection service (but probably not at the moment)
Surprised you didn't buy 2 with that thrown in!
Grassman247
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I think you’re right especially in our farm situation, 800’ up on the side of a hill.
Headless chicken
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- Location
- West Wales
fedwen tentage is advertising to use them as lambing shed so maybe that could be an option to keep you going this year
If you can protect them from the wind you'll be fine. Depending on the site an earth bundle around the outside could make a big difference. But if you get pretty extreme weather I think a shed is your best bet.
Spudley
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- Location
- Pembrokeshire
I was going to suggest a marquee as well. I know of one (for bigger calves admittedly) that has been installed into an empty silage pit, the walls of which give some shelter.
smallholder99
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has anyone clad a poly tunnel frame with box profile sheets lengthways,some could be clear for light, was the frame strong enough, should last years longer than plastic sheet
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
By the time you have made it into a Nissen hut and strengthened it you may as well flatten it and re start
You won't have much to fix to, and it would be like an oven when the sun came out, I would think. On the other hand, you do see second hand frames very cheap, if you could get the sheets cheap, be worth a try.
spin cycle
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- Location
- north norfolk
horrible things....gonna take mine down i think 
Because?horrible things....gonna take mine down i think
spin cycle
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- Location
- north norfolk
admittedly not all it's fault....i put it up in a hurry....wrong time of year....could never get sheet really right.....sagged.......blew off in end.......used a tarp last two years as sorta straw barn......sheet sagged/ripped
touch frames with teleporter and fragile.....thought about tinning it but think it waste time/money
got me outta muddle but think i'll replace it
smallholder99
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looking for shelter for young cattle on exposed rented land ,nor worth spending a fortune
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
We have one, it's bloody good (wind is gusting to 85mph here today)
The reason it's good I think is because it's semi-attached to another building at the windward end, and the cover is tight as a drum (you can hear bumblebees and birds hitting it). Been in place for 19 years.
Mainly it gets used for implements and drying the washing when not housing cattle, when we arrived it was set up into 5 pens of about 110m² but we took most of them out to open it up. Made it a lot more versatile, we put hoggets in there during the snow for example
The reason it's good I think is because it's semi-attached to another building at the windward end, and the cover is tight as a drum (you can hear bumblebees and birds hitting it). Been in place for 19 years.
Mainly it gets used for implements and drying the washing when not housing cattle, when we arrived it was set up into 5 pens of about 110m² but we took most of them out to open it up. Made it a lot more versatile, we put hoggets in there during the snow for example