Feed barriers

[Hfd Cattle]

Have had some feed barriers made and am thinking of putting a 20' concrete panel across the bay and sitting the barrier on top .
I'm sure someone else would have done the same or similar ....question .... any advice on the height of the panel and thickness.?
I was thinking of 500mm high and 150mm thick .....any thoughts welcome

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I know you’ve had them made but I wouldn’t have 20 foot barriers again

 

[Hfd Cattle]

I know you’ve had them made but I wouldn’t have 20 foot barriers again

Oh dear ... I assume you have had problems with them ?

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Oh dear ... I assume you have had problems with them ?

Well if you get a lot of big cattle behind them they can crack them...it’s a long length and when they start shoving on them they can get some pressure

 

[Hfd Cattle]

Well if you get a lot of big cattle behind them they can crack them...it’s a long length and when they start shoving on them they can get some pressure

I'm hoping by having them specifically made they will be stronger. When I get around to unloading them I will put some pics up of them . They are fairly substantial .

 

[upnortheast]

We have 20ft locking ones. Have a "saddle" at half way sitting over the 100mm conc panel which stops them moving
10 years now & no bother

 

[Hfd Cattle]

We have 20ft ones. Have a "saddle" at half way sitting over the 100mm conc panel
10 years now & no bother

How high is the panel ?

 

[Sharpy]

We have 20ft locking ones. Have a "saddle" at half way sitting over the 100mm conc panel which stops them moving
10 years now & no bother

This.

 

[Sharpy]

How high is the panel ?

Your barrier height (which is dictated by the size of the stock eating through it) will dictate the wall height.

 

[M-J-G]

We used a 100mm panel and it's plenty strong enough for cattle.

We got them 600mm deep, and poured 125mm of concrete on the side where the cattle are standing leaving 475mm of panel height plus 60mm box section that makes up the bottom bar of the barrier.
This leaves 535mm (or 21) inches for the cattle to reach over.
The feed passage is about 4 inches higher than the scrape passage where the cattle stand, so there is a 430mm (17inch) retainer for silage on the feed passage side.

I've found this to be about optimum to allow both cows and weaned suckled calves to lick the concrete making the shed usable for any sized stock, it's also generally too high for week old calves to want to jump through and lay on the silage.
We had a lower barrier and the calves went though it from about a day old.

If you're getting barriers made 20ft will be fine as long as you fix them to the panel at a couple of points, they will eventually break if you just fix them at the ends, you can't realistically expect a 20ft of 2.5 inch box to be a match of 8 hungry cows.

 

[upnortheast]

For dairy cows - I think 500mm but will measure it in morning.
Generally like to have outside concrete 150mm higher than cattle side. - Brings the grub nearer the cattle & also prevents any shite creeping through

 

[Horn&corn]

We bought 1200mm panels and cut them to 500 and 700mm. Used 700 to form outside trough on angle. Works well. 150mm concrete in bottom then blue plastic sheet.

 

[Jon 3085]

I didn’t use panels,put the barriers on 150 mm wide concrete blocks.

 

[M-J-G]

I didn’t use panels,put the barriers on 150 mm wide concrete blocks.

Are the blocks lasting?
Pretty much every one I've seen done with blocks eventually cracked

 

[Jon 3085]

Are the blocks lasting?
Pretty much every one I've seen done with blocks eventually cracked

Been ok so far,10 years.

 

[M-J-G]

Been ok so far,10 years.

With cows?

 

[Jon 3085]

With cows?

Sometimes,though this year it’s got Machiney and hay in it.

 

[Jon 3085]

Found a better picture.

 

[goodevans]

We bought 1200mm panels and cut them to 500 and 700mm. Used 700 to form outside trough on angle. Works well. 150mm concrete in bottom then blue plastic sheet.

Pictures please

 

[Werzle]

Have had some feed barriers made and am thinking of putting a 20' concrete panel across the bay and sitting the barrier on top .
I'm sure someone else would have done the same or similar ....question .... any advice on the height of the panel and thickness.?
I was thinking of 500mm high and 150mm thick .....any thoughts welcome

Sit them on j shape concrete trough or similar