Livestock building with over hang

[Wombat]

Quick quesiton for all those in the know as my other buildings have centre passages, if you are planning a livestock building with feedbarriers along the outside long edge how deep would you make the building would 60' be too deep?

 

[HarryB97]

Are you feeding down one side or both sides of the shed? If you are only feeding down one side you want a narrower shed as you won’t have the feed space for the stock, also a straw blower wouldn’t blow 60foot from one side.

 

[Pan mixer]

I reckon that a 40 foot wide shed is about right for the laying space/ feed space thing feeding from one side. Therefore 80 foot would be right to feed from both sides.

A spreadabale will easily bed up each side from the feed barriers.

 

[Jamón]

Just completed a home made 35ft x120 with barriers down one side and 5ft overhang. What is the optimal depth a spread a bale operates to?

 

[Sid]

Our shed is 48ft wide.
Blower gets it to back of shed with ease.
3 15ft gates fit perfectly with room for posts.
Lastly its ideal for 4 rows of cubicles and 2 scrape passages if so desired at a later date.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Ours is 60 foot wide with 6ft overhang

 

[S J H]

Ours is 60 foot wide with 6ft overhang

Ours is the same. I think a lot depends on if it’s ad lib or not, I have 9 spaces in the yokes per 20’ bay

 

[Fendt516profi]

Ours is 60 foot wide with 6ft overhang

Ours is the same. I think a lot depends on if it’s ad lib or not, I have 9 spaces in the yokes per 20’ bay

Have these got scrape passages. Got a 48ft wide shed but only be 30ft bedded area rest is scrape passage and trough

 

[S J H]

Have these got scrape passages. Got a 48ft wide shed but only be 30ft bedded area rest is scrape passage and trough

Yes ours has a 4m scrape passage, 9 space locking yokes per bay, so if we need more spaces, I shut the next pen back on the bedding and use those yokes aswell if that makes sense