Milkcow365
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anoyone any idea of the cost of a pre cast bunker I'm needing 165ft just to eat from one side
Pre cast Concrete feed trough/bunker
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Do it in concrete panels and concrete base ?
Milkcow365
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- Sw Scotland
That is the other option I suppose
Think it would be cheaper than a bunker and certainly easier to do , fix one to steel , and make bolted dividers in shape of bunker to fix together
Milkcow365
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And you could have a good height of a panel on feeder wagon side to stop cows chucking it out
Ye, either that or a decent width between panels
suffolksmallholder
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Shoot me down if you so wish. BUT from my experience in farm operations I'd not go down the route of a huge fixed item. Farming changes more often than one would like and having versatility is more of an asset than folk realise. I'd be looking at feed troughs & the 'on-the-angle' fences, if that is what they're called, as 24' sections. Then if things change so can you and quickly.
I have a friend who HAD a fantastic Beef unit with all the bells & whistles for feeding. He changed direction & in three years everything that was bolted/welded/embeded had to come out.....
SS
I have a friend who HAD a fantastic Beef unit with all the bells & whistles for feeding. He changed direction & in three years everything that was bolted/welded/embeded had to come out.....
SS
2 concrete panels and a steel rope , I'd have thought is pretty cheap and reusable
Jd Everytime
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I used precast trough from moore concrete. 8ft long sections 5ft wide 2ft high. Eating from both sides. We had alot of bother with cows getting pushed in or falling in. So we raised them all up on old railway sleepers and has eliminated the problem. When I looked at them all they all seam to be 2ft tall, where as our old trough was 3 blocks high around 28"and was never a problem with cows falling in.
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That is what I am making at present, half mertre panel cattle side with barrier on top, 1.2 m panel on the loader side - I don't use a wagon but you could have a 1m panel or something, I have opted for the taller one for draft purposes, @Unbrako precast
Do you need a barrier , ? Steel wire rope about 500 above the panel ?
Unbrako precast
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Wire rope is ok but not as good as a steel tube , in my opinion . I have seen it where it has cut slots in the web of the stanchion.
It's better with blue water pipe over it to make it more visible and kinder on the cattle.
It's better with blue water pipe over it to make it more visible and kinder on the cattle.
Unbrako precast
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And a feed barrier better still !
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- Near Colchester
I have tried wire and pipes, my cattle only know how to eat if they put their heads on one side first.
I am never sure whether I will have bulls, cows, calves or anything in between in any of my yards and barriers are better for that.
I am never sure whether I will have bulls, cows, calves or anything in between in any of my yards and barriers are better for that.
Unbrako precast
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I never think they look fastened in properly without a barrier !
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- Near Colchester
The disadvantage with a barrier is buying it or making it, spent the afternoon cutting 2 inch pipe with carefully measured angles...
Durt Burd
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- SE Ireland
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- Near Colchester
And then spending 'spare 'time welding them together.
That was just now.
Gatehouse Farm
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- Kent
They look expensive!
Durt Burd
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They have sent a decent amount of stuff to the UK. Ideally needs to be worked in with full truck loads to remain competitive. He is local enough to us but I have only had a few gate posts off him so far, but been very decent to deal with. Worth a call if nothing else.