We have got a new shed going up and want a feed fence. Having 0.5 m panels sitting inside 152x152 H iron I just need a neck rail to span 20ft without bending. I'm thinking 219mm 6mm wall round tube set 6" feed side of the panel and about 18" above the panel. Anyone got any better ideas or know of some second hand tubing as new is very expensive it's 200ft long
Round steel for feed fence
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@Forever Fendt will have an idea
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I use a 193x6.3 tube usually then weld a piece of 200x200x6.3 to the pillar for the tube to go inside to hold it up
pretty sure with out support on that length they will bend it
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ve used wire rope in the past with turn buckles at the end to keep ot tight, works and cheap easy to fit.
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20' IAE feed barriers are only made from 4" box section
but its in a frame a single pipe across that distance with cows pushing against it will bend or am i missing something
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139 x6mm wall will be ok it will flex a little but will not bend, its a double edge sword really the bigger you go the heavier the self weight and it will look like a washing line when fitted.will you need adjustment or do you intend to fix in one position will be best if you get 12.2m bars and have them double spanning 2 bays about £14 per meter should cover the steel if you can find cold finished in that size
It is quite a big pipe
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A 200mm tube with 6mm will take some bending. I worked it out on calculator when you asked and got that with 1 ton of force in centre there'll be 6" of deflection, but I couldn't be sure I was right so didn't want to post
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the cows tend to push more with diagonal bars than a single rail, the diagonals are against the shoulders and they seam to have more force than pushing on a neck rail as they seam to push under it more if that makes sense
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They push less of you angle the barriers out but if they have the woods bolted to the bottom you can't
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Add some electrical for education and job done!
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remember to take in consideration as the ends will be fixed,thats why i would favour a double spanning tube as to flex that much it would need to elongateA 200mm tube with 6mm will take some bending. I worked it out on calculator when you asked and got that with 1 ton of force in centre there'll be 6" of deflection, but I couldn't be sure I was right so didn't want to post
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Hmmm, I don't think it'll bend, unless you put feed to far away and they have to seriously push
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@Beef farmer did something with a feed rail cheaply the other day I think
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The jourdain ones are 89mm dia and114mm dia tube and connect to the uprights with u bolts simple enough and have threaded ends to joint together ,can get you a price if needed they are galv
200mm x 6mm tube will not bend.
@Headless chicken we used uprights every 8' as we only had 75mm tube
@Headless chicken we used uprights every 8' as we only had 75mm tube
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W shaped crash barrier would probably be in the £2/ft region after bolting together. They won't bend them. Have some, will try take a photo tomorrow. Ours go against the uprights and we just made our own U clamps out of round bar to hold them on.