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Wintering ewes in a polytunnel
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<blockquote data-quote="Andyt880" data-source="post: 7949230" data-attributes="member: 25474"><p>I have hoops here to make 180ft of tunnel 22ft wide. Wider would have been better but I got them for free if I took them down.</p><p></p><p>My plan eventually would be to put a 16ft wide tank in and build the tunnel out over it. I think I would go for plastic slats if I could. The tank would do a life time and in years to come if the tunnels are rotten and I can scrape together the funds I could build a decent shed over the tank.</p><p>I think I would build up a permanent feeding barrier type side maybe 3ft high down both sides and make it that the tunnel fixes down onto the top of this. I could feed down both long sides of the tunnel then plus it would give full 6ft head room right out to the sides. I would centre the tank and leave a 3ft strip of concrete up both sides, then if any silage is pulled in hopefully most of it would stay on the concrete rather than on the slats and just give this a run with a hand scraper maybe once a week.</p><p></p><p>That’s all just a dream for now so it may not be just perfect but I am working with slats in an old rented shed at the min so I do spend a fair bit of time planning how I’ll do it when I have my own place to build on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andyt880, post: 7949230, member: 25474"] I have hoops here to make 180ft of tunnel 22ft wide. Wider would have been better but I got them for free if I took them down. My plan eventually would be to put a 16ft wide tank in and build the tunnel out over it. I think I would go for plastic slats if I could. The tank would do a life time and in years to come if the tunnels are rotten and I can scrape together the funds I could build a decent shed over the tank. I think I would build up a permanent feeding barrier type side maybe 3ft high down both sides and make it that the tunnel fixes down onto the top of this. I could feed down both long sides of the tunnel then plus it would give full 6ft head room right out to the sides. I would centre the tank and leave a 3ft strip of concrete up both sides, then if any silage is pulled in hopefully most of it would stay on the concrete rather than on the slats and just give this a run with a hand scraper maybe once a week. That’s all just a dream for now so it may not be just perfect but I am working with slats in an old rented shed at the min so I do spend a fair bit of time planning how I’ll do it when I have my own place to build on. [/QUOTE]
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