"Slurrystore" Converted To Hay Shed

"Slurrystore" Converted To Hay Shed BALE HANDLING Bale Handling (31B) 32-5-3 "When our dairy farm outgrew our 42-ft. dia. Harvestore Slurrystore, I put a roof on it and cut a big door into the side. Works great for storing big square bales," says Karl Herr, Oxford, Penn. Herr had the idea but says his friend Tom Martin actually did most of the work. The key to success of the building is an 8-in. dia., vertical steel pipe that runs up the middle of the structure and extends 5 ft. above the Slurrystore walls. A 1/2-in. thick steel plate is welded to the pipe at the same height as the top of the walls. Custom made trusses rest on the plate and are strapped in place. The opposite ends of the trusses set on top of vertical steel posts spaced 8 ft. apart and bolted to the outside walls. A white sheet metal roof goes over the top. "The Slurrystore walls aren't designed to handle down pressure, just lateral pressure from the inside, which is why I didn't set the trusses on top of the walls," says Herr. The bottom ends of the posts simply set on the Slurrystore's concrete floor. However, the pipe that supports the trusses is bolted down to the floor via a steel plate welded to the bottom of the pipe. The 9 by 12-ft. door was made by unbolting two sheets from the Slurrystore's walls. "It works great. I think old Slurrystores could also be converted into farm shops or used for equipment or grain storage. I plan to convert the door opening into a pair of swinging doors to keep rain and snow out. I also plan to mount lights on the trusses." As a final touch, Herr used angle iron to make a big 5-ft. tall "Christmas star" and mounted it on one side of the structure. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Karl Herr, 190 Hawkins Rd., Oxford, Penn. 19363 (ph 610 932-0759 or 484 678-3743; Herrvale@epix.net).

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