Roof Keeps Hay Ring Dry

Roof Keeps Hay Ring Dry “We have a small cattle farm and spoiled hay was a problem ” says James Grady “To keep the hay in a large round bale dry I added a 6-ft by 10-ft metal roof to a round bale feeder ” Grady bolted 1 1/2-in dia EMT metal piping to the bale ring as uprights and cross supports The pipes were attached to a 2 by 6 and 2 by 4 roof substructure topped with galvanized roof panels “I chained a heavy-duty 4-in dia pipe to the EMT cross supports at opposite ends of the bale ring ” says Grady “When I want to move the feeder to a new bale I slip my front-end loader bale spear into the pipe I can lift it off the old bale and set it down on a new bale My 45-hp Kubota handles it easily ” Grady says the hay feeder roof has worked well for over 10 years and even outlasted the first hay ring it was attached to “The reason I bolted the EMT uprights in place instead of welding them is that bale rings tend to rust out fast ” says Grady “This way I was able to move the roof to a new hay ring about three years ago I bolted it on in just a few minutes ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup James Grady 2923 Tuckers Ln Linden Va 22642 ph 540-622-0866; jgrady@kilcarsoftware com

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