Elevated Bale Platform Doubles As Shelter

Elevated Bale Platform Doubles As Shelter HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Bale Handling (5) 19-5-32 An elevated wooden platform lets Bill Gergen, Geneva, Neb., stack small square bales where they're easily available for feeding yet keeps them out of reach of his sheep. It also doubles as a shelter. The 20 by 10-ft. platform was built with used railroad ties and 2 by 12 planks. The platform stands 5 ft. off the ground and holds 80 bales stacked 6 high. Gergen climbs up a ladder on one side and chucks bales down into a feedbunk. Sections of canvas hang on the "sunny" sides of the platform to provide shade. "I had been parking a trailer by the sheep to hold bales but I didn't like having to tie it up all the time." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Bill Gergen, Rt. 2, Box 96, Geneva, Neb. 68361 (ph 402 759-4828).

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