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Old 05/12/11, 03:20 PM
 
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I was thinking of putting 4 posts 16ft apart and wireing up 4 cattle panels to them in a square. Then, takeing 4 other cattle panels and leaning each against one of the sides and wireing it up to each top 3 or 4 places, the flipping the outside panels up and wireing them to the posts, they being above the ground high enough to support 3 tiers of panels. then putting 4 panels on the hay rack and drivewing around each side and leaning a panel against each side, wire it at the tops and flip it up and tie it against the poles/posts. That would give one 15ft above the ground. That wouldnt be impossible to pitch over from a hay rack. Then after getting it packed down one could fasten a tarp to the 4 poles/posts/
To feed it out months later, take off the bottom 2 panels from the side easiest to feed from. Overlap the 2nd to the third if need be at a highth that you can get into and drag out some of the hay,
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Old 05/12/11, 04:25 PM
 
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Sounds like a plan.
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Old 06/25/13, 01:30 PM
 
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for years we put our loose hay on a wagon to be fed. had boards cut from the bottom to let the sheep feed from under the bed. goats as well. stacked as high as the old loader would push it and then walked down..used some spring poles and a good tarp and just parked it along the field. we might have 8-10 of these filled and ready. never put in hay mow and never forked back on to the wagon. cows ate around the sides, sheep and goats from the under side.
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