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Baymule
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What size do you want to make it?I'm wanting to use the clear corrugated roofing for light, no electricity in our barn.
Digging post holes will be the worst part... =/
What size do you want to make it?I'm wanting to use the clear corrugated roofing for light, no electricity in our barn.
Digging post holes will be the worst part... =/
A few clear panels makes sense. Don't worry about butting in on my thread, isn't this what we post for? So we can discuss and help one another? if there is something in my thread that helps you, great! Hi-jack all you want to!It gets dark in my current barn very easily, even on a clear, sunny day in the 3 sided areas.
I want at least a few clear panels. I have extension chords I use for when the shearer comes and also a 4ft shop light I plug in and use to stack hay into the night. But I otherwise keep it unplugged from the socket. Don't need my one and only shelter to burn to the ground.
I want it fully enclosed, except for venting. I'm tired of the barn being so terribly breezy during lambing.
The barn is about 20ft wide, I'd like to at least have it out 8ft, 5ft jug depth, 3ft asle. Current asle is 2.5ft, which works fine for me. Having it out 13ft would be great, though. Have used a max of 4 jugs at a time this year, but that will grow a little more over the years, so the 13ft would allow for 8 jugs in one go.
I'd put Dutch doors on either end in the middle so it is easier to get the ewes in. Right now, if they are in the back pasture, I need to bribe them up and all the way around to get into the side that the jugs are kept. And have convertible jugs, so they could go from 5×5ft to 5×10ft and such. Shelves above the jugs to store square bales for easy feedings.
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Sorry for butting in on your thread. Its a project I'll be doing alone, so I keep putting it off and then posts like yours get me curious on how you handle it and such.