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<blockquote data-quote="OutdoorFarmer" data-source="post: 1625580" data-attributes="member: 39954"><p>We are having the same issue in our calving barn. The prevous owner left it as a clay floor and didnt do any landscaping in it. So now all the water runs to the middle of the pens because of the cows digging. We did debate about pouring concrete but to spend $10k for something that only gets used 4 months of the year doesn't make sense to us. We did look into other things too but most of them besides gravel were hellish price. The plan I came up with is to make a base out of old bridge planking. Most of it is 3 to 4 inches thick and made out of cedar. As for feeders, my uncle solved that with old rail road ties. He would set the feeder in the center and build around them. Works really good once you do some landscaping and find the ties. Also instead of rail ties, you could use old discarded rig matting from oil rigs. They hold up really good and are really hard to break. Trust me, I used a K!2 saw on them and it had fun trying to cut some of the mats</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OutdoorFarmer, post: 1625580, member: 39954"] We are having the same issue in our calving barn. The prevous owner left it as a clay floor and didnt do any landscaping in it. So now all the water runs to the middle of the pens because of the cows digging. We did debate about pouring concrete but to spend $10k for something that only gets used 4 months of the year doesn't make sense to us. We did look into other things too but most of them besides gravel were hellish price. The plan I came up with is to make a base out of old bridge planking. Most of it is 3 to 4 inches thick and made out of cedar. As for feeders, my uncle solved that with old rail road ties. He would set the feeder in the center and build around them. Works really good once you do some landscaping and find the ties. Also instead of rail ties, you could use old discarded rig matting from oil rigs. They hold up really good and are really hard to break. Trust me, I used a K!2 saw on them and it had fun trying to cut some of the mats [/QUOTE]
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