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<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 784409" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>We've been through this discussion many times. </p><p></p><p>I use cradles built out of old trampoline frames. Here's a pic if you care to look. <a href="http://ranchers.net/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/3744/ppuser/2144" target="_blank">http://ranchers.net/photopost/showphoto ... puser/2144</a></p><p></p><p>I now have 14 of these. The gussets are what give them strength. It sure seems to save a lot of hay. Someone in my nephew's neighborhood had another old trampoline frame and my nephew got it and brought it to me. So I should have 16 within a month <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>With the rings, the hay is automatically on the ground. When the hay gets down to a certain level, the cows push the rings off. If it is raining and your hay is on the ground, it is just that much more waste. Tried the cone in the ring and wound up with an egged cone some how. Fixed it and it got egged again the next year. </p><p></p><p>I am thinking these cradles have my waste down to less than 10%. When you feed a few hundred bales, that makes a difference. The main herd is 20 miles away. I can put out a few days worth of hay. Even when I am down there every day, I don't have to mess with hay unless they run low. </p><p></p><p>There are some cattle panel pieces welded into the bottom of these cradles I built. Fines still get through but calves eat the fines it seems. </p><p></p><p>Caustic put me on to this idea a few years back, here in this forum with one of his neighbor's store bought versions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 784409, member: 3162"] We've been through this discussion many times. I use cradles built out of old trampoline frames. Here's a pic if you care to look. [url=http://ranchers.net/photopost/showphoto.php/photo/3744/ppuser/2144]http://ranchers.net/photopost/showphoto ... puser/2144[/url] I now have 14 of these. The gussets are what give them strength. It sure seems to save a lot of hay. Someone in my nephew's neighborhood had another old trampoline frame and my nephew got it and brought it to me. So I should have 16 within a month :-) With the rings, the hay is automatically on the ground. When the hay gets down to a certain level, the cows push the rings off. If it is raining and your hay is on the ground, it is just that much more waste. Tried the cone in the ring and wound up with an egged cone some how. Fixed it and it got egged again the next year. I am thinking these cradles have my waste down to less than 10%. When you feed a few hundred bales, that makes a difference. The main herd is 20 miles away. I can put out a few days worth of hay. Even when I am down there every day, I don't have to mess with hay unless they run low. There are some cattle panel pieces welded into the bottom of these cradles I built. Fines still get through but calves eat the fines it seems. Caustic put me on to this idea a few years back, here in this forum with one of his neighbor's store bought versions. [/QUOTE]
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