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<blockquote data-quote="Otha" data-source="post: 1795329" data-attributes="member: 41397"><p>I don't have a picture of it handy but we build a portable shade out of 2 7/8 inch oil field pipe. It's 30 foot long, 10 foot wide, and I think 8 foot tall. Used 7 or so joints of pipe so I'd guess it weighs over 1,000 pounds. But I can still pull it with my SxS. We also put 10 foot out riggers on each side so it's 30x30 total. First time using it last summer and we liked it. Daily moves with about 30 pair. They did stomp the grass pretty good like someone said but with moving it every day and the manure they left it was the best grass in the patch on the next rotation, it is pretty hard to hurt Bermuda grass though. I think we had about $1,000 in it. Probably need better shade cloth on it in a year or two. But In my mind it doesn't have to add much gain per year to pay for it's self over a few years. I've read articles on both sides of if shade is needed. But when it's 100 plus for weeks straight it seems necessary to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Otha, post: 1795329, member: 41397"] I don't have a picture of it handy but we build a portable shade out of 2 7/8 inch oil field pipe. It's 30 foot long, 10 foot wide, and I think 8 foot tall. Used 7 or so joints of pipe so I'd guess it weighs over 1,000 pounds. But I can still pull it with my SxS. We also put 10 foot out riggers on each side so it's 30x30 total. First time using it last summer and we liked it. Daily moves with about 30 pair. They did stomp the grass pretty good like someone said but with moving it every day and the manure they left it was the best grass in the patch on the next rotation, it is pretty hard to hurt Bermuda grass though. I think we had about $1,000 in it. Probably need better shade cloth on it in a year or two. But In my mind it doesn't have to add much gain per year to pay for it's self over a few years. I've read articles on both sides of if shade is needed. But when it's 100 plus for weeks straight it seems necessary to me. [/QUOTE]
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