new hay barn (pics)

[Angus Cowman]

 

[Jogeephus]

Man is that going to be nice.

 

[1982vett]

Going to be a tall reach to stack.....

 

[Angus Cowman]

Going to be a tall reach to stack.....

naw it is just 21ft at the peak

 

[john250]

Sweet!

 

[3waycross]

That's one sweet barn! :tiphat:

 

[Angus Cowman]

when I get this one done I will be able to hold btween 1300 and 1400 bales under roof with this one and my other 3
this one should hold around 500 4x5 bales

and to think it was just an old chicken house :lol:

 

[upfrombottom]

Did you have to haul in the dirt or did it come with the chicken house?

 

[Angus Cowman]

Did you have to haul in the dirt or did it come with the chicken house?

naw I cut the dirt out of the side of a hill next to where the barn is got pretty good dirt where this one is it is in a bottom
but I did haul in the chicken house :lol: :lol:

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

Barn is a looking good Brad.

 

[cowchew]

Nice!
Can't wait to see the finished product retty:

 

[kenny thomas]

Pretty nice, is the smell still there from the chickens? As dry as you seem to be first thing I would do is to doze about 100 ft around it.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

looks good,,did those post come with it, or you build em?

 

[hillsdown]

Very sweet AC !!!!!!!!!!!! :tiphat:

 

[Angus Cowman]

looks good,,did those post come with it, or you build em?

I built them it just had a 6 ft channel iron leg on it
I will get a closer pic of them
it is 4" sch 80 pipe so the outside dia is close to 5"
I drilled holes and concreted an 8ft section in then shot grade and made extensions out of another piece

then we put a piece of 4" od pipe in where the seam is and then welded the top and bottom post together
to attach the channel I cut notches in the top of the pipe and set the channel down in and welded it up

 

[hillsdown]

How many bales do you think it will hold AC ? Never mind, when I first read this your post saying how many it would hold didn't show up . :roll:

We built our calving barn using a perforating gun frame, so somewhat the same idea . We never have lost anything to wind so far , but we are very windy here for sure. So you need to reinforce/brace everything or else it will be down demolished .

 

[ALACOWMAN]

you must of had wind trouble to, in the past :cowboy:

 

[Angus Cowman]

How many bales do you think it will hold AC ? We built our calving barn using a perforating gun frame, so somewhat the same idea .

without going 4 high in the center it will hold 455 -4 x 5 bales and I would say if I add 3 bales on a 4th row in the center I will get another 75 bales so somewheres around 530 give or take a few i might even be able to go 4 bales on the 4th row so that would add another 25 bales

 

[Angus Cowman]

you must of had wind trouble to, in the past :cowboy:

we get some wind but usually isn't to bad
I will also weld x braces on the front , middle and back sections of the side walls
I just usually over build everything :lol:
plus the back wall will be closed in and the sides will have metal coming down the first 6 ft from the roof

 

[Angus Cowman]

got 1/2 the roof on today in 3 1/2 hrs just a cripple,a fat guy and a helper so it isn't going to bad should be done the first of next week metal for the end wall and sides won't be here til friday