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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 1510895" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>Mine was a straight run of a little over 120 feet long. Concrete 120+ by 24 with those slant bar feeders down one side. The hay all had a roof over it. About half the roof stuck out 4 or 5 feet over the cows. The other half had a roof out 12 feet completely over the cows. At the west end I had a 24 by 24 manure bunk. It had a 4 foot tall wall around three sides made of those 2x2x4 concrete blocks that weigh a ton.</p><p></p><p>I had a rubber tire scraper made from a big tractor tire. The tire was cut in two and then the side wall cut off one side. Mounted on a three point frame it was 7 feet wide. It formed a big U. About 5 passes and I would have 95% of the manure. I never worried about making it spotless because as soon as I was done the cows would be back making a new mess.</p><p></p><p>As I said I had up to 100 cows on this. That was just before turn out and was a bit over crowded. This set up worked great for 60 head. At 100 I set a couple round bale rings at the edge of the concrete.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 1510895, member: 498"] Mine was a straight run of a little over 120 feet long. Concrete 120+ by 24 with those slant bar feeders down one side. The hay all had a roof over it. About half the roof stuck out 4 or 5 feet over the cows. The other half had a roof out 12 feet completely over the cows. At the west end I had a 24 by 24 manure bunk. It had a 4 foot tall wall around three sides made of those 2x2x4 concrete blocks that weigh a ton. I had a rubber tire scraper made from a big tractor tire. The tire was cut in two and then the side wall cut off one side. Mounted on a three point frame it was 7 feet wide. It formed a big U. About 5 passes and I would have 95% of the manure. I never worried about making it spotless because as soon as I was done the cows would be back making a new mess. As I said I had up to 100 cows on this. That was just before turn out and was a bit over crowded. This set up worked great for 60 head. At 100 I set a couple round bale rings at the edge of the concrete. [/QUOTE]
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