How to build my own feeder?

Trigger · 12-11-2006, 01:50 PM

Hi, I was wondering if any of you guys made their own hay feeder. My husband wants to build one to put outside but he doesn't really know how... He told me to find a plan or a picture but I can't find any! I don't want to buy the steel ones for round bales, I find them too big, we feed the small square bales and we only have 2 horses...

Thanks!!!

recklesshoundog · 12-11-2006, 03:58 PM

Great big ol tractor tire. Keeps the hay contained and nothing for them to cut or injure themselves on.

**taelesean** · 12-11-2006, 04:41 PM

Check out some of these plans from NDSU extension service...

http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/abeng/plans/index.htm

I'd look in Horse, Misc, and Cattle first. The plans are free to download as PDF documents, or you can order them already printed for cheap.

Trigger · 12-12-2006, 03:24 PM

My computer wont let me see the plans...

**taelesean** · 12-12-2006, 03:35 PM

You need to get Adobe Acrobat Reader...its available for free, though I don't know the site to get it from, but Adobe's site would be good place to start. You should be able to find it by googleing "Adobe Acrobat Reader".

Trigger · 12-16-2006, 10:33 AM

Ok, hubby decided to go with a tire... much easier to build!

Do I need to cut the bottom so the water doesn't stay in???

Trigger · 12-18-2006, 11:59 AM

Anyone

sheri7785 · 12-19-2006, 11:38 AM

We never did. We just always moved the tires around or if we didn't the horses would when they wanted food. If we saw water in them we would lift the tires to empty it then we were done again.

ToveroMom · 12-19-2006, 11:51 AM

We plunked a piece of plywood in the bottm of tires when I was a kid. They drilled some holes in the bottom to let them drain in the rain.

Trigger · 12-20-2006, 12:31 PM

Thanks!!!

12-11-2006, 01:50 PM
Trigger Weanling Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ontario Posts: 252	How to build my own feeder? Hi, I was wondering if any of you guys made their own hay feeder. My husband wants to build one to put outside but he doesn't really know how... He told me to find a plan or a picture but I can't find any! I don't want to buy the steel ones for round bales, I find them too big, we feed the small square bales and we only have 2 horses... Thanks!!! __________________ The time is always right to do what is right!

12-11-2006, 03:58 PM
recklesshoundog Started Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NY Posts: 2,548	Great big ol tractor tire. Keeps the hay contained and nothing for them to cut or injure themselves on.

12-11-2006, 04:41 PM
taelesean Administrator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 5,756	Check out some of these plans from NDSU extension service... http://www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/abeng/plans/index.htm I'd look in Horse, Misc, and Cattle first. The plans are free to download as PDF documents, or you can order them already printed for cheap. __________________

12-12-2006, 03:24 PM
Trigger Weanling Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ontario Posts: 252	My computer wont let me see the plans... __________________ The time is always right to do what is right!

12-12-2006, 03:35 PM
taelesean Administrator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 5,756	You need to get Adobe Acrobat Reader...its available for free, though I don't know the site to get it from, but Adobe's site would be good place to start. You should be able to find it by googleing "Adobe Acrobat Reader". __________________

12-16-2006, 10:33 AM
Trigger Weanling Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ontario Posts: 252	Ok, hubby decided to go with a tire... much easier to build! Do I need to cut the bottom so the water doesn't stay in??? __________________ The time is always right to do what is right!

12-18-2006, 11:59 AM
Trigger Weanling Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ontario Posts: 252	Anyone __________________ The time is always right to do what is right!

12-19-2006, 11:38 AM
sheri7785 Long Yearling Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Omaha Posts: 1,074	We never did. We just always moved the tires around or if we didn't the horses would when they wanted food. If we saw water in them we would lift the tires to empty it then we were done again.

12-19-2006, 11:51 AM
ToveroMom Pasture Pet Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cleveland TX Posts: 15,727	We plunked a piece of plywood in the bottm of tires when I was a kid. They drilled some holes in the bottom to let them drain in the rain. __________________ In the right light, at the right time, everything is extraordinary. Aaron Rose

12-20-2006, 12:31 PM
Trigger Weanling Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Ontario Posts: 252	Thanks!!! __________________ The time is always right to do what is right!